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LiteraryCharacteristicsoftheFatiha

1.01SomeLCsof ALHAMDULILLAHIPRAISE&THANKSBELONGTOALLAH

InClassDiscussion:

Howareeachofthefollowingstatementsofpraise&thanksdifferentfrom AlHamduLillah?

or

I/WemakethehamdofAllah.

CertainlythehamdbelongstoAllah.

ToAllahbelongsthehamd

HamdbelongstoAllah

1.02SomeLCsof RABBALAALAMEENATHELORDOFTHEWORLDS

Hamd(an)forAllah

Thehamdbelongstothelordoftheworlds

GratitudeisforAllah.

PraiseisforAllah.

GreatpraiseisforAllah.

Thedefinitionof: Theowner,sovereign,cherisher,caretaker,grantoroffavors,sustaineretc.
InClassDiscussion:
Thefollowingselectionsexplaintherelationshipbetweentworecurringterms.Canyoutellwhichtwo?

InClassDiscussion:

TheQuranicUseof :

26:62

37:99

20:122

96:13

28:22

18:24

6:161

Thedifferencebetween

(AALAMEENA)and (AWAALIMU)

Theexcerptsbelowfurtherclarifythedifference:

20: 4950

25:1

15:70

2:122

1.03AComparisonbetween45:36&37andthebeginningoftheFatiha

ThenPraisebetoAllah,LordoftheheavensandLordoftheearth,LordandCherisherofalltheworlds!

InClassDiscussion:
WhatarethedifferencesbetweenthisayahandtheFatihasexpressionofpraiseandhowdothefollowingexcerptshelp
usunderstandthesedifferences?
ASimilarAyah:

TheLastAyahof45:

InClassDiscussion:

45:3

45:13

45:16

45:20

45:22

toHimbeglorythroughouttheheavensandtheearth:andHeisExaltedInpower,fullofWisdom!

ThereismentionofAllahsgrandeurin45butnotinFatiha.

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1.04SomeLCsof

45:8,9

ALRAHMAANIALRAHEEMI

ThewordstructureofALRAHMAANindicatestransience,occurrence,
absolutenessandextremenesstothenthdegree.
ThewordstructureofALRAHEEMindicatesconstancyandpotential.

1.05SomeLCsof
MALIKIYAWMIADDEENI

Thetworecitationsofwithitstwodistinctmeanings

Theexpression

TheBenefitofMentioningBothNames
TheBenefitoftheSequenceinthesenames
AbrieflookatthebeginningofSurah55

ThewordDunyaa(thisworld)hasbeenexcluded
ThewordQiyaamah(resurrection)hasntbeenmentioned
TheimplicationsofusingthewordYawm(Day)

1.06SomeLCsof

45:27

Thereisnoobjectmentionedfor (weseekhelp,butinwhat?)

Themeaningof

2benefitsofmentioningweworshipfirstand weseekaidesecond

Understandingtheatypicalsequenceofthesubject&object

Theswitchfrom3rdpersonto2ndperson

1.07SomeLCsof

ToGuidewiththepreposition :

ToGuidewithoutapreposition:

Toguidet______

38:22

72:2

5:16

IHDINAAALSIRAATAALMUSTAQEEMA

ToGuidewiththepreposition:

Toguideto_____&ToGuidefor____

24:35

7:43

47:3
14:12
4:68

InClassDiscussion: Whichoftheabovehasbeenused
intheFatiha&whataresomeofitsimplications?

17:9

To guide___

1.08ComparingthebeginningofFatihatotheconclusionofJathia(45)

ThenPraisebetoAllah,LordoftheheavensandLordoftheearth,LordandCherisherofalltheworlds!

InClassDiscussion:
What are the differences between this ayah and the Fatihas expression of praise and how do the following excerpts help us
understandthesedifferences?
ASimilarAyah:

TheLastAyahof45:

InClassDiscussion:

45:3

45:13

45:16

45:20

45:22

toHimbeglorythroughouttheheavensandtheearth:andHeisExaltedInpower,fullofWisdom!

ThereismentionofAllahsgrandeurin45butnotinFatiha.

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()

1.09SomeLCsof

Thewordcomparedwiththewordsand:

45:27

45:8,9

 SIRAATisawideroadthatiseasytotreadbuthasplentyofdangersanddistractionsoneitherside.Thereisonlyone.isarazorsharp

longsword.

TAREEQisthemostcommonwordforpathandalludestothefactthattherightoneisachoice.Itisalsoapaththatistreadedrepeatedlybythe

sametraveler.(30 ) ( ) Somescholarssaythattheregularactsofworshiparefromthelikeprayer,zakahetc.

SABEELisaneasytofollowpaththatleadstoadestination.Aisoneofmanyallofwhichhavethesamepointoforiginandthesame

destinationwhilethemiddlemaybedifferent.SomescholarscommentthattheschoolsofthoughtinIslamarefromthe.

InClassDiscussion:Theoriginoftheword andtheimageryencompassedtherein.

1.10SomeLCsof

Therelationshipbetweenandtheimageryof

Thepasttenseconjugationofthe

Thereiterationofthefavoredonesinthewords and .

Thegrammaticalconnectionbetween

and

1.11SomeLCsoftheSurahasawhole
Correlations: , ,

Privilegevs.responsibility

Theuseoftheword insteadof

Theuseof insteadofcoupledwith
Theuseof with

Theuseofasopposedto

Thementionofafter

Thetemporalvs.thenontemporal
Therelationshipbetweenthoughtandaction
Individualvs.Collective