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FACTS ABOUT QURAN

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• The word quran literally means "the book being read repeatedly".
• The revelation of the quran started through wahi(inspiration) from allah(swt).
• The first revelation came to the prophet(pbuh) in ghare hera(cave hera).
• Cave hera is in jabl-e-noor(noor mountain)on the road to mina about 3 miles to the east of holy mecca.
• The prophet was about 40 years old when angel Jibrail brought the first revelation from allah(swt)
• The subject of quran is "man"(the one created in the best of form) and his ultimate goal in life.
• The theme of quran consists broadly of three fundamental beliefs.They are:1.TAWHID-allah and predestination.2:RISALAH-angel of allah,books of allah and messengers of allah.3:AKHIRAH-life after death and the day of judgement.
• The language of the quran is pure and clear arabic.
• The quran is divided into 30 parts(parahs in urdu or juz in arabic)
• There are 114 chapters (surahs) in the quran.
• There are 540 paragraphs (rukoos) in the quran.
• There are 6666 verses (ayats) in the quran.
• The first revealed verses of the quran are the first 5 verses (ayats) of surah al alaq.
• The last verse was revealed shortly before the prophets(pbuh) death.It is the third verse of surah al maidah.
• The period of revelation of the quran is 22 years,5 months and 14 days.
• The quran commands the muslim to offer salah (namaz) 700 times.
• The quran was revealed to the prophet (pbuh) in two cities.Macca al-mukarrama and Madina al-munawwarah.
• 65 chapters (surahs) were revealed in Macca and they are called maccan surahs.
• The period of revelation in Mecca was 13 years.
• 18 chapters (surahs) were revealed in madina and they are called madani surahs.The period of revelation in madina was 10 years.
• The names of 26 prophets are mentioned in the quran.
• Prophet Musa(pbuh) is mentioned most in the quran.He is mentioned 135 times.
• Prophet Ibrahim(pbuh) is mentioned 67 times in the quran.
• Prophet Mohammed(pbuh) is mentioned 5 times in the quran.
• God almighty's name ALLAH is mentioned 2584 times in the quran.
• 4 angels are mentioned in the quran.They are :1.Jibrail(pbuh) 2.Mikail(pbuh) 3.Haroot 4.Maroot.
• 5 mosques are mentioned in the quran.They are: 1.Masjid-e-Haram in mecca 2.Masjid-e-Aqsa in baitul muqaddas,palestine 3.Masjid-e-Quba in madina 4.Masjid-e-Zarar in madina.
• Allah (swt) ordered in the quran to destroy (demolish) Masjid-e-Zarar in madina.This was built by hypocrites(munafeqeen) the enemies of muslims.
• The biggest chapter (surah) in the quran is surah al -Baqarah(the cow).It has 286 verses(ayats)
• The smallest chapters(surahs) in the quran are surah al-asr,al-kauser and al-nasr.They have 3 verses(ayats).
• The first person to memorise quran was prophet Mohammed (pbuh).
• By the time the prophet (pbuh) passed away,40 people(hufaaz) had already memorized the quran.
• surah al-tauba(also called surah barat) does not begin with "bismillah airrahman airraheem(in the name of allah).
• In surah al-Naml(chapter ant) bismillah airrahman airraheem(in the name of allah) is mentioned twice.
• 99 attributes/ the glorious names of allah(asma-e-husna) are mentioned in the quran.
• The three men who were not the prophets of allah but are mentioned in the quran are 1.luqman 2.azeez-e-misr 3.zulqarnain.
• Hazrath mariam is the only women mentioned by name in the quran.
• the only sahabi (companion of the prophet) mentioned by name in the quran is zaid bin harithah.
• 6 chapters (surahs) in the quran are named after the prophets. they are 1.surah younus 2.surah hud 3.surah yousuf 4.surah ibrahim 5.surah nuh 6.surah mohammed.
• surah alfateha is also called as ummulquran(mother of the quran).it is the first chapter (surah) of the quran.
• surah albaqarah is also called as sinamulquran(the zenith of the quran).
• surah al-naas is the last surah of the quran.
• the quran is the only revelation of allah that exists unaltered and undistorted.