Surah Al-Fatiha

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Islamic prayer Quranic surah

Surah Al-Fatiha is the opening chapter of the Quran, consisting of seven verses that serve as a fundamental prayer and summary of Islamic faith and guidance.

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Label Occurrences
Surah Al-Fatiha canonical 6
Al-Fatiha 4
Al-Fātiḥah 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic prayer ⓘ
Quranic surah ⓘ
addressedTo Allah ⓘ
alsoKnownAs As-Sab‘ al-Mathani ⓘ
The Seven Oft-Repeated ⓘ
Umm al-Kitab ⓘ
Umm al-Kitab ⓘ
surface form: Umm al-Quran
canonicalStatus part of the standard Uthmanic codex of the Quran ⓘ
centralTheme Day of Judgment ⓘ
divine guidance ⓘ
monotheism ⓘ
supplication ⓘ
worship of Allah alone ⓘ
chapterNumber 1 ⓘ
containsPhrase Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim ⓘ
function foundation of Islamic worship ⓘ
summary of Quranic message ⓘ
keySupplication Guide us to the straight path ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
liturgicalUse opening of Quranic recitation ⓘ
recited in every unit of Muslim formal prayer (salah) ⓘ
mentionsAttributeOfAllah Lord of the worlds ⓘ
Master of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
The Especially Merciful ⓘ
The Most Merciful ⓘ
mentionsConcept straight path ⓘ
those favored by Allah ⓘ
those who earned divine anger ⓘ
those who went astray ⓘ
name Surah Al-Fatiha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Al-Fatiha
numberOfVerses 7 ⓘ
placeInRevelation Meccan surah ⓘ
positionInQuran 1 ⓘ
recitationContext daily prayers ⓘ
funeral prayers ⓘ
supplications ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
revealedTo Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
revelationLanguage Classical Arabic ⓘ
scripture Quran ⓘ
significanceInHadith described as greatest surah of the Quran in some narrations ⓘ
statusInFiqh considered essential part of salah in most Sunni schools ⓘ
structure acknowledgment of divine sovereignty ⓘ
exclusive devotion and seeking help ⓘ
praise of Allah ⓘ
supplication for guidance ⓘ
translationOfName The Opening ⓘ
verseCountInPrayerUnit 7 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
Surah Al-Baqarah → precededBy → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Al-Fatihah
Meccan surahs → includesExample → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
Surah Al-Fatiha → name → Surah Al-Fatiha self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fatiha
The Cow → followsSurah → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fatihah
The Opening → hasArabicName → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fatiha
The Opening → hasArabicName → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fātiḥah
Master of the Day of Judgment → appearsInSurah → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fatiha
Umm al-Kitab → refersTo → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah al-Fatiha
Umm al-Kitab → honorificFor → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah al-Fatiha
As-Sab‘ al-Mathani → honorificTitleFor → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
As-Sab‘ al-Mathani → describes → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surah Al-Fatiha as central to Qur’anic recitation
As-Sab‘ al-Mathani → refersToVerseCountOf → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
As-Sab‘ al-Mathani → linkedConcept → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fatiha
The Seven Oft-Repeated → refersTo → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
The Seven Oft-Repeated → honorificTitleFor → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
Mālik Yawm ad-Dīn → appearsInSurah → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fātiḥah
Bismillāh ir-Raḥmān ir-Raḥīm → appearsInSurah → Surah Al-Fatiha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al-Fātiḥah