Al-Faatiha - The Opening 1:2-7

5ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ 2 ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ 3 مَـٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ  4 إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ  ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٲطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ  6  صِرَٲطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ   

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, (2) The Beneficent, the Merciful. (3) Owner of the Day of Judgment, (4)Thee  we worship; Thee  we ask for help. (5) Show us the straight path, (6) The path of those whom Thou hast favoured. Not  of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. (7)

In these very first verses of Quran, we encounter with God for the first time and "Faatiha" is how he introduces him self to humans : "I am who you are looking for, to praise to call for help and who will love you back. I am the one who cares for the entire world. I am the one that you will need me after worlds too." Then he talks for us as a father put words in the mouth of his child; "You are the only Lord for us and you are the only helper we ever need. Guide us through the path toward your self as the ones you paved the way for, not those you frowned upon or the lost." 

This is how he want us to know him first and for ever. This is defining a relationship that would change our lives if it touches us. We would probably need no more of Quran if these verses would had deeply stroked our heart. Perhaps, the rest of Quran is primarily clarifying these lines and the intended relationship between God and us.

The key words and my main concentration are these words : " حَمۡدُ" and " عۡبُدُ" which nearly mean praise and worship (= as suggested by most translations.). Firstly; why God would need our praise or how it helps humans ? Secondly; are humans supposed to worship God by life long rituals or he may possibly mean some thing else by "Abd" ?

Another issue that comes to my minde is in the last verse; as described by God, there are three types of people when it comes to the right path. First is the "guided ones", second are the ones  "frowned at" and finally the last group are the "lost ones."   The first and the last are probably easy to understand but the middle group needs some thinking and searching around the key word of " مَغۡضُوبِ" . So we will need to look up these three words in Quran and find out how they have been used in order to come to understand what exactly their creator means by these wordings.