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MP SPEAKS | Muslims today celebrate the day that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) first received the revelation of the Holy Quran from Archangel Jibril. During the next 23 years, Muhammad would receive further revelations until his death. Literacy was not common, and Muhammad also could not read or write. There were people around him who wrote these revelations. After Muhammad’s death, the first successor caliph, Abu Bakar, is said to have ordered the verses to be compiled for the first time.
As a child, I remember being interested in the final sections of the Holy Book. The suras were shorter. Most Muslims memorize the last surahs because of their brevity. Those of us who don’t learn ulema or magnets, will use the latter surahs for our daily prayers. Parents will evaluate children to learn many of these memory verses. Some Muslims who prefer shorter congregations terawih Prayers on Ramadan nights will find mosques where the imam will read these shorter suras instead of all or parts of the longer ones. surahs found in the earlier parts of the Koran.
In general, the longer surahs In the front sections of the Koran there are verses from Medinan. This means that they were revealed to the Prophet in the city of Medina. In 622 AD, under divine guidance, Muhammad decided to leave his birthplace of Mecca to go to the city of Medina. He and his followers faced constant persecution in Mecca from people opposed to his message and cause. And her life was threatened. He received the news from Medina that the city would welcome him and his followers. Their migration is …
