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Quran
, native_wikisource = القرآن الكريم , orig_lang_code = ar , wikisource = Quran , verses=6,348 (including the ''basmala'')6,236 (excluding the ''basmala'')''See Āyah'' The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters () which consist of individual verses ('). It is also the object of a modern field of academic research known as Quranic studies. Muslims believe the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final Islamic Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad through the Angel#Islam, angel Gabriel#Islam, Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning on the Night of Power, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as Muhammad's most important Islamic view of miracles, miracle, a proof of his prophets and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Quranic Manuscripts
In Muslim tradition the Quran is the final revelation from God, Islam's divine text, delivered to the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel#Islam, Jibril (Gabriel). Muhammad's revelations were said to have been recorded orally and in writing, through Muhammad and his followers up until his death in 632 CE. These revelations were then compiled by first caliph Abu Bakr and codified during the reign of the third caliph Uthman ( CE) so that the standard codex edition of the Quran or was completed around 650 CE, according to Muslim scholars.#MCKaVSI2000, Cook (2000): p.6 This has been critiqued by some western scholarship, suggesting the Quran was Canonization of Islamic scripture, canonized at a later date, based on the dating of classical Islamic narratives, i.e. hadiths, which were written 150–200 years after the death of Muhammad,#HBMaToJW2000, Berg (2000): p.495 and partly because of the textual variations present in the Sana'a manuscript. With the discovery of earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
