Chopping the Qur’an

  

The Qur'an and The Moon

Divine Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur'an 

 

CHAPTER THREE

Chopping the Qur’an

 

Qur’an, al-Hijr, 15:89-93

And by thy Lord-God, O Muhammad, we will question them all, concerning what they have done to this Qur’an!

Around the world today there is a universally-accepted system of division of the Qur’an into 30 Ajza, or 30 different parts, which sinfully breaks-up Surahs of the Qur’an into bit and pieces. It is even more alarming that no one even questions that sinful breaking-up of Suwar for daily recitation of the Qur’an. This writer does not even know who is responsible for this arbitrary division of the Qur’an in a manner which is other than that ordained by Allah Most High. 

 

It is now universally accepted that the first Juz of the Qur’an ends at Verse 141 or 142 of Surah al-Baqarah, and that the second Juz ends at Verse 253 of Surah al-Baqarah, etc. There can be very slight variations in these numbers since the numbering of the verses was not sent down with the angel. Rather, human beings did the numbering.

 

We present below a list of the 30 Ajza of the Qur’an that are now universally accepted, even though they violate the division of the Qur’an as ordained by Allah Most High.

 

Whoever created the existing division of the Qur’an into Ajza (parts) for daily recitation, decided the following:

1st Juz (part) ended at verse 141 of Surah al-Baqarah. This was his first chop. 

2nd Juz ended at Verse 252 of Surah al-Baqarah. [2^nd chop within the same Surah]. 

3rd Juz ended at verse 92 of Surah Ale ‘Imran. [3^rd chop].

4th Juz ended at verse 23 of Surah al-Nisa’. [4^th chop].

5th Juz ended at Verse 147 of Surah al-Nisa’. [2^nd chop Nisa’ and 5^th chop in all].

6th Juz ended at verse 81 of Surah al-Maidah. [6^th chop].   

7th Juz ended at verse 110 of Surah al-‘An’am. [7^th chop]. 

8th Juz ended at verse 87 of Surah al-‘Araf. [8^th chop]. 

9th Juz ended at verse 40 of Surah al-Anfal. [9^th chop].

10th Juz ended at verse 92 of Surah al-Taubah. [10^th chop].

11th Juz ended at verse 5 of Suratu Hud. [11^th chop].

12th Juz ended at verse 52 of Suratu Yusuf. [12^th chop].

13th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Suratu Ibrahim. [No chop] 

14th Juz also ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Nahl. [no chop]. 

15th Juz ended at verse 74 of Surah al-Kahf. [13^th chop].

16th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Suratu Ta Ha. [no chop]. 

17th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Hajj. [no chop]. 

18th Juz ended at verse 20 of Surah al-Furqan. [14^th chop].

19th Juz ended at verse 55 of Surah al-Naml. [15^th chop].

20th Juz ended at verse 45 of Surah al-‘Ankabut. [16^th chop].

21st Juz ended at verse 30 of Surah al-Ahzab. [17^th chop].

22nd Juz ended at verse 27 of Surah Yasin. [18^th chop].

23rd Juz ended at verse 31 of Suratu Rum. [19^th chop].

24th Juz ended at verse 46 of Surah al-Fussilat [20^th chop].

25th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Ahqaf. [no chop]. 

26th Juz ended at verse 30 of Surah al-Zariyat. [21^st chop].

27th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Hadid. [no chop]. 

28th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Tahrim. [no chop]. 

29th Juz ended, mercifully so, at the end of Surah al-Mursalat. [no chop]. 

 

There are no further chops in this sinful division of the blessed Qur'an. Our readers would be horrified to realize that the Qur’an was chopped 21 times in this arbitrary division of Ajza.

 

It would seem that the unknown person who so divided the Qur’an did so on the basis of considering the miraculous Qur’an to be similar to a length of cloth. He wanted to divide the Qur’an into 30 equal parts, and so he simply cut the cloth into 30 equal parts. This writer cannot explain how this sinful division of the Qur’an into bits and pieces was accepted by so many for so long.

 

The evidence presented above reveals a universal and a colossal failure on the part of Muslims when tested by Allah Most High with the longest Surah located at the very beginning of the Qur’an. As soon as they failed the test of Surah alBaqarah, they continued to fail with the rest of the Ajza for recitation of the Qur’an.

 

Our view is that it is to this sinful chopping/breaking-up of the Qur’an described above that Allah Most High has responded in the following verses of the Qur’an:

 

Qur’an, al-Hijr, 15:89-93

Say to them O Muhammad: I am a warner who warns you, and I do so in a manner which is clear and without ambiguity—warning you of Divine anger which descends on the Muqtasimin, who divide the Qur’an arbitrarily into bits and pieces. Allah Most High then took an oath: By thy Rab, O Muhammad, I will certainly hold them to account for what they have done (hence they will all have to answer to Me one day for having divided the Qur’an into bits and pieces).

 

May Allah forgive all those who now make Taubah, and who avoid breaking-up the Qur’an into bits and pieces; rather, they respect the division of the Qur’an into Suwar as ordained by Allah Most High, and they never break a Surah into parts while determining a Juz for daily recitation! Amin!

 

 

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 to be continued . . . . 

 

Why is the longest Surah of all located at the very beginning of the Qur'an?

  

The Qur'an and The Moon

Divine Methodology for Monthly Recitation of the Qur'an 

 

Why are the long Suwar at the beginning and the short Suwar at the end of the Qur'an? Why is the longest Surah of all located at the very beginning of the Qur'an?

 

When we attempt to answer this the very important question: (Why is the longest Surah of all in the Qur’an, i.e., Surah alBaqarah with 286 verses, located at the very beginning of the Qur’an?), we must hasten to remind the gentle reader that Allah Most High has declared that He divided the Qur’an so that it might be recited at intervals: 

 

Qur’an, al-Isra’, 17:106

This is a Qur’an which we have divided into parts, i.e., as Suwar (plural of Surah). We have done so in order that you might recite it to the people at intervals, and in conformity with those divisions as Suwar. We also sent it down part-by-part.

 

The implication of the above is that Allah Most High has divided the Qur’an into Suwar so that they may function as Ajza, or parts, to be recited whenever we wish to Khatam the Qur’an, i.e., to recite it cover-to-cover to completion.

 

Such recitation can be at intervals of daily recitation for the entire Qur’an to be completed in one lunar month, and this is the way that Allah Most High recited the Qur’an Himself (through the Angel Gabriel during the month of Ramadan). Of course, the interval can also be for reciting the whole Qur’an once every 20 days, or every 10 days, or every week.

 

This book does not explain the methodology for reciting the Qur’an other than once a month.

 

Allah Most Wise placed the longest Surah of all at the beginning of the Qur’an for a specific reason and purpose, and our view is that He did so to test us and to force us to think. Do we have to recite the whole of Surah al-Baqarah as our first Juz on the first day of the month if we are reciting daily to complete the recitation in one lunar month, or can we subdivide the Surah into parts for recitation over a period of time which would extend beyond that first day of the lunar month?

 

The answer to this is crucially important for locating the correct way in which the Qur’an is to be recited over a period of one lunar month, or even less than that.

 

Allah Most High provides the answer to the question when He orders as follows:

Qur’an, al-Qiyamah, 75:18

And when We have recited it, i.e., when we have delivered through the Angel Gabriel the way that it should be recited, you must follow that way of reciting the Qur’an.

 

Prophet Muhammad pbuh never sub-divided Surah al-Baqarah into parts for daily recitation. Indeed, Allah Most High has prohibited such sub-division of Surahs—including Surah al-Baqarah—for daily recitation of the Qur’an. He did so when he declared in Surah al-Hijr that He sent Prophet Muhammad pbuh as a warner, and He then went on to warn those who arbitrarily sub-divide the Qur’an (for recitation) that they will have to answer to Him on Judgment Day:

 

Qur’an, al-Hijr, 15: 92-93

Say to them O Muhammad: I am a warner who warns you, and I do so in a manner which is clear and without ambiguity—warning you of Divine anger which descends on the Muqtasimin who divide the Qur’an arbitrarily into bits and pieces. Allah Most High then took an oath: By thy Rab, O Muhammad, I will certainly hold them to account for what they have done (hence they will all have to answer to Me one day for having divided the Qur’an into bits and pieces).

 

Here, then, is the first explanation for the longest Surah of the Qur’an being placed at the very beginning of the Qur’an. It was put in that position in order to test us to see which of us would respect Allah’s division of the Qur’an into Suwar, and would therefore recite the whole of Surah al-Baqarah on the first day of the month, - and which of us would sinfully breakup the Surah into parts for daily recitation. 

 

There is another implication of the longest Surah of the Qur’an being placed at the beginning of the Qur’an, and all the long Suwar also placed at the beginning of the Qur’an, while all the short Suwar are located at the end, and this is subsequently explained in this book. 

 

One of the most important things that we have done in this book is to warn that the Qur’an cannot be arbitrarily subdivided as Ajza for daily recitation. Hence, whether we are reciting the Qur’an to Khatam or complete the recitation in one lunar month, or even less than that, the whole of Surah alBaqarah must be recited on the first day of the lunar month.

 

Allah Most High placed the longest Surah of the Qur’an at the very beginning of the Qur’an to test us to see whether we would respect the boundaries which He placed in the Qur’an, and, as a consequence, would recognize the whole of Surah al-Baqarah as the first Juz to be recited by those who would Khatam or complete the Qur’an in one lunar month. 

 

We devote the next chapter, sadly so, to exposing the colossal failure of most Muslims in their response to that Divine test. 

 

 

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 to be continued . . . .