ِ ‫بِس ِْم هَّللا ِ الرَّحْ ٰ َم ِن الر‬

‫َّح ِيم‬

َ ‫ْال َح ْم ُد هَّلِل ِ َربِّ ْال َعالَ ِم‬

‫ين‬
1:3

ِ ‫الرَّحْ ٰ َم ِن الر‬
‫َّح ِيم‬
1:4

ِ ‫َمالِ ِك يَ ْو ِم ال ِّد‬
‫ين‬
1:5

ُ ‫َّاك نَ ْستَ ِع‬

‫ين‬ َ ‫َّاك نَ ْعبُ ُد َوِإي‬
َ ‫ِإي‬
1:6

‫ا ْه ِدنَا الصِّ َراطَ ْال ُم ْستَقِي َم‬

1:7

ِ ‫ت َعلَ ْي ِه ْم َغي ِْر ْال َم ْغضُو‬

َ ِّ‫ب َعلَ ْي ِه ْم َواَل الضَّال‬
‫ين‬ َ ‫ين َأ ْن َع ْم‬
َ ‫ص َراطَ الَّ ِذ‬
ِ
Translation

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. It is You we worship and You we ask for help. Guide us
to the straight path. The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who
have evoked Your anger or of those who are astray.
‫ سب تعریفیں ہللا ہی کے لئے ہیں ج و‬.‫ہللا کے نام سےشروع جو نہایت مہربان اور رحم فرمانےواال ہے‬
)!‫تمام جہانوں کا پالنے واال ہے۔نہایت مہربان بہت رحم فرمانے واال ہے۔رو ِز جزا کا مالک ہے۔)اے ہللا‬
‫ہم تیری ہی عبادت کرتے ہیں اور ہم تجھ ہی سے مدد چاہتے ہیں۔ہمیں سیدھا راس تہ دکھ ا۔ان لوگ وں ک ا‬
‫راستہ جن پر تو نے انعام فرمایا ان لوگوں کا نہیں جن پر غضب کیا گیا ہے اور نہ (ہی) گمراہوں کا‬

Tafseer

ِ ‫بِس ِْم هَّللا ِ الرَّحْ ٰ َم ِن الر‬

‫َّح ِيم‬

َ ‫ْال َح ْم ُد هَّلِل ِ َربِّ ْال َعالَ ِم‬

‫ين‬

We say All Praise to Allah Lord of the Worlds.

Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is perfect we can praise Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬and we can praise
others, but it is not the same it is not at the same level, we can praise
someone but in the heart, we may not really mean it so it can never be at the
same level.
Rabb – What does Rabb mean? There are three qualities of Rabb  
 One who plans
 One who creates
 One who nourishes
It is Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬who created the universes, who sustains the universes
and he nourishes the universes all the way to the end. He owns everything
that is why all praise is for him.
The sun, it always comes out on time because Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is controlling
it. There is so much harmony in the universe because Allah ‫الى‬0‫بحانه وتع‬0‫ س‬is
controlling this. Some people believe that Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬just created and
that was it, but this is not so Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬maintains the universe and all
that is in between them.

ِ ‫الرَّحْ ٰ َم ِن الر‬
‫َّح ِيم‬

The Entirely Merciful The Especially Merciful

Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is constantly merciful to us, he grants us blessings and we

sin, yet he continues to grant us blessings. He does not immediately punish
us.
Ar Rahman – He is entirely merciful to us and he gives to us whether we show
gratitude or not, he continues to give to us all the time. Imagine if you were to
do a favour for someone if you were to give to somebody and they did not
show gratitude towards you. And again, you give to someone and they still did
not show gratitude by the third time there is no way you would want to go back
to that person, and yet each time we commit a sin, each time we do
something wrong Allah still continues to give to us.

ِ ‫َمالِ ِك يَ ْو ِم ال ِّد‬
‫ين‬
Sovereign Of The Day Of Recompense
Allah ‫الى‬00‫بحانه وتع‬00‫ س‬is Sovereign of the Day of Recompense. Malik means
Sovereign, Master, Complete Owner of the day of Recompense, the Day of
Judgment.
What does it mean that he is the Sovereign of that Day? Or the Master of that
Day?
It means that all things are in his hands, everything is under his control. On
that day only Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬will have authority. That day whatever a person
has done in the Dunya they will recompense, they will be giving their result,
they will be given their payment.
Every Malik is not an owner – He might own a thing e.g. You have some
kings that don’t have an authority like the Queen she does not do anything,
but Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is Malik and Owner he does both, he owns and has the
authority to do everything.
Nothing will be hidden from Allah. He is the exclusive owner of that day and
this means that all deeds will be completely before him and not just in terms of
physically, not just that physically people will be enclosed, but the deeds, the
reality of deeds will be before Allah, the intentions behind them, and Allah will
give recompense accordingly. The reward for those who did good and
recompense for those who did evil.
We learn that everything is in Allah's hand, we should not rely on people but
turn to Allah because on that day Kings, Queens everybody will be the same.
Does man think that he will be left alone that he is here and no one will
question him? But on that day they will be questioned so we need to work for
that day from now so we can attain Jannah.
We learn we should submit ourselves to Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬in this world. Allah is
the owner of this world and the hereafter. A person will be brought forth from
the first to the last on that day.

ُ ‫َّاك نَ ْستَ ِع‬

‫ين‬ َ ‫َّاك نَ ْعبُ ُد َوِإي‬
َ ‫ِإي‬
It Is You Alone We Worship And It Is You Alone We Ask For Help
If it is Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬who is the Master of that Day, we should be sincere to
him, we should worship only him for there is no other master and the worship
is Na Budu – it is a worship that has humility and love to the utmost degree.
When we worship Allah ‫الى‬00‫بحانه وتع‬00‫ س‬in one way we do this when we are
prostrating before him.  In sajdah which is the highest form of worship that is
physical humility when you put your face on the floor. This should be done
with love and humility.
Wa Iyyaka Nastaeen – and you alone we ask for help. All the difficulties we
may face all the difficulties we may go through we ask only Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬to
help us, we ask only Allah.
We should remember that we are created for Allah ibadah, we are
programmed to do his worship by nature. Humans are compelled to love
someone and give everything to them, and if we don’t love Allah ‫سبحانه وتعالى‬
and give him everything we own then we will give it to someone else who
not deserving.  So we should give it to Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬to the one whom we
will return to. He as given us everything. Allah does not need our worship.
Everything glorifies Allah, the angels, the heavens, the plants, the animals.
We should use our will and turn to Allah. The one who values Allah ‫سبحانه وتعالى‬
he turns to him, he gave us everything so we must turn to him.
We are created weak da'eef, we always depend on others no matter how
strong we get from inside, we are weak and we have to depend on others we
are always in need so we should turn to Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬in worship and dua.
The Prophet ‫ صلى ا عليه وسلم‬and the Sahabah, they would turn to Allah ‫سبحانه‬
‫الى‬00‫ وتع‬in dua for the smallest of things, they turned to Allah ‫الى‬00‫بحانه وتع‬00‫ س‬in
everything. And Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬says ask me and I will respond to you.  We
call on friends when we need help, we can’t always get hold of them they may
be busy, but Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is always there he is never too busy to hear your
dua. Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬is pleased when you ask him.  People are not always
pleased when you ask of them.
This is the first dua Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬has taught us iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka
nastaeen. We should seek help in every matter.

‫ا ْه ِدنَا الصِّ َراطَ ْال ُم ْستَقِي َم‬

Guide Us To The Straight Path
To worship Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬we need to know how to worship him, so we ask
him for guidance to the right path. Allah is the one who created us and
guidance is in his hands.
We cannot choose our own self-made way of worship. We cannot decide for
ourselves that this is how we are going to worship Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬we worship
him the way he has taught us.
What is worship?
To prostrate before Allah, to obey him, to accept what he has given to us, and
to do all this without feeling it a burden or without finding it difficult. And that is
why we ask Allah, ihdinas sirat al mustaqeem, guide us to the straight path.
What is guidance?
Guidance of tawfeeq comes only from Allah- ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬and you get this only
when you ask for it. Guidance of knowledge leads to actions. When we ask
Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬for guidance we are asking for both. If we want the ability to
walk upon the way we have to ask for it so when we make dua, sirat al
mustaqeem, we are asking for the guidance.    
Three aspects of this guidance are:-
 show us the right path
 take us along this path
 take us through to the final destination
Every day in every prayer in every rakat we ask this of Allah ‫سبحانه وتعالى‬.
There are two types of guidance:-
 Hadiya Ilshad– direction, showing the way, information, all of us are here
gaining the knowledge. hadiya ilshad leads to knowledge.
Hadiya Tawfeeq – when Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬gives the tawfeeq, the ability to a
person to implement the knowledge, to remain steadfast upon the path of
deen. This hadiya tawfeeq comes only from Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬this
hadiya tawfeeq a person gets when he asks for it, it leads to actions. 1:7

ِ ‫ت َعلَ ْي ِه ْم َغي ِْر ْال َم ْغضُو‬

َ ِّ‫ب َعلَ ْي ِه ْم َواَل الضَّال‬
‫ين‬ َ ‫ين َأ ْن َع ْم‬
َ ‫ص َراطَ الَّ ِذ‬
ِ
  The Path Upon Those Whom You have bestowed Your Favour Not Of Those
Who Have Evoked Your Anger Or Of Those Who Went Astray
Sirat Al Lathina An'amta Alayhim - When we ask for this path, those who Allah
has bestowed his favour, Who are these people?
In Nisa Ayet 69 Allah ‫الى‬00‫بحانه وتع‬00‫ س‬tells us whoever obeys Allah and the
messenger those will be with the ones Allah has bestowed his favour and
these people are:
 the Prophets,
 the Sadikeen who are the Truthful Ones,
 the Martyrs and
 As Saliheen those who are Righteous.
These are the ones Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬has bestowed his favour upon.
What is the blessing Allah has given them?
It’s the blessing of Islam, blessing of knowledge, of the guidance. We want to
be on the same path as them, those who are practising, they have the
knowledge. If you study the lives of the Sahaba you will see that their lives
were practical, they did what they said. They had the knowledge and the
knowledge was in their actions. These people sacrificed their time for Allah
‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬they spent their time in the service of Allah, their dedication and
their commitment to the deen, they were submissive, truthful, honest, patient,
trustworthy, and they called people to Allah’s way, so they had the knowledge,
implemented it and spread it to others, called others to the same thing that
they had, to the blessings that they had, to spend in the way of Allah. So in
other words, we are asking for all of these qualities. When we say ‫ِين‬ َ ‫ٲط ٱلَّذ‬
َ ‫صِ َر‬
ۡ‫ت َعلَ ۡي ِهم‬َ ‫ َأ ۡن َع ۡم‬we are asking for these qualities that these people had. Allah ‫سبحانه‬
‫ وتعالى‬is pleased with them and they are pleased with him, so we want to be
like them, we are asking for the same path that they walked upon, and for this,
we need to study their lives.
Not of those who have evoked your anger or of those who went astray.
And we ask Allah not to make us of those Ghari Al Maghdubi Alayhim, not of
those who invoked your anger.
Who are those who invoked Allah’s anger?
They are those who went astray after gaining knowledge.
Wa La Daleen
And not of those who went astray – Daleen are those who went astray without
having the knowledge, they are ignorant, they did not learn nor did they try to
learn, so there are two different groups here. Those that had the knowledge
and yet they disregarded that knowledge and went astray and those that did
not even learn, they did not have the knowledge nor did the seek it.
 Those that had the knowledge and yet they disregarded that knowledge
and went astray and
  Those that did not even learn, they did not have the knowledge nor did
they seek it.
Now Allah ‫الى‬00‫بحانه وتع‬00‫ س‬is angry with those who know and yet they still do
wrong, thus Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬describes Al Maghdubi as those who know and
yet they still do wrong, as we would when we know something better we know
better than what we are doing, they know they should not be doing what they
are doing, yet deliberately they still do that and this is what invokes the anger
of Allah.
Allah’s anger becomes his punishment. So we look at the previous nations of
Nuh who was the first nation to be destroyed, then Ad and Thamud and over
time Bani Israel also had the punishment of Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬upon them.
Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬says in the Quran Sirat Al Lathina An'amta Alayhim – the
path of those who Allah favored. In the Quran Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬says today I
have completed my favour upon you.

There are many favours that Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬has given us but the blessing
that is mentioned the greatest blessing that Allah ‫ سبحانه وتعالى‬have given us is
the blessing of Islam, knowledge of this deen. We ask Allah ‫الى‬0‫ سبحانه وتع‬to
make us continue to walk upon this path of Islam until death. Ameen.
From this Surah, we learn that to be upon the path of those who are blessed,
you must act upon it so that we can be saved on the Day of Judgment.
When we end this Surah we say, Ameen. O Allah accept this dua. The
Messenger of Allah said when the Iman says Ameen then say Ameen,
because whoever says Ameen with the angels his previous sins will be
forgiven. Ameen is not just to be said after Suratal Al Fatihah but at any time
that someone makes a dua – when we say Ameen, we are saying O Allah
answer our dua.