Surah Fatiha Verse 1

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The Very Basic Creed Of A Muslim Is To Believe In The Oneness Of Allah

Almighty. After Having This Belief, There Must Be A Connection Of A Muslim
With His Lord Almighty. How Can This Connection Be Established? How Can
One Get Close To The Blessed Court Of Allah Almighty? How Can One Become
The Beloved Of Allah Almighty? Answers Of These Questions Are Very
Important For A Muslim. The One Who Wants To Please Lord Almighty Searches
For The Answer Of These Questions. The One Answer To These Questions Is
That; One Must Always Praise And Thank The Lord Almighty. The Best
Wordings For The Praise And Gratitude Of Allah Almighty Are In The Very First
Ayah Of The Holy Quran “‫”الحمد هلل رب العلمين‬. When A Bondsman Praises Lord
Almighty, He Receives Blessings From His Lord Almighty. The Importance Of
Praising Allah Almighty Is Mentioned In Many Blessed Hadiths. Let Us Read Few
Of Them:
Hadith 1
It is narrated by Hazrat Anas Bin Malik ‫رضی ہللا عنہ‬, that the beloved Prophet ‫صلی‬
‫ ہللا علیہ وسلم‬said: Allah ‫ عزوجل‬becomes happy with this habit of (man) individual
that if he eats something, he praises Allah ‫ عزوجل‬and if he drinks something, he
praises Allah ‫عزوجل‬.

(Muslim, Kitab ul zikar, page 1463, Hadees No 89)

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Hazrat Jabir Bin Abdullah ‫ ہللا عنہ‬A‫ رضی‬narrates, the Holy Prophet ‫صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم‬
said: the greatest of all Zikr is “‫ ” ٓاَل اِ ٰلــہَ اِاَّل ہللا‬and the greatest Dua is “ ِ ‫”اَ ْل َح ْم ُد هّٰلِل‬.

(Ibn e Majah, Kitab ul Adab, Vol 4, Page 248, Hadees 3800)

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It is narrated by Hazrat Anas Bin Malik ‫رضی ہللا عنہ‬, the Holy Prophet ‫صلی ہللا علیہ‬
‫ وسلم‬said, “when Allah ‫ عزوجل‬reveals some blessing on His bondsman and that
bondman says “ ِ ‫”اَ ْل َح ْم ُد هّٰلِل‬, on receiving that blessing, that praise is greater near
Allah ‫ عزوجل‬than that blessing.” (Ibn e Majah, Kitab ul Adab, Vol 4, Page 250,
Hadees 3805)

Dear brothers! We come to know from these blessed Hadees the greatness of rank
of “‫ ”الحمد هلل رب العلمين‬is that it is mentioned as a best Dua in the blessed saying of
the beloved Rasool ‫ صلی ہللا علیہ وسلم‬and we also come to know that Allah Almighty
gets pleased with the one who praises him after every blessing. We are receiving
blessings of Allah Almighty each and every second but how much gratitude are we
paying to our Lord Almighty? If we try to establish a habit of saying “‫الحمد هلل رب‬
‫ ”العلمين‬on the blessings of Allah Almighty, we will start paying gratitude to Him.

We should also keep this fact in mind that when we pay gratitude to our Allah
Almighty, we receive more blessings. In other words, our blessings keep
increasing if we pay gratitude on the blessings as this fact is mentioned in the holy
Quran. Our Lord Almighty says in the Holy Quran:
 “ A‫”لئن شكرتم الزيدنكم‬

Translation from Kanz ul Iman: “If you give thanks, I will give you more,”

From this blessed Ayah, we come to know that if we pay gratitude on blessings
and say thanks, blessings will increase. Now it is our choice. We should ask
ourselves; do we need the blessings of Allah Almighty more or less? Answer to
this question is clear. We all want more and more blessings from the blessed court
of Allah Almighty. The simple method for that is mentioned above.

Praise of Allah Almighty and saying thanks to him also teaches us to say thanks to
people. For healthy and good society, it is vital manner to say thanks to each other
on the favors we receive from others. If we have the mindset to thank, we will
thank the people as well our Lord Almighty. Start reciting this blessed Ayah “‫الحمد‬
‫ ”هلل رب العلمين‬with the intention of saying thanks to Allah Almighty. You will
receive great blessings in this world as well in the hereafter.