tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78627026280688636682024-03-14T04:12:58.644-07:00HitmanSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14433711987646117049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862702628068863668.post-635005675228597002011-07-27T01:45:00.000-07:002011-07-27T01:45:50.978-07:00Surah Al-Fatiha<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b><i><u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sura" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad;" title="Sura">Sura</a> Al-Fatiha</u></i></b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" xml:lang="ar"><b>سورة الفاتحة</b></span>), (<i>Sūratul-Fātihah</i>, "The Opening") is the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_(books)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Chapter (books)">chapter</a> of the Qur'an. Its seven <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayah" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ayah">verses</a> are a prayer for Allah's guidance, and stress Its lordship and mercy. This chapter has an essential role in salaatu allah (prayer of God); Muslims recite the Surah Al-Fatiha at least seventeen times a day, at the start of each <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rak%27ah" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Rak'ah">unit of prayer</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Muslims believe that the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> is a revelation given in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> from God. Translations into other languages are considered to be merely superficial "interpretations" of the meanings and not authentic versions, the word of God, of the Qur'an. In addition the term bismillah herrahmanirahim is actually the first verse of Al-fatiha as often it would be a pre-saying to the surahs.</div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><i><b>Arabic:</b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1.1</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:2</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">الْحَمْدُ للّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:3</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">الرَّحمـنِ الرَّحِيم</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:4</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">مَـالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:5</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">إِيَّاك نَعْبُدُ وإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِين</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:6</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">اهدِنَــــا الصِّرَاطَ المُستَقِيمَ</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1:7</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span lang="ar" style="font-size: x-large;" xml:lang="ar">صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنعَمتَ عَلَيهِمْ غَيرِ المَغضُوبِ عَلَيهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين</span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Transliteration:</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;">Al-Fatiha | 7 verses | The Opening | سورة الفاتحة Sura #1 | Makkah</div><dl style="font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmala" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Basmala">Bismillāhi</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar-Rahman" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Ar-Rahman">r-raḥmāni</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-%E1%B8%A4-M" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="R-Ḥ-M">r-raḥīm</a></i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhamdulillah" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Alhamdulillah">Al ḥamdu lillāhi</a> rabbi l-'<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Alamin">ālamīn</a></i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i>Ar raḥmāni r-raḥīm</i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Malik">Māliki</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_view_of_the_Last_Judgment" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Islamic view of the Last Judgment">yawmi d-dīn</a></i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i>Iyyāka na'budu wa iyyāka nasta'īn</i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i>Ihdinā ṣ-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirat_al-Mustaqim" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Sirat al-Mustaqim">ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm</a></i></span></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><span class="Unicode" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Free Sans', 'Gentium Plus', 'Gentium Basic', Gentium, GentiumAlt, 'DejaVu Sans', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Free Serif', 'TITUS Cyberbit Basic', 'Bitstream Cyberbit', 'Bitstream CyberBase', 'Doulos SIL', Code2000, Code2001; text-decoration: none; white-space: normal;" title="Semitic transliteration"><i>Ṣirāṭ al-laḏīna an'amta 'alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi 'alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn</i></span></dd></dl><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><b><i>Translation:</i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><sup style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1em;">[<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> <a class="external text" href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/001.qmt.html#001.001" rel="nofollow" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(data:image/png; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-right: 13px; text-decoration: none;">1:1</a>]</sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div><dl style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>In the name of God, the most beneficent, the most merciful</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>All appreciation, gratefulness and thankfulness are to Allah alone, lord of the worlds</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>The most beneficent, the most merciful</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>The possessor of the day of recompense (i.e., on the last day of judgment)</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>You we worship, and you we seek help</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>Direct all of us to the straight path (i.e., to the way of Islam)</b></dd><dd style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b>The way of those on whom you have bestowed your grace, not the way of those who have earned your anger, nor of those who have lost their way and are astray</b></dd></dl></span>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14433711987646117049noreply@blogger.com0