Quranic timeline

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The page gives a timeline of the various events related to the Quran.

Events

  • 22 December 609 CE, Muhammad recites a chapter of the Quran for the first time after angel Gabriel reveals surah Al-Alaq in the cave of Hira.
  • 610 CE, Muhammad receives the second revelation with surah Al-Muddathir.[1]
  • 622 CE Al-Baqara The first surah after the hijra is revealed.[2]
  • 624 CE Al-Anfal is revealed mentioning the battle of Badr.[3]
  • 632 CE surah Al-Ma'ida is revealed, the last sura.[4]
  • 653 CE The Quran is canonized by Uthman ibn Affan[5]
  • 657 CE; pages of the Quran are wrapped around swords by Muawiyahs forces during the Battle of Siffin
  • 661 CE - 671 CE: the estimated radiocarbon dating of the oldest surviving copy of the Quran, the Sana'a manuscript[6]
  • 859 CE, the oldest quranic school (madrasah) in University of al-Karaouine is built[7]
  • 883 CE; the oldest surviving major tafsir collection was completed, namely Tafsir al-Tabari
  • 884 CE; the first complete translation of the Quran into a foreign language[8]
  • 1609 CE Quranic calligraphy for the Taj Mahal is created by Abdul Haq, aka Amanat Khan
  • 1649 CE; the first known translation of the Quran into the English language by Alexander Ross, chaplain to King Charles I.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ When The Moon Split - Page 35
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of World Religion, Johannes P. Schadé - 2006
  3. ^ Saddam's Word : The Political Discourse in Iraq: 1998 Page 189
  4. ^ 110. Surah An Nasr (The Help) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
  5. ^ Does archaeology support the Qur'an? [IsaAlMasih.net]
  6. ^ Sadeghi, Behnam; Bergmann, Uwe (1 January 2010). "The Codex of a Companion of the Prophet and the Qurān of the Prophet". Arabica 57 (4): 343–436
  7. ^ http://archive.thedailystar.net/forum/2007/july/madrasa.htm
  8. ^ http://www.monthlycrescent.com/understanding-the-quran/english-translations-of-the-quran/
  9. ^ "From scholarship, sailors and sects to the mills and the mosques". The Guardian (Guardian News and Media Limited). 2002-06-18


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