al-Fātiḥa

by Zilio-Grandi, Ida

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Al-Fātiḥa (“The opening”) is the first sūra of the Qurʾān, a brief liturgical invocation. It is considered the most important sūra, both doctrinally (some maintain that it synthesises the whole content of the Qurʾān) and liturgically (it is recited many times daily, in the canonical prayer, ṣalāt) . Tradition confers on the Fātiḥa a variety of epithets, the most common being “Mother of the Book.” Issues regarding the Fātiḥa concern its dating; the inclusion of the initial invocation (tasmiya or…

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Al-Fātiḥa (“The opening”) is the first sūra of the Qurʾān, a brief liturgical invocation. It is considered the most important sūra, both doctrinally (some maintain that it synthesises the whole content of the Qurʾān) and liturgically (it is recited many times daily, in the canonical prayer, ṣalāt) . Tradition confers on the Fātiḥa a variety of epithets, the most common being “Mother of the Book.” Issues regarding the Fātiḥa concern its dating; the inclusion of the initial invocation (tasmiya or basmala) and the numbering of the verses; formal variations; interpretation

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei554

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eng Islam

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Zilio-Grandi, Ida

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