![]() Muslims all over the world spend many years of their lives learning how to read and recite it, understand it, and memorize it. It is a comprehensive and detailed guideline for daily living and matters such as dressing, etiquette, sleeping, eating and relationships as much as it is religious instruction for praying, fasting, ablution, charity, and pilgrimage.Īs a Muslim and having read it, what I find interesting about the Quran is what a testament it is to both the universality and linguistic specificity of the reading process. However, for Muslims the reality is that the Quran is the spiritual word of God revealed to Muhammad ﷺ fourteen hundred years ago in the Arabian Peninsula. It is evident that the world we inhabit today has swiftly become acquainted with Islam’s most central text, the Holy Quran, due to issues involving its translation, interpretation, and context. Lettering in the center is Arabic calligraphy that says “Al- Quran Al- Kareem” or “The Noble Quran.” Image: Nooresunnat, “Al-Quran – The Message of Allah Almighty – Recitation, Lectures and Books.” The Qur'an of today is the same as the Qur'an revealed to Muhammad (saw) 1400 years ago.One of many stylized front covers of an Uthmani or Majeedi Quran. Allah (swt) has guaranteed that He will protect the Qur'an from human tampering, and today's readers can find exact copies of it all over the world. It is an obligation - and blessing - for all who hear of the Qur'an and Islam to investigate it and evaluate it for themselves. Its predecessors such as the Torah, Psalms, and Gospels have all been superseded. ![]() Prophet Muhammad (saw) was the final Messenger of Allah to humanity, and therefore the Qur'an is the last Message which Allah (swt) has sent to us. Its wording is letter for letter fixed by no one but Allah. ![]() The Qur'an has not been expressed using any human's words. Unlike the Sunnah, the Qur'an is literally the Word of Allah (swt), whereas the Sunnah was inspired by Allah but the wording and actions are the Prophet's (saw). What makes the Qur'an different from the Sunnah is primarily its form. The second source is the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw). ![]() The Qur'an is one of the two sources which form the basis of Islam. The language of the original message was Arabic, but it has been translated into many other languages. The Prophet (saw) was 40 years old when the Qur'an began to be revealed to him, and he was 63 when the revelation was completed. This message was given to the Prophet (saw) in pieces over a period spanning approximately 23 years (610 CE to 632 CE). It was transmitted to us in a chain starting from the Almighty Himself (swt) to the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad (saw). ![]() The Qur'an ("Qor-Ann") is a Message from Allah (swt) to humanity. ![]()
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