NMC273Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sept, Quraysh, Surah
2 Jun 2016
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Qur"an comes from kur"aa which means to read. Original chronology and arrangement is unknown prophet might have arranged it himself. Early revelations correspond to text at the end where the later ones are from the beginning. Fate"h beginning of rah"eem is short and is an exception to the long ones at beginning and short ones at end. Said to have been delivered in the arabic language for an arabic speaking people found in. Qur"an was written to people who could understand and write written on ceramics and wood. First official osesntion was decended from uthman written after prophet"s dead uthman wrote it. A miracle of divine intervention, a jijaz, one of proofs of prophethood. Muhammad"s preaching happened a year after his revelation his family first to be converted and then clans. First converts came as individuals, not all hashim converted his uncles didn"t convert. People angry that he left the religion of his forefathers.
