Facts Flashcards
which surah in Quran tells us about Torah?
Surah al maidah
What are the four books of God?
- Tawrāh (Torah)
- Zabur
- the Injīl (Gospel)
- Quran
which prophet did the Torah come to?
Musa (as)
Which prophet pbuh did Zabur come to?
Prophet Dawud (as)
in form of songs
Which surah tells us about zabur and the prophet (as) it came to?
An Nisa
which surah talks about injeel?
7th surah -al ar’af
7:156)
What is said about the Quran?
3rd surah Al imran
“[It is] He Who has sent down the Book (the Quran) to you (Muhammad (PBUH)) with truth, confirming what came before it. And he sent down the Torah and the Injeel. Aforetime, as a guidance to mankind, And
He sent down the Furqaan (The Criterion) [of judgment between right and wrong (this
The word for criterion
Furqaan
What word does Quran derive from? What does it mean?
Qur’an – root word ‘’qara’a” - to collect or to compile
What is said in surah 25 about Quran?
Surah al-furqaan
“Those who reject faith say: Why is the Qur’an not revealed to him all at once”?’
Revealed in stages, gradually (25:32)
Where is it answered about why quran revealed in stages?
surah 17 al-isra’il
divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightiest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.” (Al-Isra’il, 17:106)
What is the second root word?
Second root word is “qar’ana” meaning a union or conjunction
word “qar’ana” is that the Qur’an is combined with guidance, the two being inseparable.
- “This is the book: it is guidance sure, without doubt”. (2:2)
what is the third root word?
“qira’athun” meaning to read or recite
What is the meaning of “qira’athun”
read/recite
What is tilawat?
recitation of the successive verses of the Qur’ān in a standardized and proven manner according to the rules of the ten recitations
What is the fourth root word for Quran?
“qira’in” - plural of “qarina” which meaning evidence, argument or symbol.