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...s thus expelled from the mercy of Allah. Allah says in the Quran (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:30): "And when your Lord said to the an...
...e upon him) is among the earliest prophets mentioned in the Quran. He lived in the generations after Adam and Nuh — classical...
...ah alone for an extraordinary 950 years. Allah says in the Quran (Surah Nuh 71:5-6): "He said: 'My Lord, I have called my pe...
...d his people with clarity and sincerity, as recorded in the Quran (Surah Al-A'raf 7:65): "And to the 'Ad We sent their brothe...
...same fate could befall them if they rejected the truth. The Quran records his appeal (Surah Hud 11:61): "He said: 'O my peopl...
...friend of Allah — a distinction mentioned explicitly in the Quran (Surah An-Nisa 4:125). He is also called Abu al-Anbiya — th...
...he men would seek to violate them. This is described in the Quran (Surah Al-A'raf 7:80–81): "Indeed, you approach men with de...
... Ibrahim saw in a dream that he must sacrifice his son. The Quran records the profound conversation between father and son (S...
...phetic lineage of Banu Isra'il, the Children of Israel. The Quran records Allah's blessing (Surah As-Saffat 37:112–113): "And...
...he covenant of tawhid in Canaan. The story of Yaqub in the Quran is most prominently connected to his relationship with his ...
Yusuf (peace be upon him) is honored in the Quran with an extraordinary distinction — Allah describes his sto...
...rator of the prophets — due to his eloquence in debate. The Quran records his call (Surah Al-A'raf 7:85): "And to Madyan We s...
... to Allah, and generosity to others. His story, told in the Quran, is one of the most profound accounts of trial, endurance, ...
...e upon him) is the most frequently mentioned prophet in the Quran, appearing in over seventy passages across dozens of surahs...
...e of the most touching examples of fraternal support in the Quran. When Musa received his prophethood at the valley of Tuwa, ...
Dhul-Kifl (peace be upon him) is mentioned twice in the Quran, grouped with other praised prophets. In Surah Al-Anbiya (2...
...nd a sling — struck Jalut and killed him. Allah says in the Quran (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:251): "So Dawud killed Jalut, and Allah...
...understand and speak the language of animals and birds. The Quran records him hearing an ant warn its colony as his vast army...
...hip of the idol Ba'l (Baal), to which they had fallen. The Quran records his mission in Surah As-Saffat (37:123–125): "And i...
... (peace be upon him) is among the prophets mentioned in the Quran with high praise, identified by classical scholars as corre...
...called upon Allah in an extraordinary supplication that the Quran preserves (Surah Al-Anbiya 21:87): "And he called out withi...
...y connected to one of the greatest miracles recorded in the Quran — the birth of his son Yahya (John the Baptist) in old age ...
... one of the most comprehensive collections of praise in the Quran. In a single concentrated passage (Surah Maryam 19:12–15), ...
..., mission, miracles, and ultimate fate are described in the Quran in remarkable detail, and an entire surah is named after hi...
...rophethood had begun. Over the next twenty-three years, the Quran was revealed to him in stages — a complete way of life addr...
...ne, with no partners, no intermediaries, and no rivals. The Quran preserves this original call in its purest form, stating wh...
...isciples or pure helpers. They are mentioned by name in the Quran as those who responded to his call with complete submission...
... the worship of Allah as expressed in lived obedience. The Quran identifies this pattern of innovation in scripture-based co...
...n these two realities is one of the central concerns of the Quran. The Quran explicitly addresses the alteration of divine s...
...favor, marked the official institutionalization of what the Quran calls shirk — associating partners with Allah. The Nicene C...
...edges of the Byzantine world — are an important part of the Quranic picture of the world into which the final revelation was ...
...of scriptural knowledge unusual in Arabia at the time. The Quran does not mention Waraqah by name, but his story is preserve...
... scholars were not formally Muslims — they did not know the Quran or the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. But they worshipped Allah with s...
...transmitted it across generations. It demonstrates that the Quran's account of the People of the Book is historically grounde...
...ims were martyred, including many Huffaz (memorisers of the Quran). Musaylima was killed by Wahshi ibn Harb, the same warrior...
Uthman ibn Affan commissioned the standardisation of the Quran into a single authoritative written form. Hudhayfah ibn al-...
...shed — rebels broke into his house while he was reading the Quran. He was killed, his blood falling on the mushaf open before...
...visor Amr ibn al-As ordered soldiers to hoist copies of the Quran on their spears, calling for arbitration. Many of Ali's fol...
...criptions inside the Dome contain among the earliest extant Quranic texts, including verses from Surah Al-Isra and passages a...
...rhams. The new coins carried purely epigraphic decoration — Quranic verses and statements of tawhid — abolishing the human im...
... commissioning the addition of diacritical marks to clarify Quranic recitation. Scholars of hadith noted his willingness to e...
...ion), demanding that scholars affirm the createdness of the Quran — a theological deviation condemned by Ahl us-Sunnah. His r...
...t and execution to affirm the Mu'tazilite doctrine that the Quran was created — a position rejected by Ahl us-Sunnah as a gra...
...pudiated the Mu'tazilite doctrine of the createdness of the Quran, honored Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and ordered the teaching of...
...rganized curricula around fiqh (primarily Shafi'i), hadith, Quran, and theology. Its most famous teacher was the great Imam a...
...ential Islamic scholars in history. His towering mastery of Quran, hadith, fiqh, and theology, combined with his physical and...
...sophical speculation that conflicts with the clear texts of Quran and Sunnah is impermissible; his legacy in the Islamic worl...
...y Muslim community with vital resources and confidence. The Quran devotes a full surah — Al-Anfal — to the lessons of this ba...
...the Prophet's uncle. The Prophet ﷺ himself was wounded. The Quran addressed the defeat in Surah Al-Imran, explaining it as a ...
...ively ended the existential threat to the Muslim state. The Quran praised the believers' steadfastness and condemned the hypo...
...us spoils including 6,000 prisoners and vast livestock. The Quran directly referenced this battle in Surah at-Tawbah, remindi...
...itment. Many hypocrites and waverers stayed behind, and the Quran devotes extensive passages in Surah at-Tawbah to criticisin...
..., including around 360-700 companions who had memorised the Quran. This catastrophic loss of Quran memorisers prompted Abu Ba...
...lled on both sides, Muawiyah's forces attached pages of the Quran to their spears, calling for arbitration by the Book of All...
...dead, immediately reasserted their military initiative. The Quran mentioned those who answered this call as among those whom ...
...d promised to come back had retreated without engaging. The Quran noted those believers who responded without complaint. The ...
After the heavy loss of Quran memorizers at Yamama, Umar convinced Abu Bakr to compile th...
...im navy. His greatest legacy was the standardization of the Quran into a single authorized text. He was martyred by rebels wh...
...red the compilation of an official standardized text of the Quran based on the compilation made during Abu Bakr's caliphate. ...
Caliph al-Ma'mun imposed the Mu'tazili doctrine that the Quran was created, testing scholars and imprisoning those who ref...
...e during the Mihna (inquisition over the createdness of the Quran) rather than compromise his beliefs, died in Baghdad. His s...
...llected. It is considered the most authentic book after the Quran by Sunni scholars.
...mad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, the great polymath, historian, and Quran commentator, died in Baghdad. His Tafsir al-Tabari remains ...
...l-Din al-Razi, the great polymath and author of the massive Quranic commentary Mafatih al-Ghayb, died in Herat.
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Qurtubi, the Maliki jurist and Quran commentator, died in Upper Egypt. His Tafsir al-Jami li-Ahk...
...Tafsir Ibn Kathir is the most widely read commentary on the Quran in the Sunni world, known for its use of hadith to explain ...
Ibn al-Jazari, the greatest authority on Quranic recitation, died in Shiraz. His an-Nashr fil-Qira'at al-A...
...Jalalayn (co-authored with al-Mahalli), al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran, and Jami as-Saghir remain essential references today.
...with over 500 works, died in Cairo. His al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran is the most comprehensive work on Quranic sciences.
...enturies, the Ottoman ulama initially resisted printing the Quran and religious texts mechanically. The press eventually revo...
...ndian subcontinent, passed away in Delhi. He translated the Quran into Persian, synthesized the four madhabs, bridged hadith ...
Radiocarbon dating placed Quranic manuscript fragments at Birmingham between 568 and 645 CE...
... freely accessible worldwide. Mobile apps for prayer times, Quran recitation, and Islamic education reached billions of Musli...