Quranic timeline

The page gives a timeline of the various events related to the Quran.

Events

• 22 December 609 CE, Muhammad recites a chapter of the Quran for the first time after angel Gabriel reveals surah Al-Alaq in the cave of Hira.

• 610 CE, Muhammad receives the second revelation with surah Al-Muddathir.^[1]

• 622 CE Al-Baqara The first surah after the hijra is revealed.^[2]

• 624 CE Al-Anfal is revealed mentioning the battle of Badr.^[3]

• 632 CE surah Al-Ma'ida is revealed, the last sura.^[4]

• 653 CE The Quran is canonized by Uthman ibn Affan^[5]

• 657 CE; pages of the Quran are wrapped around swords by Muawiyahs forces during the Battle of Siffin

• 661 CE - 671 CE: the estimated radiocarbon dating of the oldest surviving copy of the Quran, the Sana'a manuscript^[6]

• 859 CE, the oldest quranic school (madrasah) in University of al-Karaouine is built^[7]

• 883 CE; the oldest surviving major tafsir collection was completed, namely Tafsir al-Tabari

• 884 CE; the first complete translation of the Quran into a foreign language^[8]

• 1609 CE Quranic calligraphy for the Taj Mahal is created by Abdul Haq, aka Amanat Khan

• 1649 CE; the first known translation of the Quran into the English language by Alexander Ross, chaplain to King Charles I.^[9]

See also

• Quran

References

1. When The Moon Split - Page 35
2. Encyclopedia of World Religion, Johannes P. Schadé - 2006
3. Saddam's Word : The Political Discourse in Iraq: 1998 Page 189
4. 110. Surah An Nasr (The Help) - Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi
5. Does archaeology support the Qur'an? [IsaAlMasih.net]
6. Sadeghi, Behnam; Bergmann, Uwe (1 January 2010). "The Codex of a Companion of the Prophet and the Qurān of the Prophet". Arabica 57 (4): 343–436
7. http://archive.thedailystar.net/forum/2007/july/madrasa.htm
8. http://www.monthlycrescent.com/understanding-the-quran/english-translations-of-the-quran/
9. "From scholarship, sailors and sects to the mills and the mosques". The Guardian (Guardian News and Media Limited). 2002-06-18