Revealed Books
- Messengers who received revelation were :
- Nuh (pbuh)
- Ibrahim (pbuh) who received the Suhuf
- Musa (pbuh) who received the Torah
- Dawud (pbuh) who received the Zabur
- ‘Isa (pbuh) who received the Injil
- Muhammad (pbuh) who received the Qur’an
- All the revelations before the Qur’an were sent at particular times in
history to guide particular communities or peoples. None of the revelations
(before the Qur’an) were preserved for the future generations because they
were meant only for that time.
- Though the Qur’an does not contain all the information that was in the
previous revelations, we do find in it (the Qur’an) all the principles
that Allah wished us to follow for our guidance.
- Since Prophet Muhammad was the final messenger he was sent as a guide to
all human beings till the end of times. The revelation he received, Qur’an,
was to be the final guidance from Allah and was therefore also meant to guide
all human beings till the end of times.
- As a final revelation from Allah, the Qur’an therefore was meant to be
preserved and has remained unchanged from the time of its revelation till
today. The Qur’an has thus remained in its original form.
- The Qur’an has been preserved in memory by thousands of memorizers of the
Qur’an (hafiz/huffaaz) throughout history.
- It is has also been saved in written form from the earliest times till today.
Qur’ans from the time of the companions are still found today. The Qur’an of the third Caliph, ‘Uthman, is to be found in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul in
Turkey.
- All the Qur’ans in the world are the same and the language of the Qur’an (Arabic) is still a living and a spoken language of the world. Arabic is the 5th most
commonly spoken language in the world at present.