Chapter 1

The lamp [to illuminate] obscure statements of the Godly-Recitation
(al-Siraj fee bayani ghareebi l-Qur'an)

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Abridged Commentary of Imam Tabari's commentary "collection of statements"
Tafseeru l-Mukhtasar tafseer Jami3u l-bayan li-l-imami l-Tabari 

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"Unveiler" Commentary - Zamakhshari
Tafseeru l-Kashaaf - Imam Muhammad b. 3Omra l-Zamakhshari

Meccan

or it is said Meccan and Medinan
because it was revealed in Mecca [one] time and in Madinah another.

It is named Mother of the Godly-Recitation (ummu l-Qur'an)
because it contains the [various] meanings which are within the Godly-Recitation, including:
- praises for God up High
- servitude via Commandments and Prohibitions
- the most promising promise

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"Facilitating sciences of Revelation" - b. Juzayy l-tas-heel li-3uloumi l-tanzeel - b. Juzayyu l-Kalbi

Chapter "Mother of the Godly-Recitation (ummu l-Qur'an)":
[it is also] called chapter of
- "God's Praise" (l-7amd li-lah),
- 'The Opening of the book" (fati7atu l-kitab),
- "the Shield" (l-waqyah),
- "the Curing" (l-shafyah),
- "the Seven Oft-Repeated [verses]".

[There] are twenty interesting [points] within it, besides what was laid down in [other] languages through the commentary of its phrases.
[Opinions] have differed - is it Meccan or Medinan?
[There] is no difference [of opinion] that 'the Opening' (l-fati7ah) [has] seven verses,
but the Shafi'i [school of thought] counts the "bi-smi l-lah..." [as one] of its verses.
The Maliki [school of thought] excludes it and counts "...who were favoured" [as] a [separate] verse.

1st interesting [point]:
reciting "The Opening" (l-fati7ah) during the Godly-Connection (l-Salah) is obligatory according to Malik and Shafi'i.
successors of Abu Hanifah and his proof is a saying of the one who taught [how to perform] the Godly-connection (l-salah) ﷺ

"I recite what is easy of the Godly-Recitation (l-Qur'an)"

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Nadhm al-Durar - Tafsir al-baqa'i
With the name of God; Firm; Witnessing; nothing decides based on its knowledge, nor becomes anything, except with His permission.
Ever-Merciful; distributing His mercy to existence and He engrained His greatness into the invisible [parts] of the hearts [and soon] thereafter they [express] these glorifications aloud, Godly-mentionings running on their tongues during Godly-services.
Most-Merciful; loaning His grace to Servants on the Earth, specifically suited to their [individual] states.