When was Quran created.
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When did Allah created Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and how?
When was Quran created? Was it created when Allah
created Adam AS
When was Salah created. Did any prophet prayed as before
Muhammed (SAW)?
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Answer:
When was Quran
created
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: When did Allah created Prophet Muhammad
(SAW) and how?
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verse 172:
172 When thy Lord drew forth from the children of Adam from their loins
their descendants and made them testify concerning themselves (saying):
"Am I not your Lord?” They all
said: "Yea! We do testify!"
(This) lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "of this we were
never mindful."
Like all human beings, the first
time their souls were brought forth was in the Presence of the Lord Most High
when the Lord Most Majestic drew forth the souls of all of the children of Adam
to be born until the Day of Judgment and took a covenant with them that Allah
Subhanah Alone is The Lord of the Worlds.
And just like all human beings,
the second and final time was when the soul of the Prophet (saws) was placed in
the womb of his mother.
According to the Guidance of the
Quran and the Sunnah there is absolutely no reason to believe that the Last and
Final Messenger of Allah (saws) was created before or after or otherwise. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Your Question: ….When was Quran created? Was it created
when Allah created Adam AS
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 13 Surah Raad Verse 39:
39 … with Him is the ‘Umm-ul-Kitaab’ (Mother
of the Book)
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 85 Surah Buruj Verses 21-22:
21 Nay this is a Glorious Qur'an
22 (Inscribed) in the ‘Al-Loh Al-Mahfoodh’ (Tablet Preserved)
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
94 Narrated by Ubadah ibn as-Samit
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: ‘The first thing which Allah Subhanah created was the ‘Pen’. He
Commanded it to write. It asked: ‘What should I write?’ The Lord Most Exalted
Said: ‘Write the Decree (al-Qadr).’ So it wrote what had happened and what was
going to happen up to eternity.
The Glorious Quran as well as all
the other Divine Scriptures revealed to the Prophets before are all from the
‘Umm-ul-Kitaab’ (Mother of the Book) or the ‘Al-Loh Al-Mahfoodh’ (Preserved
Tablet) which is with Allah Subhanah Alone.
Thus the majority of the scholars are of the opinion that the Lord Most
Majestic created the Glorious Quran (and all the other Divine Scriptures) well
before the creation of man or even the heavens and the earth, and it was
revealed in stages unto the heart of the Last and Final Messenger, Mohamed
ar-Rasul Allah (saws) in a period of 23 years!
And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Your Question: ….When was Salah created. Did any prophet
prayed as before Muhammed (SAW)?
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 22 Surah Hajj verse 67:
67 To every People have we appointed
rites (of worship) and
ceremonies which they must follow.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 20 Surah Ta Ha Verses 11-14:
11 But when he (Prophet Musa (a.s.)) came to the fire a voice was
heard: "O Musa!”
12 "Verily I am thy Lord! Therefore (in My Presence) put off thy
shoes: thou art in the sacred
13 "I have chosen thee: listen then to the inspiration.”
14 "Verily I am Allah: there is no god but I: so serve thou Me
(Alone) and establish regular prayer
for celebrating My praise.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 38 Surah Saad Verses 17-18:
17 Have patience at what they say and remember Our Servant Dawood, the
man of strength: for he ever turned (to Allah).
18 It was We that made the hills
declare in unison with him Our Praises at eventide and at break of day.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale-Imraan verses 42-43:
42 Behold! The angels said: "O Maryam! Allah hath chosen thee and
purified thee; chosen thee above the women of all nations.”
43 "O Maryam! Worship thy Lord
devoutly; prostrate thyself and bow down (in prayer) with those who bow
down."
The rites of worship like
regular prayer, regular charity, and fasts were ordained by the Lord Most
Majestic on the Ummah of every Prophet before the advent of Prophet Mohamed (saws).
One cannot state with absolute
conviction that the rite of prayer ordained by the Lord Most Majestic on the
Prophets and their followers before the advent of the Last Prophet (saws) were
exactly the same or not….but without an iota of a doubt, the rite of prayer
(and charity and fasting) was ordained by the Lord upon every Prophet and their
followers which came before the Last and Final Messenger (saws).
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
