Sureh Al- Fatiha ends with the request for the straight path, and the whole of the Qur’än is, in fact, an answer to this request – that is to say, the man who seeks the straight path will find it only in the Holy Qur’än.

“Alif, Lam, Meem. That book has no doubt in it – a guidance for the God-fearing, who believe in the unseen, and are steadfast in salah, and spend out of what We have provided them; and who believe in what has been revealed to you and what has been revealed before you, and do have faith in the Hereafter. It is these who are on guidance given by their Lord; and it is just these who are successful.” [Al-Quran 2:1-5]

God-fearing, are the people who have received the guidance, whose path is the straight path, and that he who seeks the straight path should join their company, adopt their beliefs and their way of life. The next verse states, “It is these who are on guidance given by their Lord, and it is just these who are successful.”

Thus, the first of the two verses, mentions three qualities of the God-fearing people:

1.      Who believe in the ‘unseen’– The Holy Qur’an uses this word ‘unseen’ to indicate all the things which we cannot know through the five senses or through reason, but which have been reported to us by the Holy Prophet (PBUH). These include the essence and the attributes of Allah, matters pertaining to destiny, heaven and hell and what they contain, the Day of Judgment and the things which happen on that Day, divine books, all the prophets who have preceded the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

2.      Who are steadfast in the prayers– this implies not merely saying one’s prayers but performing the prayers correctly in all possible ways and observing all the prescribed conditions, whether obligatory (Fard) or necessary (Wajib) or commendable (Mustahabb).

3.      Who spend in the way of Allah – It includes all the forms of spending in the way of Allah, whether it be the fard (obligatory) Zakäh or the Wajib (necessary) alms-giving or just voluntary and nafl (supererogatory) acts of charity.

Among the three qualities of the God-fearing, faith is, of course, the most important, for it is the basic principle of all other principles, and no good deed can find acceptance -or validity without faith. The Other two qualities pertain to good deeds. The question here arises as to why the Holy Qur’an should content to choose for mention only two – namely, performing Salah and spending in the way of Allah. In answering this question, one could say that all the good deeds which are obligatory or necessary for man pertain either to his person and his body or to his possessions. Among the personal and bodily forms of Ibadat (acts of worship), the most important is the Salah. Hence the Holy Qur’an mentions only this form in the present passage. As for the different forms of Ibadat pertaining to possessions, the word Infaq (spending) covers all of them.

–From ‘Maariful Quran’

Almighty, the creator of the universe has sent guidance in the form of rules and regulations revealed through the messenger to show the right path to the whole mankind in this materialistic world.  These messages are collected in the form of a book (Quran). Almighty has chosen 124000 human beings as His messengers (prophets) and rendered them responsibility to introduce the human beings to their creator and guide them the right way.  The first one is Adam (PBUH) and the last is Mohammad (PBUH).

These chosen messengers are sent for the guidance of the whole mankind in their respective era and some of them are given books containing the commandments of Almighty and the guidance shown by him. Other messengers, sent prior to Muhammad (PBUH) are also introduced in Quran. Anyone can read the history of these messengers from Quran. The four books given to the prophets are: 1. Zaboor on Dawoud (PBUH) 2. Tauraat on Moosa (PBUH) 3. Bible on Isaa (PBUH) 4. Quraan on Greatest of great Mohammad (PBUH). Quran is the only book existed today in its original form. In Quran the name of previous books Zaboor, Tauraat, Injeel (Bible) is mentioned.

Due to non-availability and alterations in the previous books, Quran replaces them and it is the final message from the Almighty creator. In the last 1400 years Quran is in its original form and not a single alteration is there. Its translation in 24 languages is also available in the whole world.

Say, “If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants.” [Al-Quran 17:88]

“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of Allah and the Last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant of all things.” [Al-Quran 33:40]

Quran is not only for any particular cast rather it is for all the human beings of the world. So all the mankind should follow the commandments of the Creator by following Quran. In Quran, all the topics of the life system of mankind is mentioned: Good moral character, good behavior, rights of parents and neighbors, spending money on poor, orphans, dealing with prisoners, rules of marriage and divorce, rules of succession and all the other aspects of mankind is covered. The most important is not to follow any supreme power except the alone creator because others can’t even create a mosquito or a housefly.

Almighty, through his messengers has shown the right path and prevented the human being from the wrong path. The people following the right path will go to paradise and those following the wrong path will go to hell after their death.