Al Quran 1 Review

She said, "I have never seen the face of the Prophet. I am blind. I cannot see the man who brought mercy to the worlds."

The angel squeezed him again, repeating, "Iqra!"

A third time, the angel held him firmly and then released him, and the first words of the Qur'an descended—but not the first chapter. Instead, the first revelation was the beginning of Surah Al-Alaq (96): "Read in the name of your Lord who created..." The Prophet rushed home to his wife Khadijah, shaken but certain that he had encountered something divine. For the next two years, revelations came in fragments. Then, one day, after the Prophet had begun to preach secretly, Jibreel appeared again. This time, the angel taught him the opening chapter of the Book—Al-Fatihah. The angel said:

The Cave of Hira In the year 610 CE, a man named Muhammad ibn Abdullah, known for his honesty and deep contemplation, retreated to the cave of Hira on the mountain of Nur (Light) near Mecca. He was troubled by the moral decay of his society—idol worship, tribal feuds, burying of infant daughters, and the oppression of the poor and weak.

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When he says, "Master of the Day of Judgment," Allah says: "My servant has honored Me."

When the servant says, "All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds," Allah says: "My servant has praised Me."