Al-Fatiha (also known as Al-Fātiḥa or Al-Fātiḥah; Arabic: الفاتحة, *al-fātiḥah*), meaning "The Opening" or "The Opener," is the first surah (chapter) of the Holy Quran.
Read MoreIn Surah Al-Fatihah you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Al-Fatihah which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Al-Fatihah.
In Surah Al-Fatihah we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.
There are 7 verses / Ayat in Surah Al-Fatihah
Surah Al-Fatihah was revealed in Makkah
Surah Al-Fatihah can be found in Juz or Para 1
There are 1 Ruku in Surah Al-Fatihah
Surah number of Surah Al-Fatihah is 1
The meaning of Surah Al-Fatihah is The Opening, the Opening of the Divine Writ, The Essence of the Divine Writ, The Surah of Praise, The Foundation of the Qur'an, and The Seven Oft-Repeated
You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Al-Fatihah here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.
Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Al-Fatihah.
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