2. Names of Qur’an Al-Quran – The Reading (61 times) Al-Furqan – The Criterion Adh-Dhikr – The Advice Al-Kitaab – The Book At-Tanzeel – The Revelation 55- 90 Attributes Definition : the word of Allah which was revealed to his messenger and narrated continuously from him without any doubt.
3. Wahy - Revelation The Need for Wahy Meaning of Wahy Teachings of Wahy Three types of Wahy To the heart Direct speech/discourse Angelic Wahy
4. Methods of Wahy to the Prophet Ringing of bells Angel in original form True dreams Discourse with Allah Inspiration in the heart Wahy / Kashf / Ilhaam Quranic & non QuranicWahy Does wahy include only the meaning of the Quran ??
5. History of the Decent of the Quran First Decent Second Decent First verses to be revealed Makkan Verses & Madinan Verses
6. Makki & Madani Complete Makkaneg : Surah Al muddathir Complete Madanieg :Surah ale Imran All Makkan except few verses eg: Araaf All Madani except few verse eg: Al Hajj
7. Characteristics of Makkan Verses Rigid rules: Makkah -Kalla (33 times in 15 surahsin 2nd ½ of Quran Verse of Sajdah (Ahnaaf) Story of Adam & Iblis (except Baqarah) Madani Permission of Jihad Mention of Hypocrites
8. MakkanSurah Oh People Generally short & concise Tauheed/Prophethood/hereafter/words of comfort for the prophet/ stories of previous nations/ Very few rules Confrntation with idolators Parables Large vocabulary is used
9. MadaniSurahs Simple Style Confrontation with people of book & Hypocrites Oh you who belive Long verses Social justice Family law Rules of war Duties
10. Classification on the Basis of Time & Place Daytime Night time Summer time Winter time Revelation in the bed During Sleep In the heavens In the Air
11. Gradual decent of the Quran Sequence of revelation Causes of Revalation Generalisation & specifications of commands Repetition of Revelation
12. The Seven Readings of the Quran Over 35 views on what 7 readings means Seven styles of reading( dilects) Variation in recital Variation in number Variation in gender Variation in placing diacritical marks Variation in verbs Variation in transposition Variation of pronunciation or accent
13. Imam AbulfadlRazi Variation in nouns Variation in verbs Variation in position of diacritical marks Variation caused by emissions & additions Variation in placement of words Variation by replacement of words Variation of accents
14. Abrogator& Abrogated To repel a legal order through a legal argument Number of Abrogated verses in the Quran (suyuti says only 19 verses / Shah waliullah says only 5)
15. History of Preservation of the Quran During the time of the Prophet First Stage During the time of Abu bakrra Second Stage During the time of Uthmanra Third Stage Steps to facilitate the recitation of the Quran Fourth Stage
16. Forth Stage Dots Diacritical marks Ahzaab & Manazil Ajza /Parts Fives & tens (Akhmaas & a’shaar) Ruku Signs to Stop
24. Belief (Negating Aspect) Polytheist idolaters Associating others with Allah Similitude Interpolation Not accepting Muhammed Rejection of the hereafter
25. Belief (Negating Aspect) Jews Alteration in the Tawrah Alteration in words Alteration in meaning Concealing verses
29. Future Events Doomsday Events on Qiyamah Torments of Hell Paradise Strange animal to appear on earth Gog & Magog Trumpet of Israeel Conversation of the people of Hell & Paradise
32. Sources of Tafseer 6 Sources Quran Hadeeth Sayings of Sahabah Sayings of Tabieen Arabic Language Commonsense
33. Unreliable Sources 1. Israiliyaat K’ab Al-Ahbaar Wahab bin Munabbih Abdullah bin Amr 2. Tafseer of the Mystics 3. Self conceived interpretations
34. Causes of Inaccuracies in Tafseer Incompetence Subjecting Quran to ones own view Being impressed with prevailing philosophy Misunderstanding Quran Subject
35. Early Era Mufasirs Abdullah ibnAbbas Ali bin AbiTalib Abdullah bin Masood UbayIbnKa’aB Zayd Bin Thabit Muadh bin Jabal Abdullah bin Umar Aisha ra Abu Musa ashari Anasra Abu Hurayrah
36. After the Companions Mujahid Saeed bin Jubayr Ikrama Ta’uoos Ataa bin AbiRabah Saeed bin Masayyib Muhammed bin Sireen Zayd Bin Aslam AbulAliyah Urwah bin Zubayr Hasan Al Basari Qatadah Muhammedbin ka’balqurazi Alqamah Aswad MurrahAlhamdanni Nafi Shabi IbnAbiMulaykah IbnJurayj Dhahaak
37. Weak or Disputed Commentators of the Early Era Suddi ( the senior ) is not reliable Muqatil bin sulayman is not reliable (muqatil bin haiyyan is reliable) 3. Rafi Bin Anas 4. AttiyyaAlauffi 5. Abdurahman bin Zaid bin Aslam 6.Kalbi
38. Tafseer of Later Times TafseerIbnKatheer TafseerKabeer TafseerAlQurtubi RuhulMa’aani