The Qur'an
Muslims believe that the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years, starting with the initial revelation at Mount Hira. After the Prophet's death, his successors compiled these divine revelations in a manuscript.
The Qur'an contains prayers, moral guidance, historical narrative, and promises of Paradise. It opens with a short prayer called the Fatiha, the most widely recited passage, and is divided into 114 chapters (suras) organized in descending length. For binding and reading purposes, manuscripts of the Qur'an are often divided into thirty equal parts, called juz'.
Every chapter of the Qur'an (except one) begins with the bismillah, the collective name for the invocation "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful." Muslims often repeat this phrase at the start of an event or task—before giving a speech, beginning a meal, or even boarding a bus. The calligraphic bismillah is frequently written on both religious and secular objects. (See also Arabic Script and the Art of Calligraphy.)
The Qur'an places Muhammad at the end of a long line of prophets that began with Abraham. Although narrative is not central to the Qur'an, it includes the stories of Noah, Moses, and Jesus. It recognizes Jews and Christians as "People of the Book"; as a result, Muslims accept many of the teachings of the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible. Many of the great Islamic empires (like those in Spain, Iran, India, and Turkey) were tolerant of religious minorities.
10 Facts about the Holy Quran
1-The Holy Quran has 114 surahs & The Holy Quran has 30 parts
2-The revelation started in the Holy month of Ramadan
3-Quran was revealed over 23 years: 13 in Mecca and 10 in Madina
4-Whoever reads one letter of the Quran gets 10 Rewards
5-Baqarah is the longest sura but Kawthar is the shortest sura
6-Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the angel Jibril
7-Prophet (PBUH) was 40 years old when the first verse of Quran was revealed to Him
8-The literal meaning of Quran is “that which is being read”
9- 25 Prophets are mentioned in the Holy Quran
10-The Quran will intercede for people who recited it on Judgment Day.
The following 28 Prophets have been mentioned by their names in Quran:
1. Adam
2. Nuh (Noah)
3. Ibrahim (Abraham)
4. Ismael
5. Ishaq (Isaac)
6. Yaqub (Yaqub)
7. Yusuf (Goseph)
8. Al-Yasa (Elisha)
9. Yunus
10. Lut
11. Saleh
12. Hud
13. Shuaib
14. Dawud (David)
15. Sulayman (Solomon)
16. Dhul-Kifl (Issiah)
17. Idris (Enoch)
18. Ilias (Alias)
19. Zakariya
20. Yahya (Gohn)
21. Ayub (Gob)
22. Musa (Moses)
23. Haroon (Aaron)
24. Isa (Jesus)
25. Uzair (Ezra)
26. Luqman
27.. Zulqarnayn
28. Muhammad
Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim), has been called 'friend of Allah'; the verse 125 of the Sura an-Nisaa or the Women, (Chapter 4), reads as follows:
"Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to Allah, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in faith! For Allah did take Abraham for a friend." (4:125)
Prophet Abraham had two sons. "The younger son's progeny developed the Faith of Israel and that of Christ; the elder son’s progeny perfected the more universal Faith of Islam, the Faith of Abraham the True.” (A. Yusuf Ali).
Prophet Moses (Musa), was honored by Allah Who spoke to him directly; the verse 164 of the Sura an-Nisaa or the Women, (Chapter 4), reads as follows:
"Of some Apostles We have already told you the story; of others We have not; and to Moses Allah spoke direct." (4:164).
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