AYATU 'L-FATH

Lit. "The verse of victory." The fifty-ninth verse of the Suratu 'l-An'am (vi.) of the Qur'an. The powers of this verse are said to be so great, that if a person constantly recite it he will obtain his desires. It is generally recited with this object forty times after each season of prayer. It is as follows: - "And with Him are the keys of the secret things; none knoweth whatever is on the land and in the sea; and no leaf falleth but he knoweth it; neither is there a grain in the darkness of the earth, not a green thing nor a dry thing, but it is noted in a clear book."