Introduction to the Basic Facts of the Quran
The Quran itself contains the Basic Facts about the Quran. It is also, in a way, the translation history as well as the Quran's imprecise "history." The Quranic commentary and translation by A. Yusuf Ali served as the model for the history of learning the Quranic knowledge especially its translations.
It is my hope that this small effort may be of interest to Quranic scholars.
The Quran is the Islamic Manifesto.
The only major monotheistic religion in the world, Islam also functions as an entire political system, with laws, a government, and an infrastructure for the economy.
Muhammad, the God-sent Messenger (may God bless him and his Ahl al-Bayt), did not practise Islam. It is a religion of obedience to God's Will, implied in the submission of Abraham (Ibrahim) and his son Ismael in the final trial, symbolised by the word aslama, which means attempted sacrifice.
The core tenet of Islam is tauheed, or the conviction that there is only one God. The centre of Islam is Tauheed. The 112th chapter of the Quran, known as Sura Ikhlas or the Purity of Faith, encapsulates the first article of faith in Islam and is as follows:
Declare that God is the One and Only God (112:1).
God, the Almighty, the One and Only (112:2).
He is neither born nor begotten (112:3).
And no one compares to Him." 112. 4.
The word "Quran" comes from the word "reading" or "reciting." Theologically speaking, it refers to God Almighty's Word.
The Prophet Muhammad (may God bless him and his Ahl al-Bayt) received revelations from the Divine Book of Islam, the Quran, for the purpose of guiding humanity for all eternity. The last and ultimate revelation is found in the Quran.
The Archangel Gabriel gave the Prophet Muhammad the first Revelation. This happened while the Prophet was forty years old. Taking place forty years after the Year of the Elephant (570 AD) or thirteen years before the Hijra (the Prophet's departure from Makkah to Medina in 622 AD), is Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. When he was given the first revelation, he was in the cave of Hira. Three kilometres northeast of Makkah in Saudi Arabia sits the cave known as Hira.
The first Revelation included the five verses listed below:
"Reading in the names of Cherisher and your Lord (96:1).
Who made man from a (mere) clot of solidified blood? (96:2).
Go through! And there is great abundance in your Lord (96:3).
The one who instructed the pen's use (96:4).
showed the man what he didn't know." In 96:5.
The 96th Sura, or Chapter, of the Quran opens with these five verses. The chapter is titled Alaq (the clot of congealed blood) or Iqraa (Read or Proclaim).
Muhammad (PBUH), the Prophet of Allah, received the following verse as the final passage of the Quran revealed to him:
"This day I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."3:1).
This passage is found in the third verse of the Quran's fifth chapter, Al-Maida. in March 21, 632, the 18th day of Zilhajj (10 AH), when the Prophet had finished the Farewell Pilgrimage and was on his way back to Medina from Makkah, it was revealed in the plain of Ghadir.
Islam is unchangeable since God Himself perfected it; changes cannot be made to it in the future.However, Islam permits interpretations of its laws to be flexible.