بسم الله والحمد لله
والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
1.
al-Faatihat-ul-Kitaab (الفاتحة الكتاب): meaning: ❝the
opening chapter of the Book❞ and it is the first Surah of the Qur’aan.
2. Al-Sab` al-Mathaanee (السبع المثاني): meaning: ❝the
seven repeatedly recited Aayaat.❞ [Surah al-Hijr (15): 87] As it is
recited repeatedly in every Rak`ah (unit) of the Salaah.
3.
Umm al-Qur’aan (أم القرآن)
and Umm al-Kitaab (أم الكتاب): meaning: ❝Mother
of the Qur’aan❞ and ❝Mother
of the Book.❞
“Umm al-Shayy” (mother of a thing) means: The foundation or the origin of a
thing to which it returns. [Example: the proverb in English: "Necessity is
the mother of invention"]. The whole of the Qur’aan, in its meaning, returns to what is implied in this Surah.
4.
Al-Salaah (الصلاة):
meaning: ❝the
Prayer.❞
As has been mentioned in the Hadeeth Qudsee that Allaah تعالى said: ❝{I have divided the Salaah into two halves between Me and
My slave}❞ [Saheeh
Muslim]. The Salaah hear meaning Surah al-Faatihah.
5. Al-Kaafiyah (الكافية): meaning: ❝The
sufficient.❞
6. Al-Ruqyah (الرقية): meaning: ❝Incantation❞
(treatment for poison and evil eye etc.). In the narration in which it is
mentioned that the chief of a tribe was stung by a scorpion and the Companion
treated him by reciting Surah al-Faatihah and took sheep as payment for doing
the Ruqyah. When the Prophet ﷺ
was informed about it, he ﷺ
said: ❝How did he come to know that
it (Al-Faatihah) is Ruqyah (i.e. could be used for treatment)?❞
[Saheehain]
[Abridged from the Sharh of Shaikh al-Fawzaan of the
book: بعض فوائد سورة الفاتحة]
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