After the commencement in the name of Allah the Merciful, one has to remind of the great ORIGINATOR of the universe and His infinite and immeasurable bounties and favours, through which he may know HIM better, and worship HIM more sincerely, under the stimulus of praise and gratitude.

      When I say the STIMULUS, its because when man gets a gift or a favour, soon he wants to know WHO the giver is?! and by instinct, he feels a natural tendency to be grateful and to give his thanks to the giver. This is why ideologists say that thanks giving to the donor is

incumbent by the acceptor through the natural command of instinct.

      That we say: Our guide in the theistical knowledge is HIS BOUNTIES, is because the best way to know the origin and originator, is to study and ponder upon the rules and the secrets of the creation, specially upon those things connected with man's life.

Such are the reasons that the OPENING CHAPTER is then commenced with the PRAISE that belongs only to God.

      A- Every man who is a source of goodness and blessings or any prophet and Divine Leader who lightens and brightens the hearts with religious guidance - Any Gracious who grants and bestows graces - Any physician who dresses a wound, or cures a painful disease - all of them have their power and ability from the All-Mighty, and therefore, when they are praised for what they do, they owe their praises to their Lord and Cherisher. So is the sun, if it shines, and is praised for radiating light - or the clouds, if they rain down, and are praised - and the earth if it is extolled for giving us so many provisions and products - all such praises and glorifications, belong to Allah the cherisher of them all.

B- A remarkable point is, that the praise is not only at the beginning and commencement of affairs and works, or whatever, but it should also be ended with the praise of God, as we are instructed by the HOLY QURÄN:

      ``(THERE IN THE PARADISE), Their prayer will be; GLORY TO YOU LORD! And their greetings is, `PEACE!' and they end their prayers in; (PRAISE BELONGS TO ALLAH, LORD OF ALL THE WORLDS).''

QURÄN - S 10:10

      C- As for the ARABIC word RAB, (TRANSLATED TO LORD & CHERISHER) Principally it means the owner of something who cherishes and nurtures it, with care and affection.

      D- As for the ARABIC word LAMINEÄ, (TRANSLATED TO WORLDS) It is the plural of LAMÄ, (WORLD) and denotes the whole UNIVERSE.