Saya cuma mau menggaris bawahi alinea ini saja: "The Qur'an is also called al-Furqan. According to Dr. Sobhy as-Salih, this word is also not Arabic but Aramaic (ibid, p. 20). The Qur'an was also called Mushaf meaning "sheets or leaves". According to Dr. Salih, "when the Qur'an was collected and written on paper they wanted to give it A NAME. The word, Sifr, was suggested by some. It was rejected on the grounds that this is what the Jews call their books. Some suggested the word Mushaf because this is what the Ethiopian [Christians] call their holy books." (ibid, p. 78) "
Jadi,al-Quran itu juga, disamping nama-nama lain, disebut al-Mushaf... Seperti yang saya katakan dan disalahkan oleh cahyo_prihartono yang dungu kayak anjing,bebaldantukang muter-muter itu ---------. QUR'AN QURAN KORAN CORAN In Syraic (= Christian Aramaic) qeryaanaa: scriptural reading. Occurs 66 times in the Qur'an. See also ARABIC, WORD OF GOD. Etymology of the word "Qur'an" According to Dr. Sobhy as-Salih, this word is not Arabic but Aramaic. He said: "Allah chose to His revelation new names different from those used by the Arabs, in general and in detail." (Sobhy as-Salih, Mabahith fi 'Ulum al-Qur'an, Dar al-'Ilm lel-Malayeen, Beirut, 1983, p. 17) He also said, "When the Arabs before Islam used the word (qara') it meant 'to be pregnant or to have a child'. But the word qara' as 'to recite' is of an Aramaic origin." (ibid, p. 19). [Aside: If the latter is true, then those Muslims who try to show that Muhmmad was illiterate will find this funny. Of course, when Gabriel told him to "be pregnant or have a child," it must be he cannot, a perfectly logical and correct answer!] Further reference for this etymological derivation (in German): Christoph Luxenberg, Die syro-aramäische Lesart des Koran: ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache, Berlin 2000 (ISBN 3-86093-274-8). Luxenberg gives the complete etymology of qur'aan from qeryaanaa in detailed steps. The Qur'an is also called al-Furqan. According to Dr. Sobhy as-Salih, this word is also not Arabic but Aramaic (ibid, p. 20). The Qur'an was also called Mushaf meaning "sheets or leaves". According to Dr. Salih, "when the Qur'an was collected and written on paper they wanted to give it A NAME. The word, Sifr, was suggested by some. It was rejected on the grounds that this is what the Jews call their books. Some suggested the word Mushaf because this is what the Ethiopian [Christians] call their holy books." (ibid, p. 78) It seems strange that for all the titles of the Qur'an, none of them were actually Arabic, especially when the Qur'an says that Allah sent it down in Arabic (Yusuf 12:2; ar-Ra`d 13:37; an-Nahl 16:103; ash-Shu`ara' 26:195; az-Zumar 39:28; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:3; ash-Shura 42:7; az-Zukhruf 43:3; al- Ahqaf 46:12). The Qur'an was not written down in full, but revealed piecemeal over the period of 22 years. The Message of the Qur'an Recommendation: A Topical Study of the Qur'an Summary of Qur'an details Some surahs have alternative names. They are given in a new line [and in brackets]. However, the list of alternative names is not complete yet. s/no name English Names #verses place chronological order 1 Al-Fatihah The Opening 7 Mecca 5 2 Al-Baqarah The Cow 286 Madina 87 3 Âl 'Imran The Family of 'Imran 200 Madina 89 4 An-Nisa' Women 176 Madina 92 5 Al-Ma'idah The Table 120 Madina 112 6 Al-An`am The Cattle 165 Mecca 55 7 Al-A`raf The Elevated Places 206 Mecca 39 8 Al-Anfal The Spoils of War 75 Madina 88 9 At-Taubah Repentance 129 Madina 113 [Bara'ah] [Immunity / Disavowal] 10 Yunus Jonah 109 Mecca 51 11 Hud Hud 123 Mecca 52 12 Yusuf Joseph 111 Mecca 53 13 Al-Ra`d The Thunder 43 Madina 96 14 Ibrahim Abraham 52 Mecca 72 15 Al-Hijr The Rock 99 Mecca 54 16 An-Nahl The Bee 128 Mecca 70 17 Bani Isra'il The Israelites 111 Mecca 50 18 Al-Kahf The Cave 110 Mecca 69 19 Maryam Mary 98 Mecca 44 20 Ta Ha Ta Ha 135 Mecca 45 21 Al-Anbiya' The Prophets 112 Mecca 73 22 Al-Hajj The Pilgrimage 78 Madina 103 23 Al-Mu'minun The Believers 118 Mecca 74 24 An-Nur The Light 64 Madina 102 25 Al-Furqan The Criterion 77 Mecca 42 26 Ash-Shu`ara' The Poets 227 Mecca 47 27 An-Naml The Ant 93 Mecca 48 28 Al-Qasas The Narrative 88 Mecca 49 29 Al-`Ankabut The Spider 69 Mecca 85 30 Ar-Rum The Romans 60 Mecca 84 31 Luqman Lukman 34 Mecca 57 32 As-Sajdah The Adoration 30 Mecca 75 33 Al-Ahzab The Allies 73 Madina 90 34 Saba' Sheba 54 Mecca 58 35 Fatir The Creator 45 Mecca 43 36 Ya Sin Ya Sin 83 Mecca 41 37 As-Saffat The Rangers 182 Mecca 56 38 Sad Sad 88 Mecca 38 39 Az-Zumar The Companies 75 Mecca 59 40 Al-Mu'min The Forgiving One 85 Mecca 60 41 Ha Min Sajdah Revelations Well Expounded 54 Mecca 61 42 Ash-Shura The Counsel 53 Mecca 62 43 Az-Zukhruf The Embellishment 89 Mecca 63 44 Ad-Dukhan The Evident Smoke 59 Mecca 64 45 Al-Jathiyah The Kneeling 37 Mecca 65 46 Al-Ahgaf The Sandhills 35 Mecca 66 47 Muhammad Muhammad 38 Madina 95 [Al-Qital] [War / Fighting] 48 Al-Fath The Victory 29 Madina 111 49 Al-Hujurat The Chambers 18 Madina 106 50 Qaf Qaf 45 Mecca 34 51 Adh-Dhariyat The Scatterers 60 Mecca 67 52 At-Tur The Mountain 49 Mecca 76 53 An-Najm The Star 62 Mecca 23 54 Al-Qamr The Moon 55 Mecca 37 55 Ar-Rahman The Merciful 78 Madina 97 56 Al-Waqi`ah That Which is Coming 96 Mecca 46 57 Al-Hadid The Iron 29 Madina 94 58 Al-Mujadilah She Who Pleaded 22 Madina 105 59 Al-Hashr The Exile 24 Madina 101 60 Al-Mumtahanah She Who is Tested 13 Madina 91 61 As-Saff The Ranks 14 Madina 109 62 Al-Jum`ah The Day of Congregation 11 Madina 110 63 Al-Munafiqun The Hypocrites 11 Madina 104 64 At-Taghabun The Cheating 18 Madina 108 65 At-Talaq The Divorce 12 Madina 99 66 At-Tahrim The Prohibition 12 Madina 107 67 Al-Mulk The Kingdom 30 Mecca 77 68 Al-Qalam The Pen 52 Mecca 2 69 Al-Haqqah The Inevitable 52 Mecca 78 70 Al-Ma`arij The Ladders 44 Mecca 79 71 Nuh Noah 28 Mecca 71 72 Al-Jinn The Jinn 28 Mecca 40 73 Al-Muzammil The Mantled One 20 Mecca 3 74 Al-Mudathir The Clothed One 56 Mecca 4 75 Al-Qiyamah The Resurrection 40 Mecca 31 76 Ad-Dahr The Man 31 Madina 98 77 Al-Mursalat The Emissaries 50 Mecca 33 78 An-Naba' The Tidings 40 Mecca 80 79 An-Naziat Those Who Pulled Out 46 Mecca 81 80 `Abasa He Frowned 42 Mecca 24 81 At-Takwir The Cessation 29 Mecca 7 82 Al-Infitar The Cleaving Asunder 19 Mecca 82 83 At-Tatfif The Defrauders 36 Mecca 86 84 Al-Inshiqaq The Rending 25 Mecca 83 85 Al-Buruj The Constellations 22 Mecca 27 86 At-Tariq The Night-Comer 17 Mecca 36 87 Al-A`la The Most High 19 Mecca 8 88 Al-Ghashiyah The Overwhelming Calamity 26 Mecca 68 89 Al-Fajr The Dawn 30 Mecca 10 90 Al-Balad The City 20 Mecca 35 91 Ash-Shams The Sun 15 Mecca 26 92 Al-Layl The Night 21 Mecca 9 93 Ad-Duha The Early Hours 11 Mecca 11 94 Al-Inshirah The Expansion 8 Mecca 12 95 At-Tin The Fig 8 Mecca 28 96 Al-`Alaq The Clot 19 Mecca 1 97 Al-Qadr The Majesty 5 Mecca 25 98 Al-Bayyinah The Proof 8 Madina 100 99 Al-Zilzal The Shaking 8 Madina 93 100 Al-`Adiyat The Assaulters 11 Mecca 14 101 Al-Qari`ah The Terrible Calamity 11 Mecca 30 102 At-Takathur Worldly Gain 8 Mecca 16 103 Al-`Asr Time 3 Mecca 13 104 Al-Humazah The Slanderer 9 Mecca 32 105 Al-Fil The Elephant 5 Mecca 19 106 Al-Quraysh The Quraish 4 Mecca 29 107 Al-Ma'un The Daily Necessaries 7 Mecca 17 108 Al-Kauthar Abundance 3 Mecca 15 109 Al-Kafirun The Unbelievers 6 Mecca 18 110 An-Nasr The Help 3 Madina 114 111 Al-Lahab The Fame 5 Mecca 6 112 Al-Ikhlas Purity (of Faith) 4 Mecca 22 [At-Tauhid] [Unity] 113 Al-Falaq The Daybreak 5 Mecca 20 114 An-Nas The Men 6 Mecca 21 A detailed discussion on the chronology of the suras (or parts of suras) is found in The Historical Development of the Qur'an by Rev. Canon Sell, which also gives a table with three proposed chronologies. Notes: Traditionally, the first BISMILLAH before Sura Fatiha is counted as a verse, all other "Bismillahs" are treated as headings for various suras and therefore not counted as verses. Sura 9 does not commence with the Bismillah. The verse numbers in translations may not always tally since some translations split some of the verses. Some editions, particularly on the Indian subcontinent, count the Bismillahs in all suras as full verses (verse 1) which shifts all others by one. Surahs are classified into Meccan or Madinan, i.e., according to where it was supposed to be revealed. No. of Meccan Suras = 86; No. of Madinan Suras = 28. Total = 114 Total No. of Verses 6236 (in the standard verse division system) Challenge from the Qur'an The Qur'an issued a challenge to unbelievers to produce a sura like it (bani Isra'il 17:88). The implication is that if others cannot produce a sura like it, then the Qur'an is true. However, this challenge of the Qur'an to anyone to produce a verse like it is in strange land. Muslims have often said that it refers to the eloquence and beauty of the verses. Unfortunately, however, there is no objective criteria by which one can judge this . Interestingly enough, no Muslim has ever put up an objective criteria by which to judge such a co ntest. Secondly, there is no concensus as to who will be the judge of such a contest. In other word s, there are no rules a nd no judge. At the same time, there are others who have pointed out grammatical errors in the Qur' an. Some Muslims responded that the Qur'an is the final arbitar of correct Arabic, and if the gramm ar books do not conform to the Qur'an, then the grammer books have to be changed. But clearly, that is not acceptable, for the Qur'an was supposedly revealed in the midst of a people who were masters of eloquence and poet ry, and the challenge w as issued to them. (Do we not remember that Muhammad originally thought that he was becoming one of the poets after the first revelation (see Muhammad))? see here for more details. Codices of the Qur'an three other codices were in existence before the official Uthmanic codex compiled by Zaid ibn Thabi t, the more famous ones being Ubayy b. Ka'ab, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and Abu Musa. Some allege even mo re. These codices had s ome significant variants with the Uthmanic codex. see The Collection of the Qur'an - from the Hadit hs for more details from the hadiths. see "Material for the history of the text of the Qur'an: the old codices: the Kitab al-masahif of I bn Abu Dawud together with a collection of the variant readings of the codices of Ibn Ma'sud, Ubai, 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbas, Anas , Abu Musa and other Qur'anic authorities which present a type of text anterior to that of the cano nical text of 'Uthman," by Arthur Jeffery, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1937. Collection of the Qur'an see The Collection of the Qur'an - from the Hadiths and Uthman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- attests to book of Moses, al-Baqarah 2:89; al-Ahqaf 46:11-12,30 attests to previous books, al-Baqarah 2:91,136; Âl 'Imran 3:1-4,84; an-Nisa' 4:47,136; al-Ma'idah 5 :48; al-An`am 6:93; Yunus 10:38,95; al-Fatir 35:31; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:43 see also al-An`am 6:116; Yu nus 10:65; al-Kahf 18:2 8 bestowed on a blessed night, ad-Dukhan 44:3; al-Qadr cannot change God's words, al-An`am 6:34,115; Yunus 10:65, see also protected by God clear or obscure? clear ordinances, an-Nahl 16:89; al-Bayyinah 98:3 conveyed clearly, al-Ma'idah 5:16; Yunus 10:15 detailed explanation of everything, Yusuf 12:111 easy to understand, ad-Dukhan 44:58 al-Ghazali, the famous theologian who successfully put Sufiism with the realms of Muslim orthodoxy, said that the number of clear verses is 500, a mere 8% of the Qur'an! expostion of that which is decreed for mankind, Yunus 10:37 fully explained, al-An`am 6:114 There are many obscure passages in the Qur'an, that this verse cannot be referring to the whole Qur 'an. This verse actually say that the Jews and Christians know that it is revealed in truth! some verses direct, some allegorical, Âl 'Imran 3:7 completion of, al-Ma'idah 5:3 communicated by clear voice, "Of all the divine books the Koran is the only one of which the text, words and phrases have been c ommunicated to the prophet by an audible voice." (Ibn Khalkan, as quoted in Encyclopaedia of Religi on and Ethics, Vol 7, p .335, quoted by Abdul-Haqq p.58) It seems that ibn Khalkan ignored that God spoke to Moses directly. This distinction from previous revelations, however, make it difficult for the Muslim to push that it is the same as previous reve lations. confirmation of that which is before, Yunus 10:37; Yusuf 12:111 contains all manners of similitudes, al-Kahf 18:54; az-Zumar 39:27 contemporaries' comments: a poet possessed (As-Saffat 37:36), tales of ancients dictated to Muhamma d (Al-Furqan 25:5), magic derived from old and nothing but a word of a mortal (Al-Mudathir 74:24,25 ) custodian of previous Scripture, al-Ma'idah 5:48 distortion of, al-Ma'idah 5:41 divine nature of, Yunus 10:37 don't approach it in haste, Ta Ha 20:114 encouraged to learn the Qur'an and teach it "The best of you are those who learn the Qur'an and tea ch it to others." (Sahih Bukhari) essence found in earlier revelation, ash-Shu`ara' 26:196 full of wisdom, Ya Sin 36:2 gathered by God, al-Qiyamah 75:17 guidance to humans, al-Baqarah 2:185; Yusuf 12:111 incompleteness of or variants, missing verses of variants, see seven recensions of Qur'an and Variants of Qur'an According to Ubayy b. Kab, one of t he secretaries of Muhammad, sura as-Saff 61:6 reads: "O children of Israel, I am God's messenger to you, and I announce to you a prophet whose community will be the last community and by which God will put the seal on the prophets and messengers." where "Ahmad" is not mentioned. invisible barrier during recitation, bani Isra'il 17:45 is not Muhammad's sayings, an-Najm 53:3; al-Haqqah 69:44 is the hadith, This is an argument of the "Qur'an-only" party. They argue based on al-A`raf 7:185; Yunus 10:36; Lu qman 31:6; az-Zumar 39:23,29; al-Jathiyah 45:6; at-Tur 52:34; al-Qalam 68:44; al-Mursalat 77:50. neglected nothing, al-An`am 6:38 night most fitting for lucid reflections upon, al-Muzammil 73:2-6 not from a satanic force, at-Takwir 81:25 not poetry, Ya Sin 36:69; al-Haqqah 69:41 on stoning, see Adultery. Muslim in the seventh part of his Sahih (commentary of An-Nawawi) in the book of Al-Zakat about the virtue of being satisfied with whatever God gives and about urging people to have that virtue, pag es 139-40, reported tha t Abu Al-Aswad reported that his father said: Abu Musa Al-Ashari invited the Qur'an readers of Basr a. Three hundred readers responded to his invitation. He told them: You are the readers and the cho ice of the people of Ba sra. Recite the Qur'an and do not neglect it. Otherwise, a long time may elapse and your hearts wil l be hardened as the heartsw of those who came before you were hardened. We used to read a chapter from the Qu'ran similar to Bara'ah in length (about 130 verses) and serio usness, but I forgot it. I can remember from that chapter only the following words: "Should a son of Adam own two valleys full of wealth, he would seek a third valley, and nothing wou ld fill Ibn Adam's abdomen but the soil." We used to read a chapter similar to the Musabihat and I forgot it. I only remember the following: "Oh you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? Thus, a testimony will be written on your n ecks and you will be questioned about it on the day of judgement." Muslim also reported in the book Al-Ridhaa (book of nursing), part 10, page 29, that Ayeshah [repor tedly] said the following: There was in what was revealed in the Qur'an that ten times of nursing k nown with certainty mak es the nursing woman a mother of a nursed child. This number of nursings would make the woman "hara m" (forbidden) to the child. Muhammad died while these words were recorded and read in the Qur'an. Umar reportedly said that Chap 33 is incomplete Al-Muttaqi Ali Ibn Husam Ad-Deen, in his book "Mukhtasar Kanz al-Ummal," (printed on the margin of Imam Ahmad's Musnad, part two, page two), in his hadith about chapter 33, said that Ibn Murdawayh r eported that Huthaifah said: Umar said to me "How many verses are contained in the chapter of Al-Ahzab?" I said, "72 or 73 verses." He said it was almost as long as the chapter of the Cow, which contains 287 verses, and i n it was the verse of s toning. Al-Hakim An-Nisaboori in his book "Al-Mustadrak" in the book of commentary on the Qur'an, part two, page 224, reported that Ubayy Ibn Kaab (whom the Prophet called the leader of Al-ansar), said that the Messenger of God s aid to him: Certainly the Almighty commanded me to read the Qur'an in front of you, and he read "Th e unbelievers from the people of the Book and the pagans will not change their way until they see t he evidence. Those who disbelieve among the people of the scripture and the idolators could not change until the clear pro of came unto them. A Messenger from Allah, reading purified pages..." And of the very excellent par t of it "Should Ibn Ada m ask for a valley full of wealth and I grant it to him, he would ask for another valley. And if I grant him that, he would ask for a third valley. Nothing would fill the abdomen of Ibn Adam except the soil. God accepts t he repentance of anyone who repents. The religion in the eyes of God is the Hanafiyah (Islam) rathe r than Yahudiyya (Judaism) or Nasraniya (Christianity). Whoever does good, his goodness will not be denied. perfected in truth and justice, al-An`am 6:115 problems within the Qur'an. Taken from Chad VanDixhoorn, Islam and Orthodoxy: A Critique of Muslim Apologetics, unpublished article, Huron College, London, Canada: 1995. Muhammad supposed 'Imran or Amran to be the father of the Virgin Mary (Sura [cix.] lxvi. 12) - Mary and Elizabeth to be sisters; who, with Jesus, John, and Zacharias, make up the family of 'Imran. I t is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Muhammad is guilty of the anachronism of confounding Miriam with the Virgin Ma ry. On the other hand is the difficulty of conceiving that as the sequence of time and fact is obse rved with tolerable acc uracy in regard to the main features of Jewish and Christian History, he should have fallen into so serious an error, or have so inadvertently adopted, as Mr. Muir supposes, the phraseology of his J ewish informants (among st whom the only well-known Mary (Miriam) was the daughter of 'Imran and the sister of Moses) as to have overlooked the discrepancy in their respective dates. But it is possible that Muhammad believ ed, as some Muslim writ ers assert, that Miriam's soul and body were miraculously preserved till the time of Jesus in order to become Mary his mother. Certainly the Talmudists fabled that the Angel of Death and the worm of corruption had no powe r over Miriam." Ta Ha 20:90 records a Samaritan helping the Israelites build the golden calf. The Samaritans only c ame into existence after about 600 B.C. when Israel and Judah were taken into captivity. Not the ti me of the Exodus. Commentators understand that Surah al-Kahf 18:89-98 refers to Alexander the Great. The passage reco rds that he was a devout Muslim and lived to a ripe old history records that he was a polytheist an d died young. In Surah Hud 11:42-43 "Noah's (unnamed) son is said to have refused to take refuge in the ark while the flood waters were rising, and despite his father's plea, chose rather to flee to a mountaintop , from which he was swe pt away by a wave. (Genesis 6-7 indicates that Noah had only three sons, and that they all entered the ark. Genesis 10 gives the line of descendants from each.") Surah Yusuf 12:11-20 records that "Joseph did not go seeking his brother up at Dothan (As Genesis 3 7 records), but rather the brothers, having already plotted his death, persuaded Jacob to let him g o with them simply for fun and sport. Having gotten him into their power, they put him down into a well with water in it ( rather than a dry pit). Nor was it they who sold him to the passing merchantmen, but rather a chanc e wayfarer who had come to the well to draw water. He sold the boy to the merchants "for a few dirhams" (rather than the s ubstantial price of twenty shekels of silver, as Gen. 37:28 states.)" Contrast Surah ash-Shu`ara 26:55-60 with Exodus 1:9 and Surah al-Baqarah 2:57, al-Baqarah 2:61 with Exodus and Numbers. The Quran records that "During the exodus, the Israelites became tired of mann a and demanded vegetabl es from the soil. After scolding them, Moses said, Get down to Egypt, for you shall have what you a sked.' They proceeded to do so: And they returned with wrath from God.' Ancient history is very cle ar that "while disconte nted Israelites spoke of returning to Egypt, none of them actually did so. . . .In this connection, it is stated v. as-Saff 61: They disbelieved the signs of God, and slew the Prophets unjustly; thi s, for they rebelled an d transgressed.'" The Bible records no prophets being killed prior to Moses. reason for, al-Jum`ah 62:2 recensions, seven, Sahih Bukhari vol. 3, book 41, no.601, Sahih Bihari vol. 6, book 61, no. 514, Sa hih Bihari vol. 9, book 93, no. 640 Narrated Ibn Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel read the Qur'an to me in one way (i.e. dialect) and I continued aski ng him to read it in different ways till he read it in seven different ways." (Sahih Bukhari 4.442, also Sahih Bukhari 6.5 13) Interestingly, this hadith tells us that it was not Gabriel (hence Allah) who initiated the reading in seven different ways, but was on Muhammad's initiative. recite as much as you may do with ease, al-Muzammil 73:20 record of decisions of divine will. Book of Jubilee 3:10 states that the law of purification of woman after childbirth are written in t he tablets in heaven. Jubilee 12:8 regard "Feast of Booths" ( Leviticus 23:40-43). Jubilee 5:13 sta tes that the divine jud gement on all that exists on earth is written on tablets in heaven. Book of Enoch prophesied future from contents of this tablet. (XCII:2, LXXXI, CIII:2, CVI:19, Also Encyclopaedia of Islam, p.288 q uoted by Abdul-Haqq) religious system perfected in, al-Ma'idah 5:3 Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: Once a Jew said to me, "O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy Book Which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed to us, we would have taken that day (on which it was revealed as a day o f celebration." 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked, "Which is that verse?" The Jew replied, "This day I hav e perfected your religion For you, completed My favor upon you, And have chosen for you Islam as yo ur religion." (al-Ma'id ah 5:3) 'Umar replied, "No doubt, we know when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet. It was Friday and the Prophet was standing at 'Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj)" (Sahih Bukhari 1.43) revealed but not in Qur'an (???) Narrated Ash-Sha'bi: Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked Ali, 'Have you got any book (which has been revealed to the Prophet apar t from the Qur'an)?' 'Ali replied, 'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed (by Alla h) upon a Muslim or what is (written) in this sheet of paper (with me).' Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked , 'What is (written) in this sheet of paper?' Ali replied, it deals with The Diyya (compensation (b lood money) paid by the killer to the relatives of the victim), the ransom for the releasing of the captives from the hand s of the enemies, and the law that no Muslim should be killed in Qisas (equality in punishment) for the killing of (a disb eliever). (Sahih Bukhari 1.111) see The Collection of the Qur'an - from the Hadiths for more details. revealed in Arabic, Yusuf 12:2; ar-Ra`d 13:37; an-Nahl 16:103; Ta Ha 20:113; ash-Shu`ara' 26:195; a z-Zumar 39:28; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:3; az-Zukhruf 43:3; ad-Dukhan 44:58 revealed in truth, al-An`am 6:14 sent forth "in waves" (gradually), al-Mursalat 77:1 source of health, bani Isra'il 17:82; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:44 standardization, see Uthman surah mentioning war, Muhammad 47:20 transcription underway at Mecca, al-Furqan 25:5 untranslatable, see Is The Qur'an Translatable? Early Muslim Opinion upon an imperishable tablet, al-Buruj 85:21-22. "Rabbi Simeon ben Laqish saith, "What is it that which is written, 'And I shall give thee tablets o f stone, and the Law, and the commandment which I have written, that thou mayest teach them' (Ex XX IV:12)?" The tablets -- these are the ten commandments; the Law, that which is read; and the Commandments; t his is the Mishnah, which I have written, these are the Prophets and the Hagiographa: that thou may est teach them, this de notes the Gamara. This teaches that all of them were given to Moses from Sinai. (Tract Berakhoth qu oted in vol 5. Col. 1) Uthmanic codex, (Ar: Mushaf Uthmani), see Uthman Some interesting things: Caliph Alwalid ibn Yazid, who ruled the Muslims in the year 743 A.D. said: "Talaaba be-inoboati Hashimeon bela wahion attaho wala kitabo w" (The Islamic Caliphate, p. 59) which means Muhammad the Hashemite manipulated people by his claim that he was a prophet, without true inspiration or an inspired book. Caliph Abd Al-Malik ibn Marwan, who was a Muslim leader and scholar of the Qur'an, after becoming the Caliph, folded the Qur'an and said, "this is the last time I will ever use you." (The Islamic Caliphate, p. 173) an-Nisa' 4:82; al-Ma'idah 5:16; al-An`am 6:19; al-A`raf 7:204; at-Taubah 9:111; Yunus 10:15-16; al-Ma'idah 5:6,30,32; Hud 11:13-14; Yusuf 12:3; al- Hijr 15:87,91; an-Nahl 16:98; bani Isra'il 17:9,41,46,60,78,88-89,106; al- Kahf 18:54; Ta Ha 20:2; al-Furqan 25:4; an-Naml 27:1,6,76,92; al-Qasas 28:85; ar-Rum 30:58; Saba' 34:31; Sad 38:1-2; az-Zumar 39:27; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:41; ash-Shura 42:7; az-Zukhruf 43:31; al-Ahqaf 46:12,29; Muhammad 47:24; Qaf 50:1-2,45; al-Qamar 54:17,22,32,40; ar-Rahman 55:2; al-Waqi`ah 56:75,77; al-Hashr 59:21; al-Haqqah 69:40; al-Jinn 72:1; al-Muzammil 73:4,20; ad-Dahr 76:23; al-Inshiqaq 84:21, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Back to Main Index Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! 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