BismiALLAHi Ar Rahmani Ar Rahimi
every moment of this life
is filled with Your Eternal Radiance
my Beloved, You are the
Beneficient One Who
Endlessly Showers
with Nourishment and Blessings
and the One Who Generously
Rewards those who live in Harmony
with Your Divine Will
In the Name of ALLAH
the Most Gracious
the Most Merciful
with every step that we take,
may we be instruments of the One Light
which guides us the source of
Nourisher of all creation.
every moment of this life is filled
Al Quran nul Karim
Al Quran is the eternal miracle
It is the
Last Book of ALLAH sent for
guidaince of humanity through
the last Prophet (sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
Revelation of the Quran
The Quran was revealed piecemeal
throughout a period
23 years. The Prophet received
the first revelation in 610CE,
in the Cave of Hira
in the Mountain of Light (Jabale-Noor),
two and a half miles away from
the House of ALLAH
in the city of Makkah in Arabia.
The First Revelation was
the first five verses of Surah (chapter)
Al-Alaq: “Iqra bismi rabbikalla dhi khalaq.
Khalaqal insana min alaq.
Iqra wa rabbukal akram.
Alladhi ‘allama bil qalam
’Allamal insana malam ya’lam,”
which means “Read!
in the name of your Lord who created,
created man from clot.
Read, for your Lord is Most Generous,
Who teaches by means of the pen,
teaches man what he does not know [96:1-5]
The last revelation was
the third verse of Surah Al Maidah,
which was sent down to
the Prophet in 632CE:
“Al yawma akmaltu lakum dinakam
waatmamtu alaikam ni’mati
wa raditu’lakumul islama dinan”,
whichmeans “Today I perfected
your religion for you and
completed my favour to you and
have chosen for you
Al-Islam as you religion.” (5:3)
Surah Al-Fatiha (The Opening chapter)
was the first complete chapter
and Surah An Nasr was the last.
Division of the Quran
Al Quran is divided
into thirty equal divisions,
which is called juz in Arabic
There are 114 chapters, of varying length.
The longest is Al-Baqarah
consisting 286verses and
shortest chapter is Al Kawthar
consisting of three verses only
The whole Quran has 6,236 verses.
The chapter revealed
before the migration of the
Prophet (sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
to Madinah are called Makkan,
whereas those sent down
after the migration are called Madinan.
Topics of the chapters
Makkan chapters generally
consist of brief sentences
which are full of enthusiasm,
poetical, lofty and brilliant.
They stress the Unity and
Majesty of ALLAH,
the Most Exalted, Most High
[SWT], denounce idol worship,
promise Paradise for the righteous
and warn wrongdoers
of their punishment in Hellfire
confirm the Prophethood of Muhammad
(sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
and remind humanity of
the past prophets and events of their time.
On the other hand, the Madinan
chapters are lengthy and the
verses are more posaic.
They outline ritualistic aspects
of Islam such as Zakaah, Fasting,
and Hajj, lay down moral and
ethical codes, criminal laws,
social,economics, and state
policies, give guidelines for foreign
relations, rules and regulations for
battle and captive war.
They also contain descriptions of
some of the early battles of Islam
condemnation of hypocrites,
emphasis on the unified
basic message of all the past prophets,
and confirmation that the
process of prophethood and
revelation is complete,
so that no Prophet will come after
Muhammad (sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
No new book will be revealed,
and ALLAH’s religion is complete
through Al Quran. So here ALLAH (SWT)
exhorted the followers of truth
to make Al Quran as their only guide.
Compilation of the Quran
The Quran was revealed piecemeal,
according to the needs of the time
Angel jibrail (alayhi sallam) brought
it to Prophet Muhammad
(sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
who would memorise it. Afterwards,
it was preserved in two ways
First, through memorization,
there were a number of early
Muslims would memorise each revelation
as soon as it was revealed and thus,
had the whole Quran
memorised at the time of the
final revelation. The tradition of memorizing
the Quran still contiues,
and a person who does so
is called a Hafize Quran.
And second, the Quran was
preserved through writing.
Whenever any revelation took place,
it was written at once on tablets.
palm branches, shorn of leaves, or animal skin.
this was done primarily by
Zaid bin Thabit (radi ALLAHu ‘anhu),
who was the main scribe out of
42 scribes of the revelation.
The Prophet (sallALLAHu alayhi wa sallam)
set the order of the chapters under
the guidance of Angel Jibrail(alayhi sallam)
and ordered his companions to maintain
that order. Abu Bakr (radi ALLAHu ’anhu)
the first caliph of Islam. compiled the Quran,
and Uthman(radi ALLAHu ‘anhu)
the third caliph, made numerous
copies and sent one copy
to each state capital
Jewel of Quran
Isa bin Muhammad (alaihir rahmah)
says that I once saw Abu Bakr bin Mujahid
(alaihir rahmah) after his death
in a dream reading the Holy Quran.
I asked,“You have died, how are you reciting,”
upon which he said,“After every salaah
and finishing of the Quran
I would pray “O ALLAH,
give me the Taufiq to recite
the Quran in my grave”
and that is why
I am praying.” (Falzan-e-Sunnat)
Eternal Miracle
Al Quran is the only ever
living miracle. Today no other miracle
of any prophet exists.
According to a survey,
the number of Huffaz
(a person who
memorize the whole Quran)
today is more than 10 millions.
Millions of editions and copies
were printed and handwritten in almost
every part of the world.
They were also translated into most
of the languages of mankind
During the period of over 1400 years
since the Quran was revealed,
not a single letter was changed.
This is one ofthe greatest miracles of the Quran
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