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Surah Al-Fatiha Explained: Allah's Reply to Every Line (with Dr Israr Ahmed)

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You recite these seven verses every day — and a hadith in Sahih Muslim tells you Allah's reply to each one. We walk through al-Fatiha line by line, then see why Maulana Maududi (Tafhim al-Qur'an) and Dr Israr Ahmed (Bayan-ul-Qur'an) both read the rest of the Qur'an as the answer to its prayer.

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  1. 0:00The seven oft-repeated
  2. 0:24Surah al-Fatiha · 1:1–7
  3. 0:46A hadith qudsi
  4. 1:10Line by line
  5. 1:43Three parts
  6. 2:16Not a preface — a prayer
  7. 2:42The reply begins
  8. 3:10A common misreading
  9. 3:39Recap

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Sources in this video

  • Qur'an 1:1–7 and 2:2 (Pickthall)
  • Sahih Muslim 395a
  • Sahih al-Bukhari 4474
  • Tafhim al-Qur'an, Introduction to Surah 1 and 1:7 n.10 (Maududi)
  • Bayan-ul-Qur'an, Roman ed., pp.135, 142, 151, 161 (Dr Israr Ahmed)

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On-screen translations — Qur'an: Pickthall (1930, public domain) · hadith: Learning Heaven's own rendering of the verified Arabic.

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