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________________ THE QUR'ÂN. possible the heterogeneous mass of materials to such order that we may accept his arrangement as at least the most accurate hitherto proposed. lxiv Since, however, many passages are no doubt misplaced and inserted in Sûrahs to which they did not originally belong, nothing but a comprehensive view of the contents of the whole Qur'ân, studied side by side with the history of Mohammed and his contemporaries, will enable us to arrive at an actual decision on the exact chronological sequence of the revelation. To assist in the investigation of this most important subject I have subjoined a précis of the contents of each chapter. The following is Nöldeke's chronological order of the Surahs : Meccan Surahs. First Period (from the first to the fifth year of Mohammed's mission): XCVI, LXXIV, CXI, CVI, CVIII, CIV, CVII, CII, CV, XCII, XC, XCIV, XCIII, XCVII, LXXXVI, XCI, LXXX, LXVIII, LXXXVII, XCV, CIII, LXXXV, LXXIII, CI, XCIX, LXXXII, LXXXI, LIII, LXXXIV, C, LXXIX, LXXVII, LXXVIII, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX, LXXV, LXXXIII, LXIX, LI, LII, LVI, LXX, LV, CXII, CIX, CXIII, CXIV, I. Second Period (the fifth and sixth year of his mission): LIV, XXXVII, 'LXXI, LXXVI, XLIV, L, XX, XXVI, XV, XIX, XXXVIII, XXXVI, XLIII, LXXII, LXVII, XXIII, XXI, XXV, XVII, XXVII, XVIII. Third Period (from the seventh year to the flight): XXXII, XLI, XLV, XVI, XXX, XI, XIV, XII, XL, XXVIII, XXXIX, XXIX, XXXI, XLII, X, XXXIV, XXXV, VII, XLVI, VI, XIII. Medinah Surahs. II, XCVIII, LXIV, LXII, VIII, XLVII, III, LXI, LVII, IV, LXV, LIX, XXXIII, LXIII, XXIV, LVIII, XXII, XLVIII, LXVI, LX, CX, XLIX, IX, V. The mysterious letters which are placed at the beginning of certain chapters of the Qur'ân are explained in Digitized by Google
SR No.007686
Book TitleQuran Part 01
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorE H Palmer
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1880
Total Pages779
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, R000, & R999
File Size12 MB
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