Teaching Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Poll:❓ After loss, what’s your rebound?

• 🧘 Healing

• 📈 Discipline

To my fellow K-I-N-G-S
(Knowledgeable • Inspirational • Noble • Gifted • Strong)
& my beautiful Q-U-E-E-N-S
(Quality • Unique • Educated • Elegant • Nurturers)

✨ Theme: Doors & Breakthroughs

Al-Fattāḥ (ٱلْفَتَّاحُ) — The Opener

📖 Qur’an:
“Whatever Allah opens for the people of mercy — none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds — none can release it thereafter.” (Surah Fāṭir 35:2)

🕌 Hadith:
“Allah is Al-Fattāḥ, the Opener of the gates of mercy.” (Muslim)

📜 Torah:
“What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.” (Isaiah 22:22)

✝️ Injīl:
“See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.” (Revelation 3:8)

🗝️ The Meaning of Al-Fattāḥ — The Opener

Al-Fattāḥ (ٱلْفَتَّاحُ) comes from the Arabic root f-t-ḥ (فتح), meaning to open, unlock, reveal, or make victorious. It is not simply about unlocking physical doors — it is about opening what was once hidden, inaccessible, or beyond human reach.

Allah as Al-Fattāḥ opens:

• Paths that seemed blocked — clearing obstacles and guiding us to new opportunities.

• Hearts that were sealed — softening them to faith, truth, and healing.

• Minds to understanding — unveiling wisdom we could not grasp before.

• Doors of provision, mercy, and victory — in ways far beyond our effort or expectation.

When everything feels stuck, when you’ve knocked and knocked and no door seems to open — remember: only Al-Fattāḥ has the keys. Your role is to stay patient, sincere, and ready.

💭 Reflection:

• 🛑 Closed doors are not rejection — they are protection, redirecting you from what is not meant for you.

• 🌅 Open doors are not coincidence — they are mercy, unfolding exactly when heart, timing, and purpose align.

• 🗝️ And above all, it is Al-Fattāḥ — The Opener — who unlocks hearts, opportunities, and destinies.

So trust the process:
If a door closes, you are being protected.
If a door opens, step through it with gratitude.
And if you’re still waiting, remember — Al-Fattāḥ never forgets the ones who knock.