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 |
|
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.
Masjid e Haram (Makka al Mukarramahi)
Masjid e Aqsa (Baitu'l Muqaddas The Dome of the Rock, Jeresuluem)
Masjid e Zarrar (Madina Munawwara)
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 |