Interpretation of Alhamdulillah Rabbel-alamin, Lord of the Worlds
Surah Al-Hamd, which is in the Quran and is the first Surah, and they made it for prayer, and they said that prayer without Al-Hamd is not prayer
This Surah Al-Hamd contains all the knowledge; however, the one who is a thinker should reflect on it, well, we are not its people. We say that “Alhamdulillah, Lord of the Worlds; meaning, it is fitting for God that all praise be for Him; but the Quran does not say this, the Quran says that there is no praise at all, except for God. Even if it is an idolater, it is praise, and that too is for God, he himself does not know. The problems are our ignorance. The one who says, "We seek help from You," does not mean that we all seek help from You, God willing, and these are not good! In fact, it is like this: there is no help at all from other than God, there is no other power at all. What other power do we have other than God's power? What you have is other than God's power? It is not that, God willing, we worship God, God willing, we seek help from God. In fact, the reality is like this, the reality is that worshiping other than God, praising, does not happen at all in the world to other than God, no praising. Those who praise, for example, devils and kings and the like, do not understand that this is praising God, they are oblivious to this, but praising is for perfection, praising is not for deficiency, praising is for perfection. And whoever seeks help from anyone, it is from God. This Surah says this. And if this one Surah of the Quran is fulfilled for its people - those who are people of problems - all problems will be solved; because when a person sees that everything is from Him, he will no longer fear any power. We who fear powers are because we imagine that this is power. When a person considers power to be his power, when a person knows that everything is from Him, he can no longer fear anyone else. All our fears are because we did not understand that power is one power and that power is for the benefit of everyone. That power is also for the benefit of all individuals and society and all mankind, that power is used for his benefit
Sahifa Imam Khomeini; Vol. 19, pp. 354-355
