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The literal meaning of “Qur’ân” is “recitation.”
It is the most sacred and most read book in the entire world. It was
revealed upon the Prophet |
| It contains in total 323,760 hurûf (letters);
105,685 nuqtât (dots); 86,430 words; 6236 âyât (verses)
[6666 according to alternate numbering];
558 rukû’ât (sections); 114 sûrahs (chapters); 30 ajzâ
(parts); 7 manâzil; and 14 verses of prostration. |
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There are 87 Makkan and 27 Madani sûrahs. |
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The longest sûrah is Sûrah al-Baqarah and
the shortest is Sûrah al-Kawthar. The greatest and most revered
verse is Âyat-ul-Kursiy, which is also called the Chief of all
Verses. |
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In chronological order, Sûrah al-‘Alaq was the
first and Sûrah an-Nasr was the last to be revealed. |
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Sûrah Yâ-Sîn is the “heart of the Qur’ân.” Sûrah
ar-Rahmân contains the most number of repeated âyât: 31. |
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The are 14 sets of hurûf muqatti’ât (abbreviated
letters) and 29 surahs that begin with these – of which only Sûrah
ash-Shûrâ begins with a pair of these: |
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The names of 25 prophets are mentioned in the Qur’ân, 6
of which are title of a sûrah: |
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There are 4 places in the Qur’ân where saktah
(pause without breaking breath) is essential. |
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There are three Tawâsîn (sûrahs starting
with |
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Hadrat Maryam |
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Three mosques are referred to in the Qur’ân: Masjid-ul-Harâm
(Makkah), Masjid-ul-Aqsa (Jerusalem), Masjid Qubaa (near Madînah). Also
mentioned is Masjid-ud-Dirâr, the “mosque” constructed by
the hypocrites of Madînah for the purpose of causing trouble. |
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The Qur’ân mentions the following land and sea animals, birds, insects, and plants: camel, cow, ram, sheep, goat, horse, mule, donkey, wolf, elephant, dog, monkey, pig, salwâ (type of partridge), crow, hoopoe, swifts, honeybee, ant, fly, mosquito, termites, fish, grain, garlic, onion, manna (type of herb), date, olive, grape, pomegranate, and fig. |
through the Angel
Jibra’îl 
beginning during the month of Ramadân.
Its revelation took about 23 years to complete.
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) and seven Hawâmîm
(sûrahs starting with 
).
is the only
woman whose name is explicitly mentioned in the Qur’ân and her name is
also the title of a sûrah.