I took your silence as a yes.
Sura 1: The opening
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Master of the Day of Judgment.
Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
Keep us on the right path.
The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
Basic info: Al-Fatiha(Arabic name) translates to the mother of the Qur'an. It is a prayer that the most devout say up to 17xs a day. It is ment to be said before starting a new task. At some point in time it fell out of use and had to be reconstructed. Opinions as to where Allah sent this Sura to Mohammad seems to disagree. (whether it is Meccan or Median) Most seem to think it was sent twice, once at Mecca and at Medina. Most of it is pretty straight forward, except verse 7.
Verse 7
"The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors." - Muslims
"Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down"- Consensuses says Jews, but not all Jews. It is believed to be the Jews (3 tribes) that took up arms against Mohammad at Median. Mohammad was friendly with other lesser tribes in Median. He took Jewish history lessons from them.
"Nor of those who go astray." Christians went astray because they were believed to lost the message of Jesus. Mohammad did not believe Jesus to be the son of god hence they lost their way.
Sura 1: The opening
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Master of the Day of Judgment.
Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
Keep us on the right path.
The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
Basic info: Al-Fatiha(Arabic name) translates to the mother of the Qur'an. It is a prayer that the most devout say up to 17xs a day. It is ment to be said before starting a new task. At some point in time it fell out of use and had to be reconstructed. Opinions as to where Allah sent this Sura to Mohammad seems to disagree. (whether it is Meccan or Median) Most seem to think it was sent twice, once at Mecca and at Medina. Most of it is pretty straight forward, except verse 7.
Verse 7
"The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors." - Muslims
"Not (the path) of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down"- Consensuses says Jews, but not all Jews. It is believed to be the Jews (3 tribes) that took up arms against Mohammad at Median. Mohammad was friendly with other lesser tribes in Median. He took Jewish history lessons from them.
"Nor of those who go astray." Christians went astray because they were believed to lost the message of Jesus. Mohammad did not believe Jesus to be the son of god hence they lost their way.
