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22 unusual facts about Quran


Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath

The revolt gained widespread support among religious scholars known as kurra ("Quran readers"), and developed from a mutiny to a widespread anti-Umayyad rebellion.

Aitaroun

Families laid flowers and read Quranic verses at the graves on October 23, 2006, which marks the Eid ul-Fitr-holiday.

Al-Nour Party

After the revolution, the Salafis decided to take part in politics in order to protect the Islamic identity of Egypt, based on the fundamentals of Islam, the Quran and Sunnah.

Gustav Leberecht Flügel

He also brought out an edition of the Quran (Leipzig, 1834 and again 1893); then followed Concordantiae Corani arabicae (Leipzig, 1842 and again 1898); Mani, seine Lehren und seine Schriften (Leipzig, 1862); Die grammatischen Schulen der Araber (Leipzig, 1862); and Ibn Kutlulbugas Krone der Lebensbeschreibungen (Leipzig, 1862).

Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer

His most important works were editions of Abu'l-Fida's Historia ante-Islamica (1831—1834), Samachshari's Golden Necklaces (Leipzig, 1835), and of Beidhawi's Commentary on the Koran (1846–1848).

Holiest sites in Sunni Islam

According to the teachings of Islam, God, in the Quran, used the word mosque when referring to the sites established by ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) and his progeny as houses of worship to God centuries before the revelation of the Quran.

Hossein Jafari

Hossein is one of the best reciters of Quran, as he has been trained in a family who has been with Quran .

Hum Ek Hain

She helps children with Quran lessons and baptizes babies by marking 786 on their foreheads (it is supposed to be a good omen).

I'll Let You Know When I Get There

The next morning, Linden looks over the Larsen evidence, focusing on a keychain's bird symbol and the mosque’s Quran.

Islam in Kerala

The majority of Muslims of Kerala belong to the Shafi`i school under Sunni sect of Islam, the conservative mainstream in which the Hadith is held in almost equal regard to the Quran itself.

Jabal al-Nour

Since this is where the Prophet received the first verses of the Quran(the Muslim holy book), the mountain was giving the title "Jabal-al-Nour".

Johann Fortner

The librarian then smuggled the manuscript to a village in the mountains, where the local imam secreted it amongst the Koran's in his library.

Khatam

These works include; doors and windows, mirror frames, Quran boxes, inlaid boxes, pen and penholders, lanterns and inlaid ornamented shrines.

Khatmiyya

His writings included an explanation of the verses of the Quran in his book Taj Al-Tafaseer, a concise and immaculate description of the story of the birth of the prophet Muhammad Al-Asrar Al-Rabaniya and over 112 literary poems on the description of the attributes and praise of the prophet Muhammad.

Lisan al-Dawat

Many in the Dawoodi Bohras community look upon Lisan al-Dawat as a bridge for their Gujarati community to Arabic, the language of the Quran.

Minhaj-ul-Quran

MQI started its education, welfare and human rights work in the United Kingdom in 1986 and held its first international conference at Wembley Arena, London.

In September 2011, Minhaj-ul-Quran organised a major "Peace for Humanity" conference at Wembley Arena in London at which, under the auspices of Tahir-ul-Qadri, its 12,000 attendees announced a global declaration denouncing racism, interfaith intolerance, extremism and terrorism.

Noble Quran

Noble Quran, a translation of the Quran by Muhammad Muhsin Khan

Philip Jenkins

He conducted a study of the Quran and the Bible in the light of the September 11 attacks and accusation that the former incites violence.

Tariqa

The Initiation ceremony is routine and consists of reading chapter 1 of the Quran followed by a single phrase prayer.

The Smile

In the ensuing argument, Jessica throws Brody's copy of the Quran on the floor.

World Muslimah

Sholeha (pious) and Smart: participants focus on spiritual subjects including Quran memorization, the development of humanitarian intelligence, the challenges of Islam, woman and their future development, and being the best wife and mother in Islam.


American Dervish

Mina brightens the lives of the Shah family, becoming especially close with Hayat, telling him Sufi stories and teaching him the Quran.

Ash'ari

For example, Al-Qaeda's ex-leader Osama bin Laden once tried in one of his speeches to explain what's happening to the Muslims by referring to some Quranic verses.

Baal

The Quran (37:125) mentions that Elias (Elijah) a prophet of God was sent to his people to tell them not to worship Baal and worship one true God.

Criticism of Hadith

In 1878, Cyrus Hamlin wrote that "Tradition, rather than the Quran, has formed both law and religion for the Moslems".

Dastgeer Sahib

It has the old Quran written by Hazrat Abu Bakr Sidiqqi R.A, Hazrat Ali R.A, and the Mouia Pak, a piece of hair from Gous E Azam.

Gospel in Islam

The word Injil is used in the Quran, the Hadith and early Muslim documents to refer specifically to the revelations made by God to Jesus.

Guru Gobind Singh

Finally, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb sent a signed letter to the Guru, swearing in name of Quran, that the Guru and his followers would be allowed a safe passage if he decided to evacuate Anandpur.

Illallah

The album features a recitation of a verse from the Qur’an (Ar-Rahman) and duas (supplications) from the Qur’an and Sunnah (teachings and practices of Islamic prophet Muhammad) as well as non-instrumental Islamic nasheeds about Allah and Muhammad based on the Qur'an and Hadith.

Maariful Quran

Notable among them are the Wahy, the modes of descent, the chronology of the revelation of the Quran, the first revealed verses (ayah), Meccan and Medinan verses, the preservation of the Quran, the printing of the Quran, the sources of Tafsir, Arabic language etc.

Mafatih al-Janan

Mafatih al-Jinan (Keys to Heavens) by Shaikh Abbass Qumi is a Twelver Shi'a compilation of selected chapters (surahs) from Quran, Taaqeebat e namaz (acts of worship after namaz), supplications narrated from the Ahle bayt and text of Ziyarats.

Masjid Hamza, Valley Stream

The masjid currently offers use of the masjid for the five daily prayers, adult and children Quran classes, and Tarweeah in the month of Ramadan.

Maulana Abdul Rahim Bin Muhammad Ali Yugovi

The books he studied include Quran Majeed,Pand Nama, Karimia, Gulistan, Bostan, Fiqh e Ahwat, Usool-ew-Etiqadiyah and Dawat-e-Sofia.

Mufaddal Saifuddin

As a child, during the era of Syenda Taher Saifuddin, he began the recitation of the Quran in Saifee Villa; Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Mukhdoom Muhammad Hayat Bhatti

Makhdoom Ishaq Bhatti Abbasi Kalhora Dynasty education Quran and Sunnah in the school of Islam Hyderabad Old Hala Sindh.

A Makhdoom is generally a respectable person who dedicated his whole life to Islam, the Quran and the Sunnah.

Mustafa Ismail

Shaykh Mustafa Ismael focused on the Quran from an early age, when he reached the age of 10 he completed his hifdh Hafiz (memorized the Quran).

Objectives Resolution

#Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings of Islam as set out in the Quran and Sunnah.

Quran desecration

In May 2005, a report in Newsweek, claiming that it was U.S. interrogators who desecrated the Quran at the Guantanamo Bay base, further sparking Muslim unrest.

Respect for the written text of the Holy Quran is an important element of religious faith in Islam.

Quranic timeline

22 December 609 CE, Muhammad recites a chapter of the Quran for the first time after angel Gabriel reveals surah Al-Alaq in the cave of Hira.

Rawz al-jinan wa ruh al-jinan

Rawz al-jinan wa ruh al-jinan (The Cool Breeze of Paradise and God's Breath for the Soul) also known as Tafsīr Abū al- Futūḥ is an exegesis on the Quran written by Abu l-Futuh al-Razi in the 12th century.

Sabit Damulla Abdulbaki

(The establishment of Islam in China in 650 stemmed from the delivery of a Quran by Caliph Usman to Tang Emperor Gaozong in 650 and headed by Envoy Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas, one of Muhammad's first companions)

Saifee Villa

During the era of Syenda Taher Saifuddin, as a child, Syedi Mufaddal Saifuddin (the successor to the office of Da'i al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras after Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin), began the recitation of the Quran in Saifee Villa.

The Children's Encyclopædia

In May 1973 riots occurred in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in an area where Jamaat-e-Islami was gaining influence, sparked by the discovery that an illustration contained in The Book of Knowledge, which had been stored in a local library for decades, portrayed the Archangel Gabriel dictating portions of the Quran to the Moslem Prophet Muhammad.

The True Furqan

The True Furqan, al-Furqan al-Haqq is a book written in Arabic mirroring the Quran but incorporating elements of traditional Christian teachings.

Uniform civil code of India

In its judgment, the court claimed "These Ayats(verses) leave no doubt that the Quran imposes an obligation on the Muslim husband to make provision for, or to provide maintenance to, the divorced wife."

World Muslimah

Combining the righteous concept in Al Quran and Hadiths, WMF judges contestants on value-based personality development, which consists of seven ideal characters, five commitments and six lifestyles of "Sholeha, Smart and Stylish".

Yahud

Yahud is a classical Arabic term which comes from a term used 11 times in the Quran to refer to descendants of Hud's community who had strayed into the worship Uzayir (Anosh Uthra) as the son of Allah.

Yazdânism

One of the common characteristic of these three distinct group of people is that they frequently call themselves as "Kurdish Alawites" and distance themselves from Twelver-Shia-Muslim-Tariqat of the Anatolian Turkish-Qizilbash-Alevi-Bektashis in such a way that the prophecy of Muhammad as it was revealed by the verses of the Quran does not constitute a part of their fundamental religious faith.