{"id":1746,"date":"2013-08-13T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/preservation-of-the-quran-part-1-of-2-memorization-2\/"},"modified":"2013-08-13T15:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:31:05","slug":"preservation-of-the-quran-part-1-of-2-memorization-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/preservation-of-the-quran-part-1-of-2-memorization-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preservation of the Quran (part 1 of 2): Memorization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1745\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/parta%202.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 10px 15px;\" width=\"425\" height=\"284\" \/>The Glorious Quran, the Muslims\u2019 religious Scripture, was revealed in Arabic to the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, through the angel Gabriel. \u00a0The revelation occurred piecemeal, over a period of twenty-three years, sometimes in brief verses and sometimes in longer chapters.[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">The Quran (lit. a \u201creading\u201d or \u201crecitation\u201d) is distinct from the recorded sayings and deeds (Sunnah) of the Prophet Muhammad, which are instead preserved in a separate set of literature collectively called the \u201cAhadeeth\u201d (lit. \u201cnews\u201d; \u201creport\u201d; or \u201cnarration\u201d).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">Upon receiving revelation, the Prophet engaged himself in the duty of conveying the message to his Companions through reciting the exact words he heard in their exact order. \u00a0This is evident in his inclusion of even the words of God which were directed specifically to him, for example: \u201cQul\u201d (\u201cSay [to the people, O Muhammad]\u201d). \u00a0The Quran\u2019s rhythmic style and eloquent expression make it easy to memorize. \u00a0Indeed, God describes this as one of its essential qualities for preservation and remembrance (Q. 44:58; 54:17, 22, 32, 40), particularly in an Arab society which prided itself on orations of lengthy pieces of poetry. \u00a0Michael Zwettler notes that:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">\u201cin ancient times, when writing was scarcely used, memory and oral transmission was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown.\u201d[2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">Large portions of the revelation were thus easily memorized by a large number of people in the community of the Prophet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">The Prophet encouraged his Companions to learn each verse that was revealed and transmit it to others.[3] \u00a0The Quran was also required to be recited regularly as an act of worship, especially during the daily meditative prayers (salah). \u00a0Through these means, many repeatedly heard passages from the revelation recited to them, memorized them and used them in prayer. \u00a0The entire Quran was memorized verbatim (word for word) by some of the Prophet\u2019s Companions. \u00a0Among them were Zaid ibn Thabit, Ubayy ibn Ka\u2019b, Muadh ibn Jabal, and Abu Zaid.[4]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">Not only were the words of the Quran memorized, but also their pronunciation, later which formed into a science in itself called Tajweed. \u00a0This science meticulously elucidates how each letter is to be pronounced, as well as the word as a whole, both in context of other letters and words. \u00a0Today, we can find people of all different languages able to recite the Quran as if they are Arabs themselves, living during the time of the Prophet.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"> Furthermore, the sequence or order of the Quran was arranged by the Prophet himself and was also well-known to the Companions.[5] \u00a0Each Ramadan, the Prophet would repeat after the angel Gabriel (reciting) the entire Quran in its exact order as far as it had been revealed, while in the presence of a number of his Companions.[6] \u00a0In the year of his death, he recited it twice.[7] \u00a0Thereby, the order of verses in each chapter and the order of the chapters became reinforced in the memories of each of the Companions present.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">As the Companions spread out to various provinces with different populations, they took their recitations with them in order to instruct others.[8] \u00a0In this way, the same Quran became widely retained in the memories of many people across vast and diverse areas of land.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">Indeed, memorization of the Quran emerged into a continuous tradition across the centuries, with centers\/schools for memorization being established across the Muslim world.[9] \u00a0In these schools, students learn and memorize the Quran along with its Tajweed, at the feet of a master who in turn acquired the knowledge from his teacher, an \u2018un-broken chain\u2019 going all the way back to the Prophet of God. \u00a0The process usually takes 3-6 years. \u00a0After mastery is achieved and the recitation checked for lack of errors, a person is granted a formal license (ijaza) certifying she has mastered the rules of recitation and can now recite the Quran the way it was recited by Muhammad, the Prophet of God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; \"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-377\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/11\/preservation_of_the_quran_part_1_of_2_002.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"350\" height=\"539\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; \">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; \"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #e1f4fd;\">The image is a typical license (<\/span><em>ijaza<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #e1f4fd;\">) issued at the end of perfecting Quran recitation certifying a reciter\u2019s unbroken chain of instructors going back to the Prophet of Islam.\u00a0 The above image is the <\/span><em>ijaza<\/em><span style=\"color: #008000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; background-color: #e1f4fd;\"> certificate of Qari Mishari bin Rashid al-Afasy, well known reciter from Kuwait, issued by Sheikh Ahmad al-Ziyyat.\u00a0 Image courtesy of (http:\/\/www.alafasy.com.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">A.T. Welch, a non-Muslim orientalist, writes:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">\u201cFor Muslims the Quran is much more than scripture or sacred literature in the usual Western sense. \u00a0Its primary significance for the vast majority through the centuries has been in its oral form, the form in which it first appeared, as the \u201crecitation\u201d chanted by Muhammad to his followers over a period of about twenty years\u2026 The revelations were memorized by some of Muhammad\u2019s followers during his lifetime, and the oral tradition that was thus established has had a continuous history ever since, in some ways independent of, and superior to, the written Quran\u2026 Through the centuries the oral tradition of the entire Quran has been maintained by the professional reciters (qurraa). \u00a0Until recently, the significance of the recited Quran has seldom been fully appreciated in the West.\u201d[10]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">The Quran is perhaps the only book, religious or secular, that has been memorized completely by millions of people.[11] \u00a0Leading orientalist Kenneth Cragg reflects that:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">\u201c\u2026this phenomenon of Quranic recital means that the text has traversed the centuries in an unbroken living sequence of devotion. \u00a0It cannot, therefore, be handled as an antiquarian thing, nor as a historical document out of a distant past. \u00a0The fact of hifdh (Quranic memorization) has made the Quran a present possession through all the lapse of Muslim time and given it a human currency in every generation, never allowing its relegation to a bare authority for reference alone.\u201d[12]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 185.125px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; background-color: #e1f4fd;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">Footnotes:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[1] Muhammad Hamidullah, Introduction to Islam, London: MWH Publishers, 1979, p.17.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[2] Michael Zwettler, The Oral Tradition of Classical Arabic Poetry, Ohio State Press, 1978, p.14.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[3] Saheeh Al-Bukhari Vol.6, Hadith No.546.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[4] Saheeh Al-Bukhari Vol.6, Hadith No.525.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[5] Ahmad von Denffer, Ulum al-Quran, The Islamic Foundation, UK, 1983, p.41-42; Arthur Jeffery, Materials for the History of the Text of the Quran, Leiden: Brill, 1937, p.31<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[6] Saheeh Al-Bukhari Vol.6, Hadith No.519.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[7] Saheeh Al-Bukhari Vol.6, Hadith Nos.518 &#038; 520.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">.[8] Ibn Hisham, Seerah al-Nabi, Cairo, n.d., Vol.1, p.199.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">\u2019[9] Labib as-Said, The Recited Koran, translated by Morroe Berger, A. Rauf, and Bernard Weiss, Princeton: The Darwin Press, 1975, p.59<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[10] The Encyclopedia of Islam, \u2018The Quran in Muslim Life and Thought.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[11] William Graham, Beyond the Written Word, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1993, p.80.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 26.46666717529297px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times;\">[12] Kenneth Cragg, The Mind of the Quran, London: George Allen &#038; Unwin, 1973, p.26.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Glorious Quran, the Muslims\u2019 religious Scripture, was revealed in Arabic to the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, through the angel Gabriel. \u00a0The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-holy-quran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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