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[[File:Opening text pages with illuminated chapter headings, verse markers and borders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Illuminated opening with chapter Al-Fatiha in [[muhaqqaq]] script. This Qur'an, commissioned by sultan [[Al-Ashraf Sha'ban]] (1363 - 1377),{{sfn|Qur'ans of the Mamluks|p=193-194, 232}} is part of the [[Egyptian National Library and Archives|National Library of Egypt's]] Collection of [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk]] Qur'an Manuscripts inscribed in the [[UNESCO]] [[Memory of the World Programme#Memory of the World Register|Memory of the World Register]]]]
'''Al-Fatiha''', alternatively transliterated '''Al-Fātiḥa''' or '''Al-Fātiḥah''' ({{lang-ar| الفاتحة}}, {{IPA-ar|ʔal faːtiħah|IPA}}; {{small|lit.}} "''The Opening"'' or "''The Opener"'') is the first ''[[surah]]'' (chapter) of the [[Quran]]. It consists of
Quranic chapter titles are not considered by Muslims to be part of the [[Revelation#Islam|divine revelation]] of the Quran.<ref>[https://www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca/about-emmanuel/facultystaff-directory/nevin-reda/ Nevin Reda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814201703/https://emmanuel.utoronto.ca/about-emmanuel/facultystaff-directory/nevin-reda/ |date=2020-08-14 }}, Introduction to the Quran in Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel and Quran (Plymouth: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012)</ref> The primary literal meaning of the expression "Al-Fatiha" is "The Opener," which could refer to this Surah being the first in the Quran, the first chapter recited in full in every ''[[rakat]]'' of ''salah'', or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in God.
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