A Simple Guide to ISLAM
The Qur’an
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The most repeated invocation in the Qur’an is ‘In the name of
God, the most beneficent the most Merciful. The occurrence of
this invocation 114 times in the Qur’an is in itself an indication of
how important it is.
Every piece of work must have a beginning. It is the Qur’an’s
desire that when one initiates any undertaking one should begin by
uttering the name of God. One is thus always reminded of God’s
attributes of benevolence and compassion.
WAHY (REVELATION)
The Qur’an is composed of verbal revelations made to Prophet
Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam (on whom be peace) during a
period of twenty three years at Makkah (610-622) and Madinah
(622-632). The arrangement of the Qur’an is not in accordance
with the chronological order of the revelation. The first revelation
was verses 2-6 of Chapter 96. The last chapter revealed was
chapter 110.
Literal meaning of
wahy
is to intimate or indicate; to communicate;
to inspire; to put in somebody’s heart or to converse secretly. The
basic meaning however of the word
wahy
is to talk to others
hiddenly or silently.
The word
wahy
has been used in the Qur’an to express different
meanings, for instance it is used to put some message into the
heart:
We infused this into the (mind of) Musa’s mother.
(28:7)
