Is surah fateha part of Quran?
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Answer:
Is surah Fateha part of the Quran
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 15 Surah
Hijr verse 87:
87 And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-Repeated (Verses, ie.
Surah Al-Fatihah) and the Grand Qur'an.
While I was praying, the Prophet (saws)
called me but I did not respond to his call. Later I said, "O Allah's
Messenger (saws)! I was praying."
He (saws) said, "Didn't Allah say: 'O you who believe! Give your
response to Allah (by obeying Him) and to His Messenger when he calls
you'?" (8.24)
He (saws) then said, "Shall I not teach
you the most superior Surah in the Quran?" He said, "(It is),'Praise
be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ' (i.e., Surat Al-Fatiha) which consists
of Seven Oft-Repeated Verses of the Magnificent Qur'an which was given to
me."
Allah's Messenger said, "The Um
(substance) of the Quran is the Seven Oft-repeated Verses and is the Great
Quran (i.e. Surat-al-Fatiha)."
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of Allah
and His Messenger (saws), Surah Al-Fatihah is indeed an absolutely integral
part of the Glorious Quran; so much so, that the Messenger of Allah (saws)
termed it the Most Superior Surah and the ‘Umm’ (literally
‘mother’ and colloquially ‘the main Substance’) of the
Holy Quran!
Some people argue that the Surah Al-Fatihah, although a
Revelation from Allah is not part of the Glorious Quran, and their only
evidence is the term ‘and’ used by Allah Subhanah in the same
quoted verse!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 15 Surah
Hijr verse 87:
87 And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-Repeated (Verses, ie.
Surah Al-Fatihah) and the Grand Qur'an.
The evidence of the term ‘and’ used in the
above Verse used by the people who claim that the Surah al-Fatihah is not part
of the Quran is absolutely and utterly weak and unfounded. Allah Subhanah is our witness, no man
who ever walked on this planet earth understood and implemented the tenets and
commands of the Quran better than the blessed self of the Noble Messenger of
Allah, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws), and in various traditions he (saws) has
declared the Surah al-Fatihah an integral part of the Quran.
The wisdom behind the usage of the term ‘and’
in the above quoted Verse of Surah Hijr is not to make Surah al-Fatihah
separate from the Glorious Quran, but rather only to show the superiority,
magnificence, and preference of this ‘Oft-Repeated Surah’ in
comparison to all the other Surahs of the Glorious Quran!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and
He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan
Wister