Week Four

Week Four

Al-Qur'an

Definition.

Consists of Chapters (surahs) and verses (ayahs).

The Language of the Qur'an.

The style.

The translations.

The process of recording the Qur'an, scribes of revelation (kuttab al-wahi:Zayd b. Thabit, Ubay b. Ka`b, Ibban).

Recitation of the Qur'an.

Al-Qur'an

The Meccan part of the Qur'an and the Madinian part of the Qur'an, what is the difference?

    1. Haram and Halal (forbidden and permissible).
    2. Short verses, long verses.
    3. Threat, promise.
    4. Stories, laws and behaviors.

Reflections on the Qur'an.

    1. The test of falsification (Einstein, Meccans).
    2. Correct guessing. (Shakespeare). Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts; (King Henry V: I, ii )
      Scientific signs in the Qur'an, "leech-like clot", 'alaqah (embryology, Keith Moore).
    3. Theory of Nazm.

Qur'an can be divided to 4 elements:

  1. faith, or what to believe;
  2. practice or worship;
  3. ethics, or what to do and what to avoid;
  4. moral, historical, and legendary lessons taken from the canonical, but mostly apocryphal, Christian and Jewish Scriptures, and from contemporary and ancient Arabian heathenism. (Catholic Encyclopedia, Koran)

How to learn the Qur'an.

Ulum al-Qur'an.

Interpretation of the Qur'an (tafsir).

The qualifications of the commentator of the Qur'an.

The School of interpretations of the Qur'an: Hijaz, Iraq, Syria, and Andalus.

Marry and Jesus in the Qur'an

The People of Books.

There is a chapter in the Quran, 19, called Mariam ( Marry).

Mariam: O marry, God chosen thee and purified thee and chosen thee above the women of all nations (mankind and Jinn)

Jesus: And Salam (peace) be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive:

Moses in the Qur'an.

Link between Muslims and Banu Israel (Semitism, Languages.)

Chapter 17, called (Banu Israel)

Commonality between Muslims and Banu Israel

Moses in the Qur'an.

And when Musa's anger calmed down he took up the tablets, and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy for those who fear for the sake of their Lord. 154/7

The Three Books

See the Qur'an 44/5-48/5

Just in the Qur'an

See the Qur'an 90/16,.8/5, 282/2

Hijat al-wada'

The Pilgrimage of Farewell, 10/633.

Its significance.

Model for the future hajj.

One of the last verse was revealed.

Some advises from the Prophet's farewell speech.

Women.

wealth.

Blood.

The Death of Muhammad

The process of choosing a successor.

Post Muhammad's Era.