Al-Fātiḥah
the first chapter of the Qur'an
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Summary
Al-Fātiḥah is a surah[1]. Al-Fātiḥah ranks in the top 0.88% of surah entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,112 views/month, #1 of 114).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: God in Islam[3]
- Genre: religious text[4]
- Depicts: dhikr[5], Tawhid the Attributes of God in Islam[6], Alamin[7], ad-dīn[8], akhirah[9], Huda[10], Ḥizb Shayṭān[11]
- Part of: Qur’an[12]
- Has use: salah[13], Islamic marriage contract[14], Islamic exorcism[15], Tilawa[16], Tajwid[17], worship in Islam[18], Quranic studies[19], dhikr[20], Dua[21]
- Commons category: Al-Fatiha[22]
- Language of work or name: Quranic Arabic[23]
- Inception: 631[24]
- Has edition or translation: 1. The Opening[25], Q31204633[26], Quran (Progressive Muslims Organization)/1[27], Q131599907[28], Q140313033[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Al-Fatiha[30]
- Main subject: Tilawa[31]
- Work available at URL: https://quran.com/1[32]
- Described at URL: https://quranonline.net/al-fatihah/[33], https://www.quran-online.com/quran-english/surah-al-fatiha-english-1.html[34], https://tanzil.net/#1[35], https://www.al-islam.org/quran/surah/1/al-faatiha[36], https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EIEG/SIM_gi_01196.xml[37], https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/QCO/a2.xml[38]
- Facet of: Islam[39]
- Described by source: Oxford English Dictionary[40], Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān[41]
- Title: سورة الفاتحة[42]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/surat-al-fatihah[43]
- Used by: Muslim[44]
- Series ordinal: 1[45]
- Name in kana: かいたん[46]
- Different from: Fatiha[47]
- First line: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم[48]
- Narrator: Muhammad[49]
Body
Influence
Things named for Al-Fātiḥah include Al-Fatiha Foundation[50], a nonprofit organization[51], founded in 1997[52].
Why It Matters
Al-Fātiḥah has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Al-Fātiḥah is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Al-Fātiḥah include Al-Fatiha Foundation[50], a nonprofit organization[51], founded in 1997[52].