Terjemahan Dan Makna Surat 01 Al-Fatihah (Pembukaan) The Opening Edisi Bilingual Dalam Bahasa Indonesia Dan Bahasa Inggris. Surah Al-Fatihah, ("Pembukaan") adalah surah pertama dalam al-Qur'an.

Surah ini diturunkan di Mekah dan terdiri dari 7 ayat. Al-Fatihah merupakan surah yang pertama-tama diturunkan dengan lengkap di antara surah-surah yang ada dalam Al-Qur'an.

Surah ini disebut Al-Fatihah (Pembukaan), karena dengan surah inilah dibuka dan dimulainya Al-Quran. Dinamakan Ummul Qur'an (induk al-Quran) atau Ummul Kitab (induk Al-Kitab) karena dia merupakan induk dari semua isi Al-Quran.

Dinamakan pula As Sab'ul matsaany (اyang berulang-ulang) karena jumlah ayatnya yang tujuh dan dibaca berulang-ulang dalam salat. Surah al-Fātiḥah is the first chapter (surah) of the Quran.

Its seven verses (ayat) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship and mercy of God. This chapter has an essential role in Islamic prayer (salāt).

The primary literal meaning of the expression "al-Fatihah" is "The Opener," which could refer to this Surah being "the opener of the Book" (Fatihat al-kitab), to its being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah), or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life. Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in God.

The name al-Fātiḥah ("the Opener") is due to the subject-matter of the surah. Fatiḥah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing.

In other words, a sort of preface. .