Al-Fatiha: Difference between revisions

It is also called "the Mother of the Book" (''Umm Al-Kitab'') and "the Mother of the Quran" (''Umm Al-Quran'');<ref name="Ibn Kathir">{{cite book|last=Ibn Kathir|title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/001%20Fatihah.htm}}</ref><ref name="Molla sadra ">{{cite book | title=Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim | author=Mulla Sadra | pages=1:163–164| author-link=Mulla Sadra }}</ref> ''Sab'a al Mathani'' ("Seven repeated [verses]", an appellation taken from [[Quran 15]]:87);<ref name="Ibn Kathir"/> ''Al-Hamd'' ("praise"), because a [[hadith]] narrates [[Muhammad]] as having said that [[Allah|God]] says: "The prayer [al-Fatihah] is divided into two halves between Me and My servants. When the servant says, 'All praise is due to God', the Lord of existence, God says, 'My servant has praised Me'.";<ref name="khoi">{{cite book | url=| title=Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran | author=Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei | pages=446| title-link=Al-Bayan Fi Tafsir al-Quran | author-link=Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei }}</ref> ''Al-Shifa''' ("the Cure"), because a hadith narrates Muhammad as having said: "The Opening of the Book is a cure for every poison.";<ref name="Bihar al-Anwar">{{cite book | title=Bihar al-Anwar | author=Muhammad Baqir Majlisi | pages=89:238| title-link=Bihar al-Anwar | author-link=Muhammad Baqir Majlisi }}</ref><ref name="Wasā'il al-Shīʿa">{{cite book | title=Wasā'il al-Shīʿa | author=Al-Hurr al-Aamili | pages=6:232| title-link=Wasā'il al-Shīʿa | author-link=Al-Hurr al-Aamili }}</ref> ''[[ruqya|Al-Ruqyah]]'' ("remedy" or "spiritual cure"),<ref name="Ibn Kathir"/> and al-Asas, "The Foundation", referring to its serving as a foundation for the entire Quran.<ref name = "Lumbard"/>