Could you please let me know as to how was the Quraan was compiled? Means who decided about which sura will be first in Quraan and which one will be the next? Or is Quraan is compiled as it is revealed to Mohammed Rasul Allah(SAWS)? Please reply asap.
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are taking in the way of Al-Islam.
Could you please let me know as to how was the Quraan was compiled? Means who
decided about which sura will be first in Quraan and which one will be the
next? Or is Quraan is compiled as it is revealed to Mohammed Rasul Allah(SAWS)?
Please reply asap.
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Answer:
Compilation of QURAN
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
If our humble and modest efforts have helped even one brother or sister
get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our
humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your Question: Could
you please let me know as to how was the Quraan was compiled? Means who decided
about which sura will be first in Quraan and which one will be the next? Or is
Quraan is compiled as it is revealed to Mohammed Rasul Allah(SAWS)?
Dear and Beloved Brother in
Islam, the Quran that we have in our midst today, is in the exact same format, and
each Surah and each verse arranged in the exact same manner as commanded by
Allah Subhanah and recited by the Messenger of Allah (saws). Whenever a verse or Surah of the Holy Quran
was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (saws) would command, as guided by Allah
Subhanah, that it be documented and gave precise instructions where exactly the
verse and the Surah was to be placed in the Quran. This process of arranging the Surahs and
verses in their exact location was commanded by the Messenger of Allah (saws) under
the guidance of Allah Subhanah.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 75 Surah Qiyaamah verses 17-18:
(O Prophet) It is upto
Us to have it (the Quran) collected and read!
Therefore, when We are reciting it, listen to its recital
carefully.
It is We (Allah), Who has sent down this Quran, and We
will assuredly guard it (against corruption).
Time and time again the
Messenger of Allah (saws) recited the Glorious Quran in public in the prayers;
and he (saws) would recite the Glorious Quran every year with Hadrat Jibrael
(a.s.), and in the last year of his life he (saws) recited the Quran in full
twice with Hadrat Jibrael (a.s.) exactly verbatim and in the same format which
is available amongst us today.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 4.819 Narrated by Aisha
Once
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 6.520 Narrated by Abu
Huraira
Gabriel used to
repeat the recitation of the Qur'an with the Prophet (saws) once a year, but he repeated it twice
with him in the year he died.
Hadrat
Jibrael (a.s.) used to revise the Quran, in the format that we have today with the Prophet (saws), and this exact
format was taught by the Prophet (saws) to the believers. This compilation of arranging the Surahs and
verses as we recite them today, is done not only with the knowledge of the
Prophet (saws), but it was done with the knowledge and under the guidance of
the All Knowing, All Wise, Allah Subhanah.
The
wisdom behind the revelation and then the compilation of the Glorious Quran in
a different order than its chronological
sequence of revelation was because when it was first revealed, it was revealed to one man (The Messenger of
Allah (saws)), and his main audience
were the disbelievers and polytheists of the Quraish. But when the revelations were complete, and
an Islamic State had been formed in
Thus, my dear and beloved brother in Islam, the Quran that
we have in our midst today is neither compiled without the precise knowledge of
Allah and His Messenger (saws), nor was it ever supposed to be arranged in the
chronological sequence of revelation.
Allah Subhanah Himself declares in His Glorious Quran that it is upto
Him to reveal the Quran, upto Him to compile the Quran, and upto to Him to
guard it against any corruption whatsoever.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 75 Surah Qiyaamah verses 17-18:
(O Prophet) It is upto
Us to have it (the Quran) collected and read! Therefore,
when We are reciting it, listen
to its recital carefully.
It is We (Allah),
Who has sent down this Quran, and
We will assuredly guard it (against corruption).
This is the precise reason, that even today, regardless of
which sect of Islam the muslims claim they belong to, each and every sect in
Islam without exception believe in the exact same Quran. No sect in Islam, regardless of their
differences between one sect and the other, and regardless of however misguided
their beliefs and ‘aqeedah’ might be, ever claim to follow the Quran in a
different format than the one that is available amongst mankind today. Not even an alphabet of the Glorious Quran,
leave alone a word, or a verse or a Surah is ever disputed as being omitted, or
in the wrong place, or in the wrong sequence in the Glorious Quran!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 173 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘Verily the
Ummah of Muhammad, will not agree on error; and the hand of Allah is upon the
community; he who sets himself apart from it will be set apart in Hell Fire.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 82:
82 Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah they would
surely have found therein much discrepancy.
One thing the Ummah of Prophet Mohamed (saws), regardless
of how many sects the Shaytaan might have been successful in breaking them
into, is absolutely unanimous that there is absolutely no discrepancy in the
Glorious Quran in any way whatsoever!
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan
