Surah AlFatihah-Allah’s response

Surah Al-Fatihah-Allah’s response


Allah’s response when you recite Surah Fatiha

Allah has said: “I have divided prayer between
Myself and My servant into two halves, and My
servant shall have what he has asked for.”
When the servant says:
{Al-hamdu lillaahi rabbil-aalameen},
Allah says: “My servant has praised Me”.
and when he says: {Ar-rahmaanir-raheem}
Allah says: “My servant has extolled Me”,
and when he says: {Maaliki yawmid-deen},
Allah says: “My servant has glorified Me”
- and on one occasion He said:
“My servant has submitted to My power.”
And when he says:
{Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’een},
He says: “This is between Me and My servant,
and My servant shall have what he has asked for.”
And when he says: {Ihdinas-siraatal mustaqeem,
siraatal ladhina an ‘amta ‘alayhim ghayril
-maghdoobi ‘alayhim wa lad-daaallin}
He says: “This is for My servant, and
My servant shall have what he has asked for.”
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Hadith on Prayer: The virtue of Surat
al-Fatihah and Allah’s response

Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and
blessings be upon him, said, “A prayer performed
by one who has not recited in it the foundation
of the Quran (surat al-fātiḥah) is deficient
and incomplete.” It was said, “Even though we
pray behind the Imām?” Abu Huraira said: Recite
it to yourself, for I heard the Prophet say,
“Allah Almighty said: I have divided prayer
between myself and my servant into two halves,
and my servant shall have what he has asked
for. When the servant says ‘all praise is due
to Allah the Lord of the worlds,’ Allah says:
My servant has praised me. When he says ‘the
Gracious, the Merciful,’ Allah says: My servant
has exalted me. When he says ‘the Master of the
Day of Judgment,’ Allah says: My servant has
glorified me and my servant has submitted to me.
When he says ‘you alone we worship, you alone
we ask for help,’ Allah says: This is between me
and my servant, and my servant will have what he
has asked for. When he says ‘guide us to the
straight path, the path of those whom you have
favored, not those who went astray,’
Allah says: This is for my servant, and my servant
will have what he has asked for.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 395
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Surah Al-Fatiha -Transliteration

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil ‘aalameen
Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem
Maaliki Yawmid-Deen
Iyyaaka na’budu wa lyyaaka nasta’een
Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem
Siraatal-lazeena an’amta ‘alaihim
ghayril-maghdoobi ‘alaihim wa lad
-daaalleen
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Surah Al-Fatiha (1)-Tafseer
- By Abul A’la Maududi

One of the many practices taught by Islam
is that its followers should begin their
activities in the name of God. This
principle, if consciously and earnestly
followed, will necessarily yield three
beneficial results. First, one will be able
to restrain oneself from many misdeed, since
the habit of pronouncing the name of God is
bound to make one wonder when about to commit
some offence how such an act can be reconciled
with the saying of God’s holy name. Second,
if a man pronounces the name of God before
starting good and legitimate tasks, this
act will ensue that both his starting point
and his mental orientation are sound.
Third - and this is the most important
benefit - when a man begins something by
pronouncing God’s name, he will enjoy
God’s support and succour; God will bless
his efforts and protect him from the
machinations and temptation of Satan.
For whenever man turns to God, God
turns to him as well.--------
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