The PowerPoint Slides covers the basic introduction to the Quran- its revelation, compilation and significance.

1. The
Quran
An Introduction
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2. Content
• Meaning of the Word
• Names
• Theme of the Quran
• Language and Translation
• Method of Revelation
• Compilation
• Universality
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3. Meaning of the Word
Qaraa – read,
recite. Proclaim
Islamic meaning
‘The revelation sent
to Prophet
Muhammad pbuh
through Angel Jibril
in stages in a span
of 23 years as a
universal guidance
to mankind’
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4. Content
7 Manzil and 30 Juz
Shortest Surah Surah
Kawthar
Longest Surah Surah
Baqarah
114 Chapters or
Surah
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5. Names
Al-
Furqan
Al-
Huda
al-
Kitaab
An-
Noor
Az-Zikr
Tanzil
Ar-
Rahma
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6. Theme of the Quran
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7. Language and Translation
Revealed in
Arabic
The addressee
were Arabs
Purpose of
guidance
Living language
Comprehensive
and easy to learn
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8. •We have not sent any
Messenger except with the
language of his people so he
can make things clear to them.
Allah misguides anyone He
wills and guides anyone He
wills. He is the Almighty, the
All-Wise. (Qur'an 14:4)
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9. •"We have sent it
down as an Arabic
Qur'an so you
people may
understand /
reason“ (12:2)
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10. •If We had made it a foreign
Quran, they would have said, ‘If
only its verses were clear! What?
Foreign speech to an Arab?’ Say,
‘It is guidance and healing for
those who have faith, but the
ears of the disbelievers are heavy,
they are blind to it, it is as if they
are being called from a distant
place.’ (Qur'an 41:4)
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11. • "We have made the
Qur'an easy in your
language so that
they may take heed
it." (Qur'an 44:58)
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13. Revelation and Compilation
42:51
•And it is not for any human being that Allah
should speak to him except by revelation or from
behind a partition or that He sends a messenger
(i.e. angel) to reveal by His permission, what He
wills, Indeed He is Most High and Wise."
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14. Meaning
Wahi—Swift
secretive
message
The message
brought to
Prophet
Muhammad
pbuh by
angel Jibril
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15. Method
Sometimes in
the form of
angel or a Man
Ringing of the
bell , it was the
hardest
True Dreams
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18. First Revelation
In cave of Hira for meditation every Ramadan
In 610 C.E. Age 40, as usual in the Hira
Angel Jibril hugged him and said “ Read” ‘Iqra’
The first five verses of Surah Alaq were revealed
Prophet rushed to his wife Khadijah and said zammilooni
Cousin Waraqah bin Naufal
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19. Compilation
Was recited and memorized, not a form of a book
Few verses written on leaves, skin, wood etc
Abu Bakr’s times many huffas were martyred
Umar suggested to put it in the form of a book
Caliphate of Uthman it was distributed to the
important governors
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23. Universality
The Quran refers to ‘O mankind..’
The laws and orders of the Quran are applicable
today as they were 1400 years ago
Scientific miracles of the Quran
The big bang theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7UGEjET0Y
The growth of an embryo -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VBuHGB5DHM
Barriers of water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cdh9koBMdc
Mountains are like pegs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhsdUu-mLNk
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