The Cure

This Soorah has characteristics that distinguish it from others. From those characteristics is that it is a Pillar of the prayer, which, in turn, is the greatest pillar in Islam after the testification of faith. There is no prayer for the one who dose not recite the opening chapter of the Quran. It is also a ‘Ruqya’ (incantation – used as a cure when read over someone). When read over the sick they are cured by the permission of Allah because the Prophet (SAW) said to the one who read it over a person who had been bitten by a scorpion and was cured, “How did you come to know that it is a ‘Ruqya’ (cure)? [ Agreed upon, Saheeh al-Bukhaaree [2276] with the additional wording, “You have done the right thing].