Virtures of Surah Fathiha part -2

بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم
In the Name of Allah,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Explanation of Surah Fathiha    

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

[I begin] in the name of Allah the MOST GRACIOUS , 

THE MOST MERCIFUL.

Allah teaches us here, to start any activity with the name of Allah, before
we recite the Quran, before we eat, drink,or even before we play!!!!.
So don't forget to start anything in future with Bismillah
 

الحمد لله

All praise is to Allah

Allah has given us so many lovely things in this World, He has given us
mummies and daddies to love us, look after and protect us, brothers and
sisters to play with, nice clothes and so much more , so we must thank
Him in return of all the favours he has given us by saying ALHAMDULILLAH.

رب العالمين , الرحمن الرحيم , مالك يوم الدين

Allah  is the LORD of(the worlds)  the humans and animals, He created us
and gave us food to eat( Allah causes the rain and thus plants grow with
His permission) then Allah says He is THE MOST MERCIFUL, He is KIND
and Loving Allah is also the MAALIK  - the Owner of all things in this world
and in the Hereafter, He is the King of all kings. Allah Ta'ala has 99 beautiful
names called Asma ul husna. In this surah we learn 4 names:

  الرب , الرحمن , الرحيم , المالك

اياك نعبد و اياك نستعين

O Allah , we pray to You alone and from 

You alone do we ask for help

Everything in this world happens with the help of Allah, so if we  ever
need anything, we must ask Him first before we even ask our mummies
and daddies., because it is Allah who gives even our mummies and
daddies all what they have.!!!

Let me tell you a story of a little boy who got into trouble and how
Allah Ta'ala helped him in the end : Once there lived a little boy named
Yusuf. His father was the chief minister in the court of one of the great
kings of that time. One day the king decided to set out on a journey, so
he called his chief minister and said to him:''Ahamed, I have decided to
leave on a journey to visit my brother, I entrust to you my official ring
for safe keeping, please be very careful with it...'' He then added in a
more stern tone:''  And if you should lose it, I would imprison you for
the rest of your life.'' The minister replied :'' Don't worry your majesty,
it will be safe by me''

So The Minister took the ring home  and on reaching home showed it
to his wife and little son yusuf. Yusuf was fascinated  by the ring ,he said
to his father:'' O father, please let me play with it for while, I'll be very
careful.'' But his father replied saying:'' I'm afraid you cannot have it son,
for if you were to lose the ring, I would be imprisoned, you wouldn't
want that would you?". Yusuf replied :"no daddy that would be awful."
The father said;"Good boy,now let me put the ring in a safe place."

But as the days went by, Yusuf just could not get the ring off his mind.
One day to his great surprise, he found the ring left unattended to on
his father's table. He thought to himself, "I'll borrow the ring for a little
while and return it after i finish playing with it, no one will even notice it
went missing."  So saying, he took the ring and hurried out of the back
door to his favorite playing spot by the riverside.

Yusuf enjoyed himself for a full half hour, ,pretending to be the king,
wearing the ring on his right hand, when all of a sudden the most dreadful
thing happened. The ring which was too big for him , slipped off his little
finger into the river!!!! Yusuf tried everything he could to stop the ring
floating away but nothing worked. Instead it kept going further and further
away,until it disappeared out of sight .Yusuf began to cry. If he didn't get
the ring back, the king would imprison his father.

Yusuf sadly made his way home. As he entered through the front door,
he saw his parents a confused expression on their faces.His mother said:
" O Yusuf the ring has gone missing, we don't know where it could possibly
be!!. Be a good boy and go up to your room while we look for it.
"yes mother."replied yusuf , hurrying up to his room. What had he done!.
Who will save his father now. Who was there more powerful than the
king ?........ "Of course", shouted Yusuf."I'll ask Allah for help, surely
He will help us, He is ALL-POWERFUL and He can do anything
He wishes." So Yusuf made wudhu and prayed two rakahs and he
then made duaa saying: " O Allah, I have been a naughty boy and
now I have lost the ring and my father is in trouble. Please help us
O Allah, I'll never be naughty again." And then Yusuf smiled,he knew
there was nothing to worry about Allah will take care of them now.

The next morning , after subah , the family was seated together , wondering
what they could do. The ring was still not to be found, and the king was
arriving today. Suddenly they heard a knock on the door. Yusuf's mother
exclaimed: "I wonder who that can be, so early in the morning!!.'' At the
door, she found a poor fisherman selling fish. The fisherman replied:
"O madam, Please buy a fish, and help a poor man like me. Yusuf's
mother felt sorry for the man and said:''Alright, take this money, perhaps
Allah may have mercy on us....give me this large fish, on the right.'' She
hurried to the kitchen to prepare the fish and as she cut it open, something
rolled down to the floor. She picked it up and to her amazment found that
it was the kings ring.

Thanks to Yusuf's duaa, Allah caused the fish to swallow up the ring,He then
made the fisherman catch the fish and bring it all the way over to Yusuf's
house. When Yusuf heard what had happened , he hurried to his room ,
prayed two rakahs and made duaa saying:'' Alhamdulillah. Thank you
Allah for saving us.''

So if you ever need help , ask Allah , just as He saved Yusuf 's family,

He will help you.

اهدنا الصراط المستقيم , صراط الذين انعمت عليهم غير 

 المغضوب عليهم و لا الضالين

O Allah, make me a good little Muslim, one who will obey You and listen to
my mummy and daddy. Make me from those whom you love and not from
those, You are angry with, nor go astray. Remember when Allah loves you,
he will protect you and take care of all your needs. You don't have to be
afraid of anybody.

The last part of Fathiha is a duaa where we ask Allah to make us  good
Muslims, to love us and help us, that is why we say at the end of the Surah
(mostly in prayer) AMEEN- O Allah accept.