First Comes That beautiful Sūrah,
The opening chapter of seven Verses
Rightly called the Essence of the Book.
it teaches us the Perfect Prayer.
For it We Can pray pray aright, it means that we have knowledge of Allah
And his attributes, of His relations
To us and his creation, Which includes
Ourselves; that we glimpse the source
From which we come, and that final goal
Which is Our spiritual destiny
under Allah's true judgment: then
We Offer ourselves to Allah and seek His light.
Prayer is the heart of Religion and Faith
But How shall we pray ? what words shall convey
The yearnings of our miserable ignorant hearts
to the knower of All? is it worthy of him or of our spiritual nature to Ask
For Vanities, or even for such physical needs
As our daily bread? the inspired one taught us a prayer that sums up our faith,
Our hope, and Our aspiration in things that matter.
We think in devotion of Allah's name and His nature;
We praise him For his creation and His chershing care;
we call too mind in realties, seen and unseen;
We offer him Worship and ask his guidance;
And we know the straight from the crooked path
by the light of his grace that illumines the righteous.
Sūrah 1.
Al Fātihah
( the opening )
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1. In the name of Allah, Most gracious, Most Merciful.
2. Praise be to Allah
The Cherisher and sustainer of the worlds
3. Most gracious, Most merciful
4. Master of The day Of Judgement
5. Thee do we worship, And Thine aid we seek.
6. Show us the straight way
7. The way of those on whom
Thou hast best owned Thy grace
Those whose (portion)
Is not wrath,
And Who go not astray.