From the holy phrase /bismillah/ as far as /malik i...

From the holy phrase /bismillah/ as far as /malik i yaumiddin/ is in connection with Allah, and from /’iyy aka na‘bud/, which is the expression of obedience in worshipping, seeking assistance, and invocation, relates to the servants. Also, some have claimed that the objective in mind in /ma ani/ is the Qur’an itself. In this case, the above mentioned Qur’anic phrase means ‘seven verses from the Qur’an’ which is necessarily the same Surah Al-Hamd.

The reason for this idea is the verse which says: “Allah has revealed the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with itself (yet) repeating…” [^2] The Book the verses of which are similar, harmonious and repetitive.

The blissful Prophet (S) proclaimed: “Whoever, upon whom Allah bestows the Qur’an, imagines such that another one has been bestowed something better than that, he has downgraded the magnificent (Qur’an) and has magnified a tiny (thing).” [^3] Anyway, Allah seeks to condole the Prophet (S) not to be terrified by the enemy’s violence, their density of population and the immense…