Questions tagged [uloom-al-quran]
Sciences which are classically related to the holy book of Islam
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How many ayaths are there in Al-Quran?
I heard that there are totally 6666 ayats in Al-Quran.
But, I counted in my own Quran and it has less than that.
What is the actual number of ayats in Al-Quran?
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Why are Surat al-Khal and Surat al-Hafd not included in the Qur'an?
Ubayy bin Kab, in one of the pre-Uthmanic compilations of the Qur'an, allegedly recorded two additional suwar (Surat al-Khal and Surat al-Hafd) that are not found today; these "missing suwar" are ...
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Why do words like "salah" and "riba" have an extra unpronounced letter waw in them?
I've noticed that in many masaahif ("mushafs"), certain words like "salah" and "riba" have an extra, unpronounced letter waw in them, such as Surah Baqarah, verse 3:
The fifth word here is pronounced ...
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How were the Surahs of the Qur'an named?
I know maybe it's not a unfamiliar question in the Internet. I listened Islamic scholars such as Dr. Zakir - The idea that I've is that the names were created by humans to make more easy process's in ...
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What were the criteria for validating a qira'a?
As is known, there are a number of variant readings (i.e. qira'at) of the Qur'an. Even when these readings have (minor) differences of meaning between them, they are all considered equally valid by ...
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Quran originally without vowel marks?
I've come across the claim that the first mushafs (suhuf?) did not include vowel marks and sometimes did not even consistently use other diacritical marks to distinguish consonants. An example of a ...
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How many spellings do exist for Quran's text? How many rasm-al-mushaf do we have?
Consider these two lines:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ
and
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِینَ
As you can see, ٱلْعَٰلَمِینَ is spelled in two different forms. I took them from two ...
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What's the link between being unjust to orphan girls and having up to four wives in verse (4:3)?
In surat an-Nisaa' we read (4:3):
And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that ...
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What is this alif like sign?
Assalamualaikum Shayekh.
In this ayah for example -
عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مَّوْضُونَةٍ - 56:15
What is the alif like sign above ya of A'la? It seems to me like a verticle fathah but it's not pronounced in ...
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Is it possible to compile the Quran chronologically, are there books about this?
As far as I can tell we have not for all of the Verses of the Quran neither a Hadith telling us when they exactly were revealed nor a Hadith telling us the reason behind the revelation. Even if we ...
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Which surah(s) of the Qur'an covers the most stories (Prophets/real person)?
If we look at different surahs of the Qur'an we may find them addressing many topics: For example surat al-Kahf we have the stories of the people of the cave, (the people of ar-Raqeem are also quoted ...
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Ibn Umar on the Quran
In the book "Fadhael al-Quran" written by Abū ʻUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām (a scholar from the Salaf), Ibn Umar says:
Verily among you people one would say that he has found the Quran whilst ...
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What is the minimum qualification to interpret Mutashabihat (allegorical) ayas in Quran?
Quran 3:7 states that certain ayas are allegorical (mutashâbihât) and others are literal (muhkamât):
003.007 He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of ...
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Why these mostly identical verses in surat an-Nisa' have a different ending?
I found examples of verses of the Qur'an which have an identic beginning, but end with different ending:
The first examples are in surat an-Nisa':
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with ...
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Is there a specific significance in the Qur'an when using the two synonyms for "wife": امرأة and زوج?
In many verses the Qur'an refers to the wives of certain people (some Prophets, Pharaoh etc.) but some times the word wife is referred to as imara(tu) امرأة (which is always translated wife of) like ...
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What is the origin/purpose of the pause marks in the Quran?
I can understand why there would be pause marks for obligatory continuing and stopping, because otherwise the meaning of the ayah would change.
But why is there "preferred stop" (قلی), "preferred ...
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Difference of waqf in Qiraat Hafs between waqf الوقف in usual Moshaf and turkish recitation
When listening to Turkish qur'an reciters I often realize that they don't do waqf (stoping/pausing recitation) in typical places in Qur'an Verses according the Qiraa' of Hafs 'an 'Assim (in the most ...
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Why Ibraheem was referred to as Ummah (أُمَّة) in this verse and why it was translated with other meanings?
My focus here is on the translation of the word Ummah (أُمَّة) in Arabic, by which Allah attributed Ibraheem in verse (16:120). As shown below there are different interpretation in its translation:
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Where is term "uswa e hassna" used in quran?
In Quran,I am trying to search Which verses and sura mention the term"uswa e hassna"
Please kindly guide me
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The Birmingham Quran versus the present-day Quran
Islam claims that Quran is unchanged from the time of the prophet Mohammad, and it will remain so until the last day.
Now, there was a discovery of a manuscript in the University of Birmingham which ...
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The thief (male and female) vs. the adulteress and the adulterer?
Why in the Qur'an we find in one hand:
وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [...
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What's the meaning of khamsa below jim waqf sign?
Assalamu'alaykum Wr Wb
What's the meaning of khamsa (Hindu-Arabic number 5) below jim waqf sign?
Appreciate your answer..thanks
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Why is it الرسولا and السبيلا and not الرسول and السبيل in 33:66 and 33:67
In these two verses Allah says:
The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger." (33:66)
يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ ...
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How can Muslims claim that Quran is not altered?
As we know from Sanaa manuscript, Quran is modified, at least in the level of words.
To me, this means that even if the general meaning of Quran is not altered, we can't analyze it word by word ...
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How do we know Ayat boundaries?
Quran is made of chapters (surah), each of which is made of verses (ayah).
But there are some places that it seems some ayats are in fact one ayah, for example verses 16 and 17 of surah 35.
The ...
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Are there rulings, apart from alcohol consumption, whose chronology may be found in the Qur'an?
In the Qur'an we find the chronology of the ruling on alcohol see for example in my answer on Was alcohol permitted long ago, before Mohammad was born?: Alcohol allowed, alcohol declared as bad, ...
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How to explain the recitation لَئِنْ انجــينا (verse 6.63) by Al-Azami in his book "The History of the Quranic text"?
As salamu alaykum wa ramatullah,
I have a request about 'ayat' 6.63 with Hafs rectiation.
I know we have to refer to one copy of Uthman's codicies to recitate the Quran.
But in his book "The ...
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What is the one instance of imala in Qalun al-Nafi'?
The Wikipedia page on Imala states:
Many qirāʾāt of the Quran implement imāla at least once. Some, like those of Hafs or Qalun, use it only once, but others, like those of Hamzah az-Zaiyyat and Al-...
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Quran is so concise but in Surah Rahman a single ayah repeated 31 times
We know Quran is a concise book, not a single word there is without reason.
Every single word is decorated and managed like a pearl in necklace, and not a single word wasted but when you see the ...
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Is the qira'a "There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among your most precious" accepted?
In surat at-Tawba we have in (9:128) the known qira'a:
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
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What is the the reason behind using على and إلى after the verb انزل (unzela)?
Assalaamu alaikum,
In Baqara 136, Allah (swt) says,
قُولُٓوا اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰهِ وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْنَا وَمَٓا اُنْزِلَ اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ
وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطِ ...
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Was Surah At-Tawbah equal to Surah Al-Baqarah in length? If yes, then where are the remaining verses?
Salam Guys,
I have a question that has been seriously bothering me for a while.
In tafsir Al-Qurtubi and Itqan by Suyuti a narration has been quoted that shows that Surah At-Tawbah was originally ...
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Variant Reading in Quran 62:9
Is this narration authentic:
حدثنا ابن المثنى، قال: ثنا ابن عدّي، عن شعبة، عن سليمان، عن إبراهيم،
قال: قال عبد الله: لو كان السعي لسعيت حتى يسقط ردائي، قال: ولكنها:
«فامْضُوا إلى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ» قال: ...
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Why is there a missing/added word in Quran 57:24?
i know the Holy Quran was revealed in seven different Ahruf or dialects but Uthman(ra) burned the different variants and only left one so why is there this difference between Hafs with Qalon & ...
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Who said the last part of "Bukhari 2287," Umar (رضي الله عنه) or our beloved Prophet (صلى الله عليه واله وسلم)?
In the following hadith:
‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab who said: “I heard Hishaam ibn Hakeem reciting Soorat al-Furqaan in a manner different from that in which I used to recite it and the way in which the ...
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Refrence of Quranic verse" muslim slave better than non muslim slave "
What is the refrence of Quranic verse that approximately means:
A Muslim slave is better than non muslim slave and female muslim slave is better than non muslim female slave because muslims call ...
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A drowsy tribe for Quran 13:31?
I need clarity and context on the following which is said by Ibn Abbas (RA):
“Ibn Abbas recited this verse as ‘أَفَلَمْ يتبين ٱلَّذِينَ’. He was
told that it is ‘أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ’ to ...
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What does the last ayah in Sura Alaq mean?
What i don't understand is, why Allah S.W.T said Do not obey him in the ayah. I'm so confused here. Sorry for bad English.
Quran 96:19 " No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near [to God] "
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Quran in all qirats
Can anybody give me a link of any links or an app where one can read quran on all ten or just seven Qirats? Like that of hafs,ibn kathir, warsh?
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Is it allowed to erase Harakat or Waqf marks from the Quran?
As-Salamu alaikum, Is it allowed for me, when I create Quran vidoes (mushaf & audio) on YouTube to sometimes erase an Harakah or an Tawaquf sign when editing the videos? (For example, in https://...
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What makes a Qiraat mutawatir?
Selam aleikum,
I know, that one of the criteria’s of an accepted Qiraat is being mutawatir. (Ibn Al-Jazaris conditions)
What exactly is meant with it and how many people are needed to make it ...
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What is the authenticty of the following Asbab-ul-Nuzul's Narration?
Holy Koran says,
Therefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and then say, “This is from Allah” [2:79]
According to Asbab-ul-Nuzul, there is a narration that says that Jews ...
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Two Versions of Diacritics on the word "Allāh" in two famous Qurʾān Muṣḥafs: which one is more correct in terms of the pronunciation of Allāh? [duplicate]
In the famous King Fahd Complex Uthmānī Madīnah Muṣḥaf, Allāh is written with the following diacritics:
Source: https://read.quranexplorer.com/2/7/7/Usmani/Mishari-Rashid/Hide/Tajweed-OFF
In the ...
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What's the reason behind the arrangement of "Indeed in that are signs for..."?
In the Holy Qur'an, in the verses:
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا لِّتَسْكُنُوا إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةً وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ ...
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Who are the three (different?) addressee's in verse (10:87)?
First be aware that the issue can only be observed in the Arabic original as the verse (10:87) in its English translation looks like:
And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people ...
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Are there verses in the qur'an on which there's no consensus about the addressed gender?
I'd like to know if there are verses in the qur'an where it is seemingly unclear whether the verse addresses both women and men or only one of both genders and on which at least some scholars ...
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How are the "seven different ways" from Sahih Bukhari, book 61, hadith 513 reflected in Quran? [duplicate]
Sahih Bukhari, volume 6, book 61, hadith 513 (emphasis mine):
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel recited the Qur'an to me in one way.
Then I requested him (to read ...
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Are the Qira'ats reliable?
I found this quote from an anti-Islamic website :
"The opinion of the majority is that these readings are Mutawatir. However, one opinion is that they are Mashhur28 …. The truth in this regard is ...
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Refuting exmuslims on Tahreef
Assalamualaikum I found the ahadith below from this exmuslim Reddit page https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/bj9csm/ibn_abbas_is_a_problem_for_islam/.
I need someone's help in refuting them :
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Proof of existence of Pul e Sirat in Akhirah
I've heard that if we don't accept that Pul e Sirat doesn't exist in Akhirah , it doesn't affect our Eman . Is this true ? Moreover, is there any proof of existence of Pul e Sirat from Quran or Hadith ...
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