Surah Al Fatihah

WHAT IS "SURAH AL FATIHAH"?

A surah is an Islamic word for chapter, and an ayah is an Islamic word for "verse". In English, the title Al Fatihah is often translated to "The Opening". Surah Al Fatihah is the first surah (chapter) in the Qu'ran, and it consists of seven ayahs (verses) that form a prayer for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's mercy and guidance, and express the believer's dependence on the lordship and mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

WHY IS SURAH AL FATIHAH SO IMPORTANT TO LEARN?

Recitation of Surah Al Fatihah is considered a fard (obligatory) act during salat because: 

Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa-sallam said: “Whoever offers a prayer in which he does not recite Umm al-Kitab (i.e., Al-Fatihah), it is defective” – he said so three times"                       [Narrated by Muslim]. 

So, without a proper recitation of Surah Al Fatihah a prayer (salaah) is defective, i.e invalid. So learning Surah Al Fatihah in arabic is very important. One should try and learn with meaning so that he or she connects with the Almighty Allah better and ponder upon the excellence and flawlessness of Allah's words.

♥( 1 ) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيم

Verse 1
★Bismi ( بِسْمِ ) - In (the) name / naam se
★Allahi ( اللَّهِ ) -  (of) Allah / Allah (ke)
★Ar Rahman ( الرَّحْمَٰنِ ) - the Most Gracious / jo bahut maharbaan
★Ar Raheem ( الرَّحِيم ) - the Most Merciful / jo raham karne wala

• { In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.}
• { Allah ke naam se jo bahut maharbaan, raham karne wala hai }

♥( 2 ) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِين

Verse 2
★Al hamdu ( الْحَمْدُ ) - all praises and thanks / tamaam tareefein
★Lillahi ( لِلَّهِ ) - (be) to Allah / Allah ke liye
★Rabbi ( رَبِّ ) - the Lord / Rabb
★Al aalmeen ( الْعَالَمِين ) - of the universe / tamaam jahaan

• { [All] praise is [due] to Allah , Lord of the worlds}
• { Tamaam tareefein Allah ke liye hai jo tamaam jaahano ka Rabb hai}

♥( 3 ) الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيم

Verse 3
★Ar Rahmaani ( الرَّحْمَٰنِ ) - the Most Gracious / jo bahut maharbaan
★Ar Raheem ( الرَّحِيم ) - the Most Merciful / raham karne wala

• { The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful}
• { Bahut maharbaan,  raham karne wala }

♥( 4 ) مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّين

Verse 4
★Maaliki ( مَالِكِ ) - (The) Master /maalik
★Yaumi ( يَوْمِ ) - (of the) day  / din
★Ad deen ( الدِّين ) - (of the) judgement / badlah

• { Sovereign of the Day of Recompense}
• { Badleh ke din ka maalik hai }

♥( 5 ) إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Verse 5
★Iyyaka ( إِيَّاكَ ) -  You alone/ sirf teri hi
★Na'budu ( نَعْبُدُ ) - we worship / ibaadat karte hai
★Wa ( و ) - and / aur
★Iyyaka ( إِيَّاكَ ) - You alone / sirf tujhi se
★Nasta'een ( نَسْتَعِينُ ) -  we ask for help/ hum madad chahte hai

• { It is You we worship and You we ask for help.}
• { Hum sirf teri hi ibaadat karte hai aur sirf tujhi se madad chahte hai}

♥( 6 ) اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيم

Verse 6
★Ihdina ( اهْدِنَا ) -  guide us / humein hidayat de
★As seerata ( الصِّرَاطَ ) - (to) the path / raasta
★Al mustaqeem ( الْمُسْتَقِيم ) - the straight / seedha

• { Guide us to the straight path }
• { Humein seedhay raaste ki hidayat de }

♥( 7 ) صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّين

Verse 7
★Seerata ( صِرَاطَ ) - (The) path / raasta
★Allazina ( الَّذِينَ ) - (of) those / un logo ka
★An'amta ( أَنْعَمْتَ ) -  You have bestowed (your) favors / tu ne inaam kiya
★Alaihim ( عَلَيْهِمْ ) - on them / un par
★Ghairi ( غَيْرِ ) - not (of) / na
★Al maghdhoobi ( الْمَغْضُوبِ ) - those who earned (your) wrath / ghazab kiya gaya
★Alaihim ( عَلَيْهِمْ ) - on themselves / un par
★Wa la ( وَلَا ) - and not / aur na
★Adh dhaal'leen ( الضَّالِّين ) - (of) those who go astray / jo gumrah huay

• { The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray}
• { Un logo ke raaste jin par tu ne inaam kiya, na unka jin par ghazab kiya gaya aur na unke jo gumrah huay }

Aameen! :)

The Journey...

Every time I saw or happened to hear about someone doing hifz (memorization of the quran) I always thought they're truly blessed and gifted from Allah (swt). I  secretly wished that someday I could memorize some parts of the Quran and better myself as a Muslim in the sight of the Almighty. Every time I read the Quran, I yearned that Allah would make his words easy for me to understand! But sadly I never really strived to do so then...

And one fine day, when I am living a mundane life thinking to myself everyday that I have nothing meaningful to do...my life is so drab...blah blah blah... A dear friend invites me to join a virtual texting group where she aspired to make sisters learn and memorize surahs from the Quran; which she herself had begun memorizing herself despite a hectic life as a homemaker and mother of a very active toddler! May Allah bless her with immense peace, love and success for opening the doors to such a wonderful opportunity for me.

We began with  Surah Al Mulk and were done in about half a month; having memorized it with meaning and good understanding of what each word meant. Alhumdulillah!!! The sense of accomplishment was enormous!  We were literally ecstatic! :D . And so we progressed and did more soorahs. And since then Alhumdulillah the joy and blessing of it has been purely from Allah.  He guides whom He wills!

So, to help as many people as possible who dream to memorize surahs from the quran with meaning, we have put up this blog. This is purely with the intention to please Allah alone and help others gain sawaab and barkah from learning and reciting His kalaam.

Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “And We have indeed made the Quran easy to understand and remember, then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?” [al-Qamar 54:17].

The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The one who is skilled in reciting Qur’an will be with the noble, honourable scribes and the one who recites Qur’an and falters therein, and finds it difficult, will have a double reward.”
{Narrated by al-Bukhaari (4937) and Muslim (798). }

May Allah accept this effort from us, grant everyone ease and make it sawaab-e-jaariyah for all.
Aameen ya rabbil aalmeen!

WELCOME!

!السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

I welcome you all to the Grasp-Quran blog with the Islamic greeting:

"May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you"

This blog is exclusively created to facilitate the learning of various Surahs from the Quran with word to word meaning in English and Urdu languages. I hope and pray to the Almighty Allah that this effort reaches out to as many people as possible; and Allah accepts this service from us all.

Aameen ya rabbil aalmeen! :)