Acknowledgments........................................
Table of Contents..........................................
Preface............................................................
Al-Fatiha, the Opening Chapter of the
Muslims'’ Glorious Book Al- Qur'an..........
Introduction to “Al-Fatiha...........................
Al-Qur’an, The Muslim’s Glorious Book
Interpretation of the Qur’an (Tafsir)..........
Translating the meanings of the Qur’an
Sura Al-Fatiha: Verse One ........................
Verse T w o .....................................................
Verse Three ..................................................
Verse Four ...................................................
Verse F iv e .....................................................
Verse S ix ......................................................
Verse Seven..................................................
/A am iyn/........................................................
N otes..............................................................
Translations of the meanings of the Qur’an
used in the book............................................
Interpretations of the Qur’an used in
the b o o k .........................................................
References.....................................................
Index...............................................................

The first chapter of the Qur’an, known as “Al-
Fatiha” is essential to the proper understanding of Islam,

the religion for around two billion people. This chapter or
sura is only seven short verses; yet, it includes the basics
of Islam and introduces the Muslims’ conception of God.
The sura starts with praise of Allah for being so kind and
merciful. Muslims thank Allah for being the Lord of all
human beings, without any discrimination or favoritism.
As the sura indicates, Muslims do not believe that they are
a chosen people or a favored nation. They think of Allah
as the Lord of beings. They believe that Allah is a God of
Justice as well as of love. Hence Islam is presented in this
sura as a religion of balance that can function forever.
The first three verses of the chapter explain the
reasons why Muslims thank, praise and worship Allah. He
is the fair and merciful god in both this life and the one
after. When a Muslim understands the fair and loving
nature of God, he gets into a direct relationship with Him.
Hence, in Verse Five a Muslim addresses Allah using the
pronoun “You,”, rather than “He”, to point out the direct
relationship between Allah and human beings.
Verse Five and Verse Six use the collective pronoun
“we” rather than the first person singular pronoun “I” to
indicate that a Muslim should think collectively and should
be concerned about his fellow human beings as well.
Religion, from a Muslim’s point of view, unites
human beings. A Muslim, thus, prays not only for his own
reformation, but also for the reformation and betterment of
all the members of the human race.

This book on the Opening chapter of the Muslims Glorious book AlQuran is a serious Attempt to Approach a great task, comprehensive yet simple explanation of Surah AlFatiha The Opening of the Quran.