Tafseer Ibn Kathir: Surah Fatihah #1. This is NOT Abridged. This is book has 70 pages of Tafseer from Ibn Kathir just for Al-Fatihah. Al-Fatihah, that is, the Opener of the Book, the Surah with which prayers are begun. It is also called, Umm Al-Kitab (the Mother of the Book), according to the majority of the scholars. When the servant says, All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of existence, ' Allah says, 'My servant has praised Me.