QURAN
Quran (means recitation in Arabic)
Muslims recite the whole book once during the month of Ramazan, this is happenning since 1428 years now, some people recite this once everyday, some once every week. It has 114 chapters (Sura) This book is in Arabic language.
Quran is like a big Ocean, Amateurs like me make mistakes with such a big subject, but I think it is better to be imperfect and full of mistakes than be perfect and all alone.
I will only describe the physical aspects of Quran in this review, I wont go into spiritual
details contained in this book, there is a big wide spiritual world too.
Quran as we all know was written by hand during the Prophet Mohammed (PUBH) time on crude paper and animal skins, when 3rd caliph Usman Ghani (RA) saw people reading Quran in their local Syrian, Iraqi and other dialects, he made a public address that Quran must be recited in the dialect of Mohammed (PUBH) the dialect of Koresh tribe of Mecca. This wise order had far reaching uniting effect on the muslims into one body. No matter what geographical region muslim came from he became united with other muslims in recitation of Quran, the Guide Book.
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3-Who wrote QURAN then?
Muhammad 1417H. Years ago at his age 40 saw an angel asking him to read, he said I am not literate, I can’t read and write. The Angel pressed him to his chest and said repeatafter me
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(\READ IN THE NAME OF MY LORD WHO MADE EVERYTHING\\MADE HUMAN FROM A LEECH LIKE SHAPE\\\READ YOUR LORD IS KIND\\\\WHO TAUGHT WITH PEN\\\\\TAUGHT MAN WHAT HE KNEW NOT)
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This is how 114 Chapters completed, MUHAMMAD memorized the recitation and his friends memorized All taught Muhammad. (QURAN means recitation in Arabic).
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Usman Ghani (RA) called all huffaz (Memorizers) in town of Medina (Yatrib) of old and asked the commettee to write Quran in order of Sura (Chapters) into a book form. Before this people used to called Quran papers Sahifa (Parchments/papers) A book made during his time is still present in TOPAKAPI Meuseum of Istanbul.
I am writing this review for general audience, muslims will find this review very simple. But if we break down all matter into small pirmal units, things are simple in nature. The biggest wonder of Quran is Billions of people have recited it, Many are reciting it now, many are engaged in memorizing it, not one time any of these good folks said a wrong thing about it.
Many billions of learned people has written tomes of explainations of each and every verse of this wonderful book, many are writing about it today, many will keep writing about it, the Quranic written words are so powerful and beautiful in melody, they make you shudder, they compel you to think, they reason with you and plead you to consider again and again. This book covers all subjects of human existance. It only needs to be interpreted in proper way to go into real depths of meanings. Imagine the volume of BRAINS exhausted in absorbing this miraculous book.
This book has 114 chapters, each chapter has a given name to it, every chapter has verses, some chapters has 11 verses, some has 7 verses and some has 238 verses. I will give you a few names of chapters (fatiha) (The opening) this is the first chapter in Quran, let me give you the feel of its words and wonderful meanings in it for your sampling :
Arabs are experts since ages in the art of speaking and expressing, this is the reason they
call non arabs Ajam, This is their expression of pride in their language skills, they analyzed
Quran and did not find fault with it. The whole of arabia opposed Muhammed (PUBH) and his new religion, his blood relatives opposed his new religion but all of them could not find one fault with the Quran, Mohammed (PUBH) gifted to everyone.
Let me come to the unique language of Quran, this book does not read like other books with human words, we say every writing has a pulse of the author, a person is present in the words he writes. Read Quran and you will see what pulse I am talking about, over the years I have read many wonderful books, writers and thier works has a grasp over me, I understand thier rythem and thier THOUGHTS LOCOMOTION. QURAN words has unique LOCOMOTION in them. This is the reason I call it a different book than any other printed book in existance today in our world.
Let me give you another chapter translation called KAFIROON (Kafir= Means Denyer ) in our day to day Arabic use, we have sentences like KAFIR AL NEAMAH. It means denying the good.
contained in each verse of this book.
THE CHAPTER NAME IS AL KAFIROON)
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KUL YA AYUHAL KAFIROON.
Say o Mohammed, you who do not b