Sample Rearranged Notes: Revelation of the Quran
1.1 Revelation of Quran
- Process
- The Holy prophet PHUH started retreating and meditating for hours and days as he approached the age of 40
- Thought about the wrong situation of the society around him
- Ghar-e-Hira or the Cave of Hira was favorite place
- The month of Ramzan was favorite month to retreat
- In Ramzan, and in Ghar-E-Hira
- While meditating
- Jibrael AS came and ask him to read
- He replied that he was not skilled in reading and writing
- As a result, Jibrael AS hugged him and squeezed him to the extent that he was exhausted.
- This happened three times
- Then Hazrat Jibrael AS recited the first five verses of Surah Alaq/ Surah Iqra
- The Holy Prophet PBUH remembered the verses
- This aspect was the beginning of revelation
- The Holy Prophet PBUH came back and explained everything to Hazrat Khadija RA
- She comforted him
- Took to Warqa Bin Naufil
- Was scholarly person
- Her cousin
- Warqa bin Naufil confirmed that it was Hazrat Jibrael AS
- Revelation continued for 23 years
- Final Revelation in the plains of Arafat after the Khutba Hajjat -al-Wada
- Different feelings when revelations came: got heavier, perspired in cold, heard ringing sounds of bells, Jibrael AS came in human form to talk to him.
- Companion felt is e.g. would get crushed under the weight
- The ride used to sit down from weight
- Hazrat Ayesha RA mentioned that Holy Prophet PBUH perspired in extreme cold
- Quran was revealed in portions
- Was not compiled during Prophet PBUH’s life but was in arrangement
- Scribes wrote it down on tablets of leaves, bones, leather etc.
- Guidance about arrangement was given
- By Holy Prophet PBUH
- Under divine guidance from Hazrat Jibrael AS
- Holy Prophet PBUH used to mention where each revealed verse has to be put in the Quran, i.e. in which chapter and at what place
- Chapters were set as per divine guidance of Hazrat Jibrael
- A complete copy not there, but individual companions had their copies (of different parts of the Quran)
- Used to recite the whole Quran till that point in Ramzan loudly so companions and scribes can check their version, did 2 times in the last year of his life during Ramzan.