HOW
MANY AYAT DOES AL-FATIHAH CONTAIN
There is no
disagreement over the view that Al-Fatihah contains seven Ayat. According to
the majority of the reciters of Al-Kufah, a group of the Companions, the
Tabi`in, and a number of scholars from the successive generations, the
Bismillah is a separate Ayah in its beginning. We will mention this subject
again soon, if Allah wills, and in Him we trust.
THE
NUMBER OF WORDS AND LETTERS IN AL-FATIHAH
The scholars say that
Al-Fatihah consists of twenty-five words, and that it contains one hundred and
thirteen letters.
