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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Benefits of the Verse: “All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds”

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Among the benefits of this noble verse:
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds - الحمد لله رب العالمين
[Al-Fatihah 1:2]
: is the affirmation of the complete praise of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and the affirmation of His right to it and His exclusivity in it. As for the completeness, it is indicated by the form of the definite article in "al-hamd" (the praise), and as for the exclusivity and the right, they are indicated by the preposition "li" (for) in "li-Allah" (for Allah).
And among the benefits of this noble verse: is the precedence of describing Allah the Exalted with divinity (uluhiyyah) over describing Him with lordship (rububiyyah). It did not say "Lord of the worlds" but rather it said:
to Allah, Lord of the worlds -لله رب العالمين
[Al-Fatihah 1:2]
This is either because
Allahالله
is the proper name specific to Him, which all other names follow, or it can be said that divinity was given precedence by Allah the Exalted over the mention of His lordship (Glorified and Exalted is He) because those to whom the messengers came denied only the divinity.
And among its benefits: is the universality of the lordship of Allah the Exalted for all the worlds, due to His saying:
the worldsالعالمين
It has been mentioned to us previously in the exegesis that the intended meaning of "the worlds" is everything other than Allah the Exalted, all created things, whether growing or not growing, and whether rational or not rational.
Source alathar.net

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