The Quran - Holy Book - Islam

The holy Quran - Beautiful holy book which teach us how to live our life with love, respect, honesty and humbelness.

Quran is book of Allah (Almight and most mercyfull)

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You can read the quran in almost all major language translations. Please click here to find out more.


Introduction

The Quran
A copy of The Quran is the holy book for Muslims, revealed in stages to the Prophet Muhammad over 23 years.

Origin
The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by Allah (the most merciful and the most kind') in Arabic.

Although early variants of the Qur'an are known to have existed, Muslims believe that the text we have today was established shortly after the death of the Prophet (pbuh).

Contents
There are 114 chapters in the Qur'an, which is written in the old Arabic dialect.

All the chapters except one begin with the sentence Bismillahir rahmanir raheem, 'In the name of Allah the most merciful and the most kind'. This is the thought with which Muslims should start every action.

The longest chapter of the Qur'an is Surah Baqarah with 286 verses and the shortest is Surah Al-Kawther which has 3 verses.

The arrangement of surahs does not correspond to the chronological order in which they were revealed.

The Qur'an is sometimes divided into 30 roughly equal parts, known as juz'. These divisions make it easier for Muslims to read the Qur'an during the course of a month and many will read one juz' each day, particularly during the month of Ramadan.

Translations
Translations of the Qur'an exist in over 40 languages but Muslims are still taught to learn and recite it in Arabic, even if this is not their native language and they cannot converse in it.

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Memorising the Qur'an
At the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, books were not readily available and so it was common for people to learn it by heart.

Committing the Qur'an to memory acted as a great aid for its preservation and any person who is able to accomplish this is known as a hafiz.

Respect
The Qur'an is treated with immense respect by Muslims because it is the sacred word of God.