2. Tafheem ul Quran
Towards Understanding The Quran
Session 1: Surah Al Fatiha

3. Reshape Your Life In
Light Of Quran

5. Revelation
• Makki Surah
• 5th revelation as complete Surah
• Beginning of book
• Commanded to recite 17 times a day
َ ِ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ِ ْ َ 7 ً َ َ ْ ْ َ ََ
"#%&(‫و(.? آ>َ#4=َ2ك ;4:ْ&2 86 ا5َ43َ210 وا(.,آن ا‬
"We have given thee seven of the oft-repeated (verses) and the great
Qur'an" (15:87)

6. Other Names of Surah
Fatiha
‫ﺳﻮرۃ اﻟﻔﺎﰌہ ﮐﮯ دوﺳﺮے ﻧﺎم‬
• The Opening Chapter ‫*")(' ا%$#"ب‬
• The Mother of Books ‫اُم ا%$#"ب‬
• The Mother of Quran ‫اُم ا%0/آن‬
• The Seven Oft Recite. 12"34‫ا%765 ا‬
• The Magnificent Quran 89:;%‫ا%0/آن ا‬
• The Praise <=(%‫ا‬
• The Prayer ٰ
‫?ۃ‬AB%‫ا‬
• The Cure ‫"ء‬DE%‫ا‬
• The Incantation F9G/%‫ا‬
• The Protection F9G?%‫ا‬

7. Virtues
"It is named Umm al-Qur'an because
it is the first chapter written in the
Qur'anic texts and the recitation in
prayer commences with it.” (Tirmidhi)

8. ‫ﻣﯿﮟ ﭘﻨﺎہ ﻣﺎﻧﮕﺘﺎ ہوں اﻟﻞہ ﺳﮯ، ﺷﯿﻄﺎن ﻣﺮدود ﮐﮯ ﺷﺮ ﺳﮯ‬
‫‪I seek refuge in Allah from accursed shaitan‬‬

9. In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the
Most Merciful

10. ‫اﳋﺎﻟﻖ اﳌﺎﻟﮏ اﻟﺮازق‬ ‫ﺷﮑﺮ وﺗﻌﺮﯾﻒ‬
All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the
Lord of the 'Alamîn (all that exists).

11. Optimistic approach ‫ﺷﮑﺮ وﺗﻌﺮﯾﻒ‬

12. • Praise + gratitude
• Who do you praise?
• Who are you thankful to?
• Are you always thankful to the one you praise?
• Do you always praise the one you are thankful?
• Do we always understand the larger plans?
• Do kids understand when parents give them medicine?
• Benefit of using the word Allah
• Difference between saying “Praise and gratidue belong to Allah” and
“ We praise and show gratitude to Allah”
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13. Be Grateful !!!!
• Teach yourself how to be grateful in different ways
• Work on building attitude of gratitude all life long
• If you want barakah in blessings…be grateful
• You’ve got to show gratitude to people as well
• Rabbil Alameen->this should put you perspectives on things. You
are just a tiny particle in many huge worlds, so be more humble.
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14. • First introduction of Allah
• Lateral English translation is LORD
• Classical Arabic: the one who owns, who has complete control and
authority, who ensures and takes care of something completely,
who gives gifts, THE MASTER
• Difference between worship and slave?
• Difference between slavery and service?
• Does a slave loves his master, wants to be slaved, praise his
master?
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15. Spill over qualities…… ‫رح م‬
The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

16. Points to Ponder:
• We can never understand how merciful he is?
• How much do we disobey him, do we always get punshied
immediately?
• It is mentioned in a hadith that Allah (swt) divided Mercy into 100
parts and sent down only one part to this dunya. It is from this one
part of His Mercy that animals show mercy to their offspring (Sahih
Muslim).
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17. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling
Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e.
the Day of Resurrection)

18. ‫ﻣﺪد‬ ‫اﳋﻀﻮ و ﺗﻀﻠﻞ‬
Only Yours Love and humility
You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we
ask for help (for each and everything).

19. DRIVING'FORCES'OF'GOOD'CHARACTER'
Accepting as Ibadah
Rub
Gratitude Dua

20. Show, guide and take there
Guide us to ٓStraight Way

21. Lost Angered Sahabah(RA)
The Way of those on whom You have bestowed
Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned
Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who
went astray (such as the Christians).

22. Whom Allah Has Favored
• Who are the people who have been blessed by Allah (swt) and
whose Path we ask to guided to?
• Whosoever obeys Allah, and the Messenger, they are with those
whom Allah has favored, the Prophets, the sincere, the martyrs
and the righteous, and these are the best company. (4-69)
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23. Summary
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24. Lets understand
Surah
Al-Fatiha All Thanks and Praise to Allah
Master of the Day of Judgment Most Gracious, Most Merciful Lord of the Worlds
And You Alone, we Seek Help
You Alone We Worship
from
Show us the Straight Path
Not of those who went astray Those you favoured upon
Not of those who earned your Wrath

25. Importance of Saying Ameen
Hadith: “When a person says
ameen the angels also say Ameen
and if his Ameen coincides with the
Ameen of the angels his previous
sins will be forgiven”(Bukahri)

26. Hadith Qudsi
Allah SWT says, I have divided the
prayer (Al-Fatihah) between Myself and
my slave equally and My slave shall be
granted what he asked for.
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29. Dua
• May Allah accept our standing in Salah
• May Allah open our hearts to receive guidance and change
our behavior towards lives and lives of our families
• May Allah enlighten our hearts with the light of the Quran
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