The Quran also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Al-Coran,
Coran, Kuran, and Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text of Islam, which
Muslims consider the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله, Allah). It is regarded widely as the finest
piece of literature in the Arabic language.
The
Quran is composed of verses (Ayat) that make up 114 chapters (suras) of unequal
length which are classified either as Meccan (المكية)
or Medinan (المدينية)
depending upon the place and time of their claimed revelation. Muslims believe
the Quran to be verbally revealed through angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) from God to
Muhammad gradually over a period of approximately 23 years beginning on 22
December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632 CE, the year of
his death.
Shortly
after Muhammad's death the Quran was compiled into a single book by order of
the first Caliph Abu Bakr and at the suggestion of his future successor Umar.
Hafsa, Muhammad's widow and Caliph Umar's daughter, was entrusted with that
Quranic text after the second Caliph Umar died. When the third Caliph Uthman
began noticing slight differences in pronunciation of the Quranic Arabic by
those whose dialect was not that of the Quraish, he sought Hafsa's permission
to use her text and commissioned a committee to produce a standard copy of the
text of Quran to which added diacritical marks ensured correct pronunciation,
and to be set as the standard dialect, the Quraish dialect, now known as Fus'ha
(Modern Standard Arabic) (see Origin and development of the Quran). Five of
these original Qurans (Mus'haf) were sent to the major Muslim cities of the
era, with Uthman keeping one for his own use in Medina. Any variations to standardized
text were invalidated and ordered to be destroyed, all other versions of the
Quran copied by scribes subsequently were from this codex. This process of
formalization is known as the "Uthmanic recension". The present form
of the Quran text is accepted by most scholars as the original version compiled
by Abu Bakr.
Muslims
regard the Quran as the main miracle of Muhammad, the proof of his prophethood and
the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages
revealed to Adam, regarded in Islam as the first prophet, and continued with
the Suhuf Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham), the Tawrat (Torah or Pentateuch) of
Moses, the Zabur (Tehillim or Book of Psalms) of David, and the Injil (Gospel)
of Jesus. The Quran assumes familiarity with major narratives recounted in
Jewish and Christian scriptures, summarizing some, dwelling at length on others
and in some cases presenting alternative accounts and interpretations of
events. The Quran describes itself as a book of guidance, sometimes offering
detailed accounts of specific historical events, and often emphasizing the
moral significance of an event over its narrative sequence.
Yes Muslims believe that Quran is the miracle oa Almighty Allah and if people get into the fact that there is no other book that can be survived from more than fifteen hundred years without any change. Quran is the only Holy Book that has been survived without any change. Prophet Muhammad( PBUH ) was unword when it was revealed on him and he began to read it and he learned it to teach rest of the people.
ReplyDeleteNo one can write or produce like the text Quran has because these are the words of Almighty Allah so no man can produce such kind of words. It is the Miracle of Allah Almighty.
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