One thing that opened up to me is that relationship of the 7 oft repeated verses and Quran.
The Quran seems to distinguish Suratal Fatiha from the rest of the Quran (ofcourse part of the Quran, but has distinct status)
"And verily we gave you the seven mathani (oft repeated verses/counter parts) and the great Quran"
The 7 mathani I'll to translate as best I could:
"Through the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All praise is to God, the Lord of the Worlds.
The Compassionate, the Merciful.
Master of the Day of judgement.
You we worship, and You we seek help from.
Guide us the straight path.
The path of those who you favored, not of those who your wrath is upon, neither of those who are astray"
From a stand point, one has to wonder, what in these verses does a Jew for example not believe in? Or a Christian? Or even anyone who believes in God in general.
Day of judgement is not explained, it can be any time we face judgement....a certain day will happen. A person can even believe in reincarnation but believe he will be judged before he is reincarnated.
The point is this Surah is very neutral. Yet if you can connect the dots, the rest of the Quran elaborates on each of these 7 verses, in which there is proof for the religion.
It seems the only people who won't feel truth in Suratal Fatiha is Atheists. Even polytheists won't have a problem with it.
But it seems if we acknowledge these facts, the Quran is saying, you will understand how acknowledging these facts ought to awaken you to the truth of his religion and which religion is correct.
The Quran goes into a discourse and in that discourse, you come to realize the summary of Quran is in Suratal Fatiha or rather it is the axis by which it relies on.
That is why Salah which it emphasizes on can have any surahs but must always have suratal fatiha twice.
Anyways, I don't want to bore you guys, but there is a lot more to be said about the 7 mathani (oft repeated verses/counter parts to the Quran).
The Quran seems to distinguish Suratal Fatiha from the rest of the Quran (ofcourse part of the Quran, but has distinct status)
"And verily we gave you the seven mathani (oft repeated verses/counter parts) and the great Quran"
The 7 mathani I'll to translate as best I could:
"Through the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All praise is to God, the Lord of the Worlds.
The Compassionate, the Merciful.
Master of the Day of judgement.
You we worship, and You we seek help from.
Guide us the straight path.
The path of those who you favored, not of those who your wrath is upon, neither of those who are astray"
From a stand point, one has to wonder, what in these verses does a Jew for example not believe in? Or a Christian? Or even anyone who believes in God in general.
Day of judgement is not explained, it can be any time we face judgement....a certain day will happen. A person can even believe in reincarnation but believe he will be judged before he is reincarnated.
The point is this Surah is very neutral. Yet if you can connect the dots, the rest of the Quran elaborates on each of these 7 verses, in which there is proof for the religion.
It seems the only people who won't feel truth in Suratal Fatiha is Atheists. Even polytheists won't have a problem with it.
But it seems if we acknowledge these facts, the Quran is saying, you will understand how acknowledging these facts ought to awaken you to the truth of his religion and which religion is correct.
The Quran goes into a discourse and in that discourse, you come to realize the summary of Quran is in Suratal Fatiha or rather it is the axis by which it relies on.
That is why Salah which it emphasizes on can have any surahs but must always have suratal fatiha twice.
Anyways, I don't want to bore you guys, but there is a lot more to be said about the 7 mathani (oft repeated verses/counter parts to the Quran).
