Amazing Grace

Updated on Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 9:23AM by The QB

While it is universally accepted that the phrase “In the name of God, The Most Gracious (or The Most Compassionate), The Most Merciful” is part of the Quran and rightfully belongs at the beginning of each surah, there is a difference of opinion among Quranic scholars over whether the phrase is actually a numbered ayah of the first surah (which is called Al-Fatihah, or “The Opening”).

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