al-ʿAlaq

Egyptian calligraphy of the first four verses of Al-ʿAlaq

Al-ʿAlaq ( Arabic العَلَق 'The Blood Clot') or Iqra (إقْرَ'Recite!') Is the 96th sura of the Koran . It consists of 19 verses. The sura was revealed in Mecca during the first period of revelation . It is considered the first revealed sura in chronological order .

According to a majority opinion, the first five verses of Sura 96 represent the beginnings of the revelations and thus the beginning of Muhammad's prophecy. Other traditions, on the other hand, want to see the beginnings of the revelations in Sura 74 , verses 1-7.

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According to the tradition of Muhammad's cousin Ibn ʿAbbās and his disciple Mujāhid ibn Jabr , the first revelation took place in the cave in Mount Hirāʾ . They are the first five verses of the sura (96: 1-5).

The Zabaniyya are the angels of hell in Islam . They are mentioned in the Koran in Sura 96:18.

Quotes

"Throw yourself down and draw closer to God!"

- Sura 96.19

Last verse, which also demands prostration .

literature

Abdullah Takım: “Throw yourself down and draw near to God!” (Sura 96:19). Prayer in Islam as an expression of closeness to God. In: Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Jutta Sperber (eds.): "In the name of God ..." Theology and practice of prayer in Christianity and Islam , Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7917-1994-8 (Theological Forum Christianity - Islam), pp. 127–143.

Individual evidence

↑ An attempt at a scientific historical-chronological order of the revelations according to: Theodor Nöldeke: Geschichte des Qorāns. Göttingen 1860; 2nd ed., Parts 1–3, arr. by Friedrich Schwally (part 1–2), Goffhelf Bergsträsser u. Otto Pretzl (part 3). Leipzig 1909–1938 (ND Hildesheim 1970, etc.).
↑ See the compilation of controversial views in traditional Islamic literature in Richard Bell: Mohammed's Call; in: The Moslem World 24 (1934), pp. 13-19. Also in: Rudi Paret (Ed.): The Koran; Darmstadt 1975; Pp. 86-92.

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[1] An attempt at a scientific historical-chronological order of the revelations according to: Theodor Nöldeke: Geschichte des Qorāns. Göttingen 1860; 2nd ed., Parts 1–3, arr. by Friedrich Schwally (part 1–2), Goffhelf Bergsträsser u. Otto Pretzl (part 3). Leipzig 1909–1938 (ND Hildesheim 1970, etc.).

[2] See the compilation of controversial views in traditional Islamic literature in Richard Bell: Mohammed's Call; in: The Moslem World 24 (1934), pp. 13-19. Also in: Rudi Paret (Ed.): The Koran; Darmstadt 1975; Pp. 86-92.