The history and importance of the Qur'an
Revelation, preservation, compilation and standardisation; the Qur'an in law; and the major themes across the whole Qur'an.
Paper 1 Question 2 · compulsory 14 lessons
Lessons completed in this module
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Lessons
- P1-QURH-00 What "revelation" means in Islam: wahy, the Qur'an as the speech of Allah
- P1-QURH-01 The first revelation: Hira, 610 CE, and the role of Jibril
- P1-QURH-02 Revelation 610–632: how, when and why revelation came
- P1-QURH-03 Makkan and Madinan revelation: features, purposes and how to tell them apart
- P1-QURH-04 The Prophet ﷺ as recipient and teacher of revelation
- P1-QURH-05 Memorisation, the scribes of revelation and the materials used for writing
- P1-QURH-06 The arrangement of the Qur'an: suras, ayat, juz', and the order of revelation
- P1-QURH-07 Compilation under Abu Bakr: Yamama, ‘Umar's proposal, Zayd ibn Thabit's method
- P1-QURH-08 Standardisation under ‘Uthman: reasons, method, and the fate of other copies
- P1-QURH-09 Preservation and transmission from ‘Uthman's copies to today
- P1-QURH-10 The Qur'an in legal thinking: Qur'an, Hadith, ijma‘ and qiyas
- P1-QURH-11 Significance: the Qur'an in belief, worship, conduct, law and daily life today
- P1-QURH-12 Module review and Paper 1 Q2 exam practice
- P1-QURH-13 Major themes across the Qur'an: the set passages and other similar passages
- P1-QUR-19 Cross-passage themes: tawhid, creation, guidance, accountability, prophethood shared from P1-QUR
Syllabus points covered
| Reference | Requirement |
|---|---|
| P1.T2.b1 | The revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet ﷺ between the years 610 and 632 |
| P1.T2.b2 | The account of the compilation of the Qur'an under the Rightly Guided Caliphs |
| P1.T2.b3 | The major themes of the Qur'an as contained both in the passages set for special study and in other similar passages |
| P1.T2.b4 | The use of the Qur'an in legal thinking, and its relationship with the Hadiths, consensus (ijma‘) and analogy (qiyas) |
| P1.T2.b5 | Its significance as the basis of all thought and action in Islam |