Detail of Handwritten Quran Khat-e-Bihar

This handwritten Quran was written by a famous Muslim scholar Mohammed Shakir. This Quran was written in 1210 Hijri, which makes it 220 years old.
This Quran has two decorated pages.  All two pages are decorated with "Gold Water" and "Blue Marble".  The Calligraphy Style is unique.  It is a combination of "Khat e Thuluth" and "Khat e Bukhara". The calligraphy is done in small and fine letters.  This Quran is beautiful and exceptional.
The paper use in this Quran is called "Abrashim". This paper is crisp neat, thin and lasts hundreds of years.  This Quran is in an excellent condition. This Quran is complete without missing any pages.

Dimensions:  26 cm X 17 cm X 04 cm.

Chapter-112/ ALIkhlas-Sincerity

It is a 112th surah of the Holy Quran in order. Surah Al Ikhlas "Sincerity, Pure" was revealed in Mecca, Arabia on Muhammad (peace be upon him). the last Prophet and Messenger of God (Allah) Almighty.The surah describe, There is only one Allah Almighty the Almighty, Who is unique in His person and attributes.
No one share these with Him. Only His Law is in force in the entire universe; and all mankind should also live under that one Law. This will create unity in mankind. (The inevitable outcome of the concept of oneness of the Creator is the singularity of law and unity of mankind). The total number of verse in this surah are 4.



Summary of Surah : verse 1-4

1: (In this connection it should also be clearly explained to your own people that your victory and success are not merely on account of your armed strength. Your success is in fact the result of the ideology or teaching which you present with reason and which you make people accept through logical arguments. The fundamental point of this ideology is the concept of Allah Almighty the Almighty. In the way you present this concept of Allah, it is not possible for a man who ponders intelligently over it, to refuse to accept it.
(i) There is only one Allah Almighty the Almighty, Who is unique in His person and attributes. No one share these with Him. Only His Law is in force in the entire universe; and all mankind should also live under that one Law. This will create unity in mankind. (The inevitable outcome of the concept of oneness of the Creator is the singularity of law and unity of mankind).
2: (ii). Allah Almighty is self-sufficient and everything else is dependent on Him for its survival, nourishment and development. He is like a firmly established lofty rock which itself is safe from all dangers. And everyone else rushes towards it for seeking safety and protection from deluge.
3: He has brought into existence every living being through the process of creation; not of procreation. (In procreation a part of the producer is passed on to the product. Thus the father, namely the producer, becomes somewhat deficient. This is not the case in creation). Neither did He give birth to any one, nor is He Himself a product of the process of procreation.
4: (iii) There is no one who can ever be His equal or His like.
(Leaving the few atheists aside, the majority of people in the world proclaim that they believe in God. God however is not visible whereby everyone can see and believe in Him in the same way as others. God is non-physical, non-visible and beyond perception. Therefore a person has to tie the belief in God to the concept of God which he or she has. If you have only one concept of God, it means you believe in God. If at the same time you also have another concept, it means that you do not believe in God inspite of your claim that you do. The true concept of God is that which God Himself gave about Himself. That concept is not available anywhere outside the Quran. Therefore to believe according to the Quranic concept means truly believing in God. This concept of God has comprehensively been given in these few words. A purer or higher concept about Him cannot be obtained from any source of knowledge. The secret of success lies in believing this God and as far as humanly possible, one should reflect God's attributes in one's personality. The nation that bears such high qualities shall be invincible. No other nation will be able to face them).

The Initiative to Learn Quran Online

These days many Muslims want to learn Quran online. It is highly commendable if any person, irrespective of the religion wants to learn the Quran. Of course, we cannot limit the Quran learning to the Muslims only because it is a book of Hidaya for the entire humankind. It is in fact good if any person who is not a Muslim want to learn Quran online.
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) said,
"The best among you is the one who learnt Quran and taught it to others".
Why do people these days want to learn Quran online? Well the answer is simple. The world has advanced technologically and literally, everything has been shifted online. People shop online. The social networking is online. Therefore, it is not really a surprise if someone wants to learn Quran online.
We must appreciate if someone wants to learn Quran online. To learn Quran online, one can take the following steps.
1. First, one must understand what Quran really is. The Muslims should consider the Quranic definition of the book. Two verses about the Quran are given below. Remember it is the faith of the Muslims to believe the words of the Quran to be the words of Allah Almighty.
"And with Him are the keys (treasures) of the unseen. None but He knows them; and He alone knows what is in the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but He knows it, and there is not a grain in the darkness (recess)of the earth, nor anything wet or dry but is in a clear Book" (Holy Quran 6:59)
"We have not neglected anything in the Book" (Holy Quran 6:38)
2. Of course, the non-Muslims do not have faith in the Quran as the Muslims do. In fact, this is what differentiates the Muslims and the non-Muslims. However, if non-Muslims want to learn Quran online, it is very appreciable. The Muslims should encourage him or her. The other people should not become judgmental.
3. A person must decide his or her approach to the learning of the Quran. This is because there are several approaches to learn Quran online. For example, one can arrange for the self-help or the self-learning sessions. Other than that, one can arrange for a freelance Quran tutor. Alternatively, one can register with a reputable Quran teaching website to learn Quran online.
4. The best approach to learn Quran online is to register oneself with a reputable online Quran school. Such schools offer classes for Arabic script understanding, Quran recitation, Quran memorization, Quran translation, and the Quran explanation. One can register in the courses that one desires. A good thing about these schools is that they offer trial classes free of any cost.
The schools that offer the live tutoring session are always better than those who just send workbooks or recitation recording through email.
We should pray that Allah gives every human being a chance to come across the Hidaya and to take an initiative to learn the Quran.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------One of the most common myths about the Qur’an, is that Usman (r.a.), the third Caliph of Islam authenticated and compiled one Qur’an, from a large set of mutually contradicting copies. The Qur’an, revered as the Word of Allah (swt) by Muslims the world over, is the same Qur’an as the one revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). It was authenticated and written under his personal supervision. We will examine the roots of the myth which says that Usman (r.a.) had the Qur’an authenticated.
1. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself supervised and authenticated the written texts of the Qur’an

Whenever the Prophet received a revelation, he would first memorize it himself and later declare the revelation and instruct his Companions (R.A. – Radhi Allahu Taala Anhu) – May Allah be pleased with him who would also memorize it. The Prophet would immediately ask the scribes to write down the revelation he had received, and he would reconfirm and recheck it himself. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was an Ummi who could not read and write. Therefore, after receiving each revelation, he would repeat it to his Companions. They would write down the revelation, and he would recheck by asking them to read what they had written. If there was any mistake, the Prophet would immediately point it out and have it corrected and rechecked. Similarly he would even recheck and authenticate the portions of the Qur’an memorized by the Companions. In this way, the complete Qur’an was written down under the personal supervision of the prophet (pbuh).
2. Order and sequence of Qur’an divinely inspired

The complete Qur’an was revealed over a period of 22½ years portion by portion, as and when it was required. The Qur’an was not compiled by the Prophet in the chronological order of revelation. The order and sequence of the Qur’an too was Divinely inspired and was instructed to the Prophet by Allah (swt) through archangel Jibraeel. Whenever a revelation was conveyed to his companions, the Prophet would also mention in which surah (chapter) and after which ayat (verse) this new revelation should fit.
Every Ramadhaan all the portions of the Qur’an that had been revealed, including the order of the verses, were revised and reconfirmed by the Prophet with archangel Jibraeel. During the last Ramadhaan, before the demise of the Prophet, the Qur’an was rechecked and reconfirmed twice.
It is therefore clearly evident that the Qur’an was compiled and authenticated by the Prophet himself during his lifetime, both in the written form as well as in the memory of several of his Companions.
3. Qur’an copied on one common material

The complete Qur’an, along with the correct sequence of the verses, was present during the time of the Prophet (pbuh). The verses however, were written on separate pieces, scrapes of leather, thin flat stones, leaflets, palm branches, shoulder blades, etc. After the demise of the prophet, Abu Bakr (r.a.), the first caliph of Islam ordered that the Qur’an be copied from the various different materials on to a common material and place, which was in the shape of sheets. These were tied with strings so that nothing of the compilation was lost.
4. Usman (r.a.) made copies of the Qur’an from the original manuscript

Many Companions of the Prophet used to write down the revelation of the Qur’an on their own whenever they heard it from the lips of the Prophet. However what they wrote was not personally verified by the Prophet and thus could contain mistakes. All the verses revealed to the Prophet may not have been heard personally by all the Companions. There were high possibilities of different portions of the Qur’an being missed by different Companions. This gave rise to disputes among Muslims regarding the different contents of the Qur’an during the period of the third Caliph Usman (r.a.).
Usman (r.a.) borrowed the original manuscript of the Qur’an, which was authorized by the beloved Prophet (pbuh), from Hafsha (may Allah be pleased with her), the Prophet’s wife. Usman (r.a.) ordered four Companions who were among the scribes who wrote the Qur’an when the Prophet dictated it, led by Zaid bin Thabit (r.a.) to rewrite the script in several perfect copies. These were sent by Usman (r.a.) to the main centres of Muslims.
There were other personal collections of the portions of the Qur’an that people had with them. These might have been incomplete and with mistakes. Usman (r.a.) only appealed to the people to destroy all these copies which did not match the original manuscript of the Qur’an in order to preserve the original text of the Qur’an. Two such copies of the copied text of the original Qur’an authenticated by the Prophet are present to this day, one at the museum in Tashkent in erstwhile Soviet Union and the other at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
5. Diacritical marks were added for non-Arabs

The original manuscript of the Qur’an does not have the signs indicating the vowels in Arabic script. These vowels are known as tashkil, zabar, zair, paish in Urdu and as fatah, damma and qasra in Arabic. The Arabs did not require the vowel signs and diacritical marks for correct pronunciation of the Qur’an since it was their mother tongue. For Muslims of non-Arab origin, however, it was difficult to recite the Qur’an correctly without the vowels. These marks were introduced into the Quranic script during the time of the fifth ‘Umayyad’ Caliph, Malik-ar-Marwan (66-86 Hijri/685-705 C.E.) and during the governorship of Al-Hajaj in Iraq.
Some people argue that the present copy of the Qur’an that we have along with the vowels and the diacritical marks is not the same original Qur’an that was present at the Prophet’s time. But they fail to realize that the word ‘Qur’an’ means a recitation. Therefore, the preservation of the recitation of the Qur’an is important, irrespective of whether the script is different or whether it contains vowels. If the pronunciation and the Arabic is the same, naturally, the meaning remains the same too.
6. Allah Himself has promised to guard the Qur’an

Allah has promised in the Qur’an :

"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption). [Al-Qur’an 15:9]