- Messages
- 430
- Reaction score
- 723
- Points
- 103
First of all, it isnt in the syllabus of Islamiyat(2058), its from Islamic Religion and Culture(2056)
Here is the answer by Mark Scheme
:7 (a) Describe what you know about the structure of the Qur’an. [10]
• revelations received by Prophet over 23 years (1)
• dictated by him to his scribes; what they recorded was checked, authenticated by
Prophet himself (1)
• Prophet instructed scribes where revealed verses were to be placed (1)
• by the time the Prophet died, Muslims had many complete records of the Qur’an (1)
• then compiled into a standard and complete copy during Abu Bakr’ s Caliphate (1)
• same order as authorised by Prophet; checked by companions and other huffaz (1)
• divided into 30 parts [juz, sipara] (1)
• each part further subdivided into four parts [ruku] (1)
• arranged in 114 suras [chapters] of unequal length (1)
• sura Baqara is the longest, sura Kauthar the shortest (1)
• each sura [except one, sura Tauba] begins ‘in the Name of Allah, the Compassionate,
the Merciful’ (1)
• Qur’an begins with al Fatiha [the Opening] also known as the basmala (1)
• generally followed by the longest suras till the shortest (1)
• each sura divided into verses [aya or sign] (1)
• suras given names relating to dominant content e.g. sura Maryam (1)
• arrangement of suras not in chronological order in which they were revealed (1)
• suras designated as revealed in Mecca or Medina (1)
P.S: the bracket shows the marks
