QUR'AN IL KAREEM

Navigating the Qura'an

The Qur'an is the scared scripture of Islam and testified to by more than one third of the world's population. Restated; that's approximately 2.4 Billion Muslims out a global population of  7 billion people. 

The remaining 4.7 billion can be further divided into hundreds of lesser groups, sharing beliefs in one of at least a dozen  conflicting belief systems. Among these are Catholicism, Protestantism, Mormonism, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism,  Pasiism,  Shintoism, Toaism, Rastafarianism, Manichaeism, Unitarianism, Zoroastrianism and Shamanism, etc.. but not in any particular order. 

Then there is also ideologies like Atheism and Agnosticsm, Communism, Paganism, Gnosticism and Mysticism which collectively cater for the   spiritual needs of non-Muslims. As can be seen, Islam is a the pre-eminent monotheistic faith of the three monotheistic faiths, surpassing Judaism by far, and close behind 

Christianity with its 600 year lead and its dozens of denominations. Among which are  Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Amish, Armenian, Apostolic,Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, Baptist, Calvin, Puritans, Presbyterian, Quakers, Universalists, Coptic, Lutheran, Seventh-Day Adventist, Latter-day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Dominican, Trappists and Revivalists, etc... and the list goes on.

The world Muslim is an Arabic term which means "the who submits" or  "submitter" if you like. So anyone obedient to the laws of Islam, is in fact a Muslim, who willingly submits his will to that of God Almighty-Allah. Islam is said to be the world's "youngest religion" but this is not strictly true, because the Qur'an emphatically tells us that Adam submitted his will to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,  and so did Noah, and Abraham and Jacob, Joseph and Moses and Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all), as well as all the other prophets not specifically mentioned. 

As Muslims, we make no distinction between them as they were all mighty prophets of God Almighty - Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. This re-enforces the idea that Islam as a religion existed since time immemorial but was perverted by its followers hence the need for prophets and scriptures to guide mankind back to true belief. Abraham as well as Moses was given the Scrolls (Suhuf), David was given the Psalms (Zaboer), Moses was given the Old Testament (Torah), Jesus was given the Evangel (Injeel) and Muhammad (peace be upon them all) was given the Qur'an il Kareem.

As Muslims, we firmly believe the Qur'an is God Almighty's final revelation to all of mankind, besides it provides internal evidence to this effect. Additional internal evidence tells us that the Qur'an was revealed to prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a guidance to believers and that there is no doubt in it, and that the Qur'an echos that which were given to both Abraham and Moses.  

The Qur'an further reassures us that if its originator was any other than God Almighty himself, it would nave been riddled with errors and inconsistencies. The Qur'an also rectifies a perverted concept of God that existed for centuries and still does, calling mankind to worship their creator and not the created.  

Below is a short extract from Surah Baqara (Qur'an Chapter 2) that you should read with comprehension and see the magnificence for yourself. Bear in mind the Qur'an is originally an Arabic document with nuances that the English language would never be able to translate. There is end rhyme in paragraphs discussing a certain topic, and when the topic changes, the end rhyme changes, yet there is perfect clarity of verse and transfer of thought, and guidance to righteousness, admonishment to the perverted, using very few words, which are very explicit and exact. 

Its just one of its hidden miracles of the Qur'an, yet so many haters oblivious of the fact that Prophet Muhammad was un-lettered, claim that he wrote this masterpiece, all 114 chapters of it. Maintaining a constant theme using about 80 000 words, approximately 2000 of which are reused over and over. The beauty of the Qur'an is that it can be committed to memory in its entirety in a time of two years or less. This has been achieved by millions of Hufaaz over and over by during a period spanning almost 1500 years.

V21. O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous –

V22. [It is He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].

V23. And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down [Qur'an] upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful.

V24. But if you do not – and you will never be able to – then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men

and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.

V25. And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.

V26. Indeed, Allah is not timid to present an example – that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allah intend by this as an

example? "He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,

V27. Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which All h has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

V28. How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

V29. It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.