Introduction To the Qur’an Part 2
Before starting Cleanse yourself
And your intentions too !
Involve your feelings
Relate it to yourself
Say taoodh i.e. seeking refuge from Satan
Why?
Diverting your attention to other worldly things.
Makes you forget the actual reason for reading the Qur’an i.e. to follow it!
Diverts you to good deeds that can be delayed
Makes you feel sleepy
Makes you feel bored too !
Gives you 101 reasons why not to read the Qur’an
It is a living book
It’s theme is unique
It speaks directly to each one of us
It is the only book of it’s kind in the world
The Qur’an has an unending meaning disclosed in it’s ayaats
It is so interesting….
It makes your ‘dil mangay more’
Any book can be altered in 2 ways: Sequence-wiseText- wise
The Qur’an is original, safe and secure Why ?
Where is the actual Qur’an preserved ? in Loh-e-Mahfooz
Harf (Pl: Huroof) letters
The smallest unit of the Qur’an is called an… ayah
Number of ayah’s in the Qur’an … 6250
Few Ayahs form a… Surah
These Surahs are separated from each other with…
Every surah has a central theme.
Which is the smallest Surah of the Qur’an ?
Which is the biggest Surah of the Qur’an? It has 286 Ayats
Few ruku’make a… Number of ruku’ in the Qur’an … Surah 540 Number of Surahs in the Qur’an 114
Number of paras in the Qur’an … 30
Why in Arabic? Allah’s choice Expansive and wide language
There are 1500 words for the word sword alone
Language of people of Paradise
hospitality hospitality
fulfilling oaths
hard-working, hard-working,
They were a clean slate
Their only weakness was..
And Qur’an sorted that out !
They were chosen by Allah (swt) and Allah (swt) alone knows best
Compilation of the Qur’an
Wahi on the Prophet(pbuh) Prophet recited to Sahaba Memorised Wrote it on Bones leather, dried date leaves During AbuBakr’s time compiled in book form
Order of verses was arranged according to Allah (swt)'s inspiration 1.Surah Al-FatihahSurah Al-Fatihah 2.Surah Al-Baqara 3. Surah Al-i'ImranSurah Al-i'Imran 4.Surah An-NisaaSurah An-Nisaa 5.Surah Al-MaidahSurah Al-Maidah 6.Surah Al-An'amSurah Al-An'am 7.Surah Al-A'rafSurah Al-A'raf 8.Surah Al-AnfalSurah Al-Anfal 9.Surah At-TaubaSurah At-Tauba 10.Surah YunusSurah Yunus 11.Surah HudSurah Hud 12.Surah YusufSurah Yusuf 13.Surah Ar-Ra'dSurah Ar-Ra'd
Dora e Qur’an of the Prophet (pbuh) with Gabriel (as) every Ramadan
A copy of the Qur’an was sent to various cities so that everyone followed the same text.
Even today every where around the world there is no difference in the Qur’an.