Fazl-e-Umar — Page 266
Fazle Umar 266 friends on the way to a football game that Allah always blessed him with fresh insight into Surah Fatiha each time he spoke on this chapter. He was suddenly approached after the football game to speak at a gathering organised by the Muslims. Huzur recalls that when he stood to speak, the only Surah that kept coming to his mind was Surah Fatiha and he felt it was a trial in which he was being forced to recite this chapter. He remembers his mind being completely blank as he began reciting the first few verses. However, as he finished the last verse a new insight immediately came to mind. Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib began to explain to the gathering the significance of the last verse. When this chapter was revealed to the Holy founder of Islam, Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa [saw] , he was addressing the disbelievers of Mecca. However, the last verse teaches us to pray to save us from following in the footsteps of the Jews and Christians even though it would have been appropriate to teach us to pray against following in the footsteps of the disbelievers who were confronting the Holy Prophet [saw]. This points to the fact that as polytheists of Mecca were to be destroyed and annihilated, there was no need to teach a prayer concerning them. However, as Jews and Christians were to survive till Judgement Day, hence a prayer was taught relating to them. In these circumstances, Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] was most grateful to the Gracious Lord who protected his honour. 124 In the Hadith, Surah Fatiha is referred to as the mother of the Holy Qur’an. Like the microscopic ovum (fertilised egg) becomes mother to something far greater in the form of a child, similarly the Surah Fatiha contains the blueprint of the whole of the Holy Qur’an. 125 Hence, in this way Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] was gifted with an amazing knowledge of the commentary of the Holy Qur’an. Thereafter, he started the work of