The Holy Book is known as Al-Quran which means The Reading, the reading of the Prophet of Islam who never went to any school. Prophet Muhammad (Saws)had retired to a cave on Mount Hira not far from Mecca. One day Angel Jibrail (Gabriel) came to him and said “Read”. The Holy Prophet said: “What should I recite?” Jibrail said: “Read in the name of thy Lord, who created; created man out of a mere clot of congealed blood; read; and thy Lord is most bountiful; He who taught (The use of) pen; taught man that which he did not know”. The Holy Quran as word of God, the Almighty, as revealed to his Prophet Muhammad (Saws)This book gives guidance for our daily life. It appeals to our power of reasoning, and exhorts us to follow the commands of Allah. It is a living miracle of Prophet Muhammad (Saws), the last of the Prophets who came from God. It is not surprising at all that this Holy Book has remained intact for the last 1400 years. And it shall remain so till the Day of Judgement, for Allah has taken it on himself to protect it. “Surely we have sent down the reminder (The Quran) and we will most surely be its guardian (Sura Al-Hijr, 15:9) The Quran is divided into 114 chapters (Suras). There are in it 6226 verses (Ayats) containing 99,464 words made up of 330,110 letters. Imam Jafar Sadiq (a) has said that one should at least recite 50 Ayats everyday. Let us, therefore, value and respect this Great Book by reading it with understanding and follow its teachings.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:18:28 +0000
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