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ف-ت-ح

Fa-Ta-Ha

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Fa-Ta-Ha (ف-ت-ح) has 5 words in the Fahm dictionary: fātiḥah (opening / the Opening (first surah)), fataḥa (to open), maftūḥ (open), miftāḥ (key), and 1 more.

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 38 times in 33 verses, across 25 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:76. The form فَتَحَ (to open) accounts for 16 of them.

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Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
فَاتِحَةٌ
fātiḥah
opening / the Opening (first surah)noun, A1Particles and Key Phrases
فَتَحَ
fataḥa
to openverb, A116×Action Verbs - Communication
مَفتوح
maftūḥ
openadjective, A1Adjectives - States & Conditions
مِفْتاح
miftāḥ
keynoun, A2Travel Plans & Booking
اِفْتِتَاحِيَّة
iftitāḥiyya
editorialnoun, B2Elections & Democracy

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And when they fall in with those who believe, they say: We believe. But when they go apart one with another they say: Prate ye to them of that which Allah hath disclosed to you that they may contend with you before your Lord concerning it? Have ye then no sense?

Quran 2:76
فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يُسَـٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌ ۚ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَـٰدِمِينَ

And thou seest those in whose heart is a disease race toward them, saying: We fear lest a change of fortune befall us. And it may happen that Allah will vouchsafe (unto thee) the victory, or a commandment from His presence. Then will they repent them of their secret thoughts.

Quran 5:52
۞ وَعِندَهُۥ مَفَاتِحُ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَآ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ ۚ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِن وَرَقَةٍ إِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

And with Him are the keys of the Invisible. None but He knoweth them. And He knoweth what is in the land and the sea. Not a leaf falleth but He knoweth it, not a grain amid the darkness of the earth, naught of wet or dry but (it is noted) in a clear record.

Quran 6:59

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1noun
فَاتِحَةٌ
fātiḥah

opening / the Opening (first surah)

Example
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ
wa-laqad ātaynāka sabʿan mina al-mathānī wal-Qurʾāna al-ʿaẓīm
And We have certainly given you seven of the often repeated verses and the great Quran (15:87)
Grammar

Active participle (feminine) of فَتَحَ (to open). السَّبْعُ المَثَانِي (the seven oft-repeated) is another name for al-Fātiḥah. Also called أُمُّ الكِتَاب (Mother of the Book).

Culture

Al-Fātiḥah is recited in every unit of every prayer - a Muslim who prays five daily prayers recites it at least 17 times a day. It is the most recited chapter in human history.

A1verb
فَتَحَ
fataḥa

to open

Example
فتحتُ البابَ للضيوفِ
fataḥtu al-bāba liḍ-ḍuyūfi
I opened the door for the guests
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: fataḥa, Present: yaftaḥu.

A1adjective
مَفتوح
maftūḥ

open

Example
البابُ مَفتوح
al-bābu maftūḥ
The door is open
Grammar

Feminine form: maftūḥa (مَفتوحة). Passive participle from fataḥa (فَتَحَ, to open). Opposite of mughlaq (مُغلَق).

A2noun
مِفْتاح
miftāḥ

key

Example
أَعْطِني مِفْتاح الغُرْفة مِن فَضْلِك.
aʿṭinī miftāḥ al-ghurfa min faḍlik.
Give me the room key, please.
B2noun
اِفْتِتَاحِيَّة
iftitāḥiyya

editorial

Example
كَتَبَ رَئيسُ التَّحريرِ اِفتِتاحِيَّةً عَنِ الأَزمَة.
kataba raʾīsu t-taḥrīri ftitāḥiyyatan ʿani l-azma.
The editor-in-chief wrote an editorial about the crisis.

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