Ayat no.2: ‘Compassionate the Merciful.’
Is there any person or any being except Allah who never tires of giving? He tells us to ask so that He may grant .Allah is merciful to all His creation and his mercy is infinite. No matter how many times we disobey Him if we ask His forgiveness with the purity of intention He forgives us. Despite of our complains about little things that go wrong, do we ever pause to think about the countless things He has provided us with?
Think about the patterns in nature. Has the sun ever delayed rising? Have you had to worry that it will not rise?
Have you realized how we can blissfully go to sleep to rest our bodies?
Have you noticed the fruits that you eat? So many different colours, shapes, taste?
Every morning when we wake up do we thank our Creator for our health, the movement in our limbs, the food that we are able to eat and digest, the beautiful relationships that he has provided for us, and the love that He has kept in our hearts.
Can we create any of these on our own?
Ayat no 3. ‘Master of the day of judgement’
The day of judgement is inevitable. It’s a reality that we all must accept but sadly we neglect it to the extent that we never remind ourselves that whatever we sow will bear its fruit. The universe has a pattern based on justice and balance; so how can it be that those who do wrong in this world will not be punished later and those who obey not rewarded?
Have we prepared ourselves for our meeting with our Creator?
If we have to make a journey, we plan for it days before and prepare long lists of articles that will be needed to make that journey comfortable. Are we planning to step into the next world unprepared?
Ayat no 4: ‘You alone we worship and You alone we call on for help’
Shouldn’t we consider ourselves lucky that we get to meet our Creator without any appointment 5 times a day? It’s an exclusive time for us to be in the presence of the Creator and communicate with Him.
Allah has all His creation to bow down infront of Him but we have only Him to look upto.He doesnot need our prayers but we need Him.
Ibaadat means bowing down physically as well as mentally with love. Every act that is done purely for the sake of pleasing Allah becomes Ibaadat. Even eating our meals would become Ibaadat if we eat with the feeling of love and thankfulness. His total obedience with the true feeling of His greatness.
In our darkest hours, the only ray of hope is Allah. Not a leaf can move without His permission so try communicating with Him by forming the habit of talking to Him. Tell Him about everything, form the least important to the most important and then you will be able to feel the miracle of faith. Prophet’s companions used to ask Allah for even the tiniest of things such as their shoelaces. When we need something which is the first name that comes to our mind? All names should be erased and only Allah’s name should enter our mind as soon as we need help. Its true that we need people’s help but when we ask for His guidance then he puts mercy in other peoples hearts for us and the all things automatically fall into place.
Ayat no.5: ‘Guide us to the right way’
Aihdina means not only to show the right path it means to be able to walk on that path and to reach our destination successfully. So it’s a dua for us to ask for Allah’s guidance and courage to follow the right path leading to jannat. This path is straight and its full of obstacles mainly those erected by our own desires. There is no other shortcut that can be taken, if we want to be successful we will have to walk through this path. The knowledge of this path will come from Allah’s help and mercy and the source of this knowledge is Quran and Sunnah. So if you have time and you spend some of it to understand and know about this path then you should consider yourself amongst the lucky ones as everyone doesnot get this opportunity. It’s a special gift from the Creator and one should be thankful in receiving it.
Ayat no.6:’The way of those whom you have favoured.’
The right path is Allah’s chosen people’s path. Prophets and their companions’ path. If you want to reach London you will not board the plane to Japan. Likewise to be successful on judgement day the path you need to take is the one taken by prophets. Wrong paths lead to wrong destinations. If you donot know your destination then you will keep on driving your car throughout the city and it will not get you anywhere.
Allah has shown us the right way of asking for guidance. We should realize what we are asking for to be able to deserve such guidance which would make us worthy of Allah’s love and forgiveness.
Ayat no.7: ‘Not of those who have earned your wrath, Nor of those who have lost the way.’
Maghdoub are those people who got the message of Allah but chose to ignore it. We are asking to be safe from the way of those who know but choose to close their eyes and live the life of ignorance. It’s the same as losing one’s way after knowing the address.
Addualeen are those people who don’t know right from wrong. We are asking Allah to save us from the path of those who invoke His anger.
Its time we had a little self assessment. We know so many things but choose to ignore them for example we know that backbiting is forbidden and there is severe punishment for it but do we stop ourselves from it? Don’t we all love to gossip? Thinking that not finding out is going to save us is also the wrong approach because Allah has blessed us with intelligence and we all have the ability of searching for the truth.
Please make a list of things that you want to do but don’t do them and a list list of things which you do and know that they should not be done.
Now when you recite Surah Fatiha while offering your prayers please keep in mind the meaning of what you are reciting to fully benefit from it.
Is there any person or any being except Allah who never tires of giving? He tells us to ask so that He may grant .Allah is merciful to all His creation and his mercy is infinite. No matter how many times we disobey Him if we ask His forgiveness with the purity of intention He forgives us. Despite of our complains about little things that go wrong, do we ever pause to think about the countless things He has provided us with?
Think about the patterns in nature. Has the sun ever delayed rising? Have you had to worry that it will not rise?
Have you realized how we can blissfully go to sleep to rest our bodies?
Have you noticed the fruits that you eat? So many different colours, shapes, taste?
Every morning when we wake up do we thank our Creator for our health, the movement in our limbs, the food that we are able to eat and digest, the beautiful relationships that he has provided for us, and the love that He has kept in our hearts.
Can we create any of these on our own?
Ayat no 3. ‘Master of the day of judgement’
The day of judgement is inevitable. It’s a reality that we all must accept but sadly we neglect it to the extent that we never remind ourselves that whatever we sow will bear its fruit. The universe has a pattern based on justice and balance; so how can it be that those who do wrong in this world will not be punished later and those who obey not rewarded?
Have we prepared ourselves for our meeting with our Creator?
If we have to make a journey, we plan for it days before and prepare long lists of articles that will be needed to make that journey comfortable. Are we planning to step into the next world unprepared?
Ayat no 4: ‘You alone we worship and You alone we call on for help’
Shouldn’t we consider ourselves lucky that we get to meet our Creator without any appointment 5 times a day? It’s an exclusive time for us to be in the presence of the Creator and communicate with Him.
Allah has all His creation to bow down infront of Him but we have only Him to look upto.He doesnot need our prayers but we need Him.
Ibaadat means bowing down physically as well as mentally with love. Every act that is done purely for the sake of pleasing Allah becomes Ibaadat. Even eating our meals would become Ibaadat if we eat with the feeling of love and thankfulness. His total obedience with the true feeling of His greatness.
In our darkest hours, the only ray of hope is Allah. Not a leaf can move without His permission so try communicating with Him by forming the habit of talking to Him. Tell Him about everything, form the least important to the most important and then you will be able to feel the miracle of faith. Prophet’s companions used to ask Allah for even the tiniest of things such as their shoelaces. When we need something which is the first name that comes to our mind? All names should be erased and only Allah’s name should enter our mind as soon as we need help. Its true that we need people’s help but when we ask for His guidance then he puts mercy in other peoples hearts for us and the all things automatically fall into place.
Ayat no.5: ‘Guide us to the right way’
Aihdina means not only to show the right path it means to be able to walk on that path and to reach our destination successfully. So it’s a dua for us to ask for Allah’s guidance and courage to follow the right path leading to jannat. This path is straight and its full of obstacles mainly those erected by our own desires. There is no other shortcut that can be taken, if we want to be successful we will have to walk through this path. The knowledge of this path will come from Allah’s help and mercy and the source of this knowledge is Quran and Sunnah. So if you have time and you spend some of it to understand and know about this path then you should consider yourself amongst the lucky ones as everyone doesnot get this opportunity. It’s a special gift from the Creator and one should be thankful in receiving it.
Ayat no.6:’The way of those whom you have favoured.’
The right path is Allah’s chosen people’s path. Prophets and their companions’ path. If you want to reach London you will not board the plane to Japan. Likewise to be successful on judgement day the path you need to take is the one taken by prophets. Wrong paths lead to wrong destinations. If you donot know your destination then you will keep on driving your car throughout the city and it will not get you anywhere.
Allah has shown us the right way of asking for guidance. We should realize what we are asking for to be able to deserve such guidance which would make us worthy of Allah’s love and forgiveness.
Ayat no.7: ‘Not of those who have earned your wrath, Nor of those who have lost the way.’
Maghdoub are those people who got the message of Allah but chose to ignore it. We are asking to be safe from the way of those who know but choose to close their eyes and live the life of ignorance. It’s the same as losing one’s way after knowing the address.
Addualeen are those people who don’t know right from wrong. We are asking Allah to save us from the path of those who invoke His anger.
Its time we had a little self assessment. We know so many things but choose to ignore them for example we know that backbiting is forbidden and there is severe punishment for it but do we stop ourselves from it? Don’t we all love to gossip? Thinking that not finding out is going to save us is also the wrong approach because Allah has blessed us with intelligence and we all have the ability of searching for the truth.
Please make a list of things that you want to do but don’t do them and a list list of things which you do and know that they should not be done.
Now when you recite Surah Fatiha while offering your prayers please keep in mind the meaning of what you are reciting to fully benefit from it.
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