1. THE STORY OF THE QURAN JUNE 19, 2015 | 7:00 PM TO 8:30 PM EST Dr. Muqtedar Khan MASJID ISA IBN MARYAM 698 S Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, DE 19702 WATCH LIVE ON THE WEB AT TARBIA.TV How was the Quran collected and preserved? How is it understood and interpreted? What are allegorical verses? What is context and what is abrogation? What is the difference between Tafsir and Tawil? Answers to these and other questions will be discussed.

3. SESSION I: THE STORY OF THE QURAN Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian. (15:9)

4. Some of The Names of Quran  Al-Kitab The Book  Al-Huda The Guidance  Al-Rahmah The Mercy  Al-Furqan The Criterion  Al-Zikr The Reminder  Al-Shifa The Healer  Al-Haqq The Truth  Al-Mau’iza The Admonition  Al-Nur The Light  Al-Burhan The Clear Elucidation  Al-Hikma The Wisdom  Al-Wahy The Revelation

5. Quran: The Final Testament Some basic statistics  The Quran was revealed in 23 years from 610-632 AD  Surahs: 114 [86 are Meccan and 28 are Medinan]  Ayahs: 6237  Juzz: Thirty parts  Manzil: Seven Parts  The First Ayahs: 96:1-4 (Ibn Hisham) 96:1-5 (Ayesha rah) and 74:1-4 according to Jabir bin Abdullah.  Last 2:281, 2:278, 2:282, 5:3 No consensus.  First and Last Surahs: Al-Fatiha and al-Taubah or Al-Nasr

7. Collection of the Quran Masnaf  After the battle of Yamamah. Umar came to Abu Bakr who nominated Zayd ibn Thabit.  AB, U, H and then O (rah).  The Quran was revealed in 7 Ahruf.  Historicity will become a major issue for Muslims in western societies.

9. Key Elements of the Study of the Quran  Tarjamah, Tafsir and Taawil  Memorization  Ramadan and the Quran  Language  Abrogation (Naskh wa Mansukh)  Context of Revelation (Asbal al-Nuzul)

10. (Ahruf: variant ways of reciting the Quranic text). 1. In Madina: Nafi` and his narrators: Warsh and Qalun 2. In Makkah: Ibn Kathir (other than the scholar of tafsir) and his narrators Qunbul and Al-Bazzi 3. In Basrah: Abu Amr and his narrators Al-Duri and Al-Susi 4. In the Levant: Ibn Amir and his narrators Hisham and Ibn Zakwan 5. In Kuffah: Asim and his narrators Shubah and Hafs 6. In Kuffah: Hamza and his narrators Khalaf and Khallad 7. In Kuffah: Al-Kisa'i and his narrators Abu Al-Harith and Al-Duri 8. In Madinah: Abu Jafar and his narrators Ibn Wardan and Ibn Jammaz 9. In Basrah: Yakoub Al-Hadrami and his narrators Ruways and Rauh 10. In Kuffa: Khalaf and his narrators Ishaq and Idris.

11. Allegory in the Quran

12. Allegory Examples

13. Theory of Abrogation

14. EXAMPLES OF ABROGATION  They ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is great sin and [yet, some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit.” 2:219  O you who have believed, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying 4:43.  O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah ], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. 5:90  O Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand. 8:65  Now, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast. 8:66

15. Asbab Al-Nuzul  Asbab or causes or reasons or circumstances of revelation.  Prominent sources are earliest tafasirs, like al-Tabari’s, Wahidi’s collection and subsequent ones. Sirah is also a source. 

17. Tarjamah: Quran is Quran only in Arabic See Quran.com  Tafsir Provides context and accumulates knowledge and understanding  Tawil

18. صدق الله ألعظيم

19. اللهم إني أسألك علماً نافعاً، ورزقاً طيباً، وعملاً متقبلاً O Allah I ask you for beneficial knowledge, and honest provisions and actions which are acceptable to you. سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيم Glory be to you, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise” (Surah Baqarah; 2:32) رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً وَ رْزُقْنيِ فَهْماً “ O’Allah! Advance me in Knowledge and true understanding”