In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

QURAN THE EVERLASTING MIRACLE!

SALIENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOLY QURAN:

THE UNIQUE BOOK:

It contains in all 114 Suras, 6666 Verses, 86430 words and 323760 letters, which are disbursed in 30 Sipars, 7 Manzils and 540 Rukus.

ALLAH'S name appears in the QURAN 2574 times.

SIPARAS

There are thirty Siparas with distinctive names for each, for example, the first Sipara is called ALIF, LAM, MIM, (A.L.M) and the last Sipara is known as Para AM.

The distribution of each Sipara is as under:

Sipara

Nos. -------------- From -----------To

1

Baqara:2/1

To Baqara 2/141

2

Baqara:2/142

To Baqara:2/252

3

Baqara:2/253

To Ale Imran:3/91

4 Ale Imran:3/92 To Nisaa:4/23
5 Nisaa:4:24 To Nisaa:4/147
6 Nisaa:4/148 To Ma'ida:5/82
7 Ma'ida:5/83 To An'am:6:110
8 An'am:6/111 To A'raf:7:87
9 A'raf:7:88 To Anfal:8:40
10 Anfal:8:41 To to Tauba:9:93
11 Tauba:9:94 To Hud:11:5
12 Hud:11:6 To Yusuf:12:52
13 Yusuf:12:53 To Ibrahim:12:52
14 Al-Hijr:15:1 To Nahl:16:128
15 Bani Israel:17:1 To Kahf:18:74
16 Kahf:18:75 To Ta-Ha:20:135
17 Anbiyah:21:53 To Ibrahim:14:52
18 Al-Hijr:15:1 To Nahl:16128
19 Furqan:25:21 To Naml:27:59
20 Naml:27:60 To Ankabut:29:44
21
 Ankabut:29:45
To Ahzab:33:30
22

Ahzab:33:31

To Yasin:3:31
23 Yasin:36:22 To Zumar:39:31
24 Zumar:39:32 To Ha-mim:41:46
25 Ha-mim:41:47 To Jathia:45:37
26 Ahqaf:46:1 To Zariyat:51"30
27 Zariyat:51:31 To Hadid:57:29
28 Mujadila:58:1 To Tahrim:66:12
29 Mulk:67:1 To Mursalat:77:50
30 Nabaa:78:1 To Nas:114:6

PROPHETS MENTIONED IN THE QURAN:

In the Quran, there is however mention of 26 Prophets and name of each Prophet appears several times in different Suras in appropriate contexts.

Names of Prophets mentioned in the Quran.

NAME OF PROPHET: NO OF TIMES IT APPEARS
HADRATH ADAM (ALAIHIS SALAM) 25
NUH (A.S) 43
IDRIS (A.S) 2
HUD (A.S) 7
IBRAHIM (A.S) 67
ISHMAEL (A.S) 12
ASHAQ (A.S) 17
SALEH (A.S) 8
LUT (A.S) 27
YAKUB (A.S) 16
SHU'EB (A.S) 11
MUSA (A.S) 135
HAROON (A.S) 19
YUNUS (A.S) 4
DAWOOD (A.S) 16
SULAIMAN (A.S) 17
AYUB (A.S) 4
ILYAS (A.S) 2
ALAISA (A.S) 2
ZIKRIA (A.S) 7
YAHIYA (A.S) 5
ZUL KIFI (A.S) 2
UZAIR (A.S) 1
ISA (A.S) 33
MUHAMMAD (S.A.W) (4)
AHMED (S.A.W) (1)

"OF SOME APOSTLES WE HAVE ALREADY TOLD THEE THE STORY!

OF OTHERS WE HAVE NOT; AND TO MOSES ALLAH SPOKE DIRECT.

APOSTLES WHO GAVE GOOD NEWS AS WELL AS WARNING THAT MANKIND AFTER (THE COMING) OF THE APOSTLES, SHOULD HAVE NO PLEA AGAINST ALLAH:

FOR ALLAH IS EXALTED IN POWER, WISE."

(NISAA : 4 : 163 TO 165)

NAMES OF MOSQUES MENTIONED IN THE QURAN.

  1. Masjid e Haram (Makka al Mukarramahi)

  2. Masjid e Aqsa (Baitu'l Muqaddas The Dome of the Rock, Jeresuluem)

  3. Masjid e Zarrar (Madina Munawwara)

  4. Masjid e Nabvi (Madina Manawwara The Prophet's Mosque)

AYAT E SAJDA (PROSTRATION)

At the following 14 stages a 'SIJDA' (PROSTRATION) is indicated. At these stages the reciter of the Quran should turn his face towards the 'QIBLA' and saying 'ALLAHU AKBAR'. he should go in prostration and then say: SUBHANA RABBIL 'ALA', thrice and then, raise his head while saying 'ALLAHU AKBAR'

This completes the 'SIJDA E TILAWAT'. It is obligatory on he hearer also, but only once, even if more than one 'AYATE SIJDA' is recited while sitting at one place.

NO PARA SURA VERSE.
1 9 A'RAF 206
2 12 RA'D 15
3 14 NAHL 50
4 15 BANI ISRAEL 109
5 16 MARIYAM 58
6 17 HAJJ 18 & 77
7 19 FURQAN 60
8 19 NAML 26
9 21 SAJDA 25
10 23 SAD 24
11 24 HA-MIM SAJDA 38
12 27 QAMAR 62
13 30 INSHIQAQ 21
14 30 ALAQ 19

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