An explanation of a short treatise on the illustrious sūrah al-Fātiḥah. This oft-repeated sūrah (chapter) is a pillar of the ṣalāh (prayer). Deep and virtuous in its meaning, the explanation uncovers its names and virtues, its comprising of the two types of duʿāʾ (duʿāʾ al-ʿIbādah and duʿāʾ al-Masʿalah), the balance of fear (al-khawf) and hope (al-Rajaʿ) contained therein, the four types of love, the praising of the believers and the condemnation of the disbelievers and the misguided.