RLG100Y1 Lecture : islam
Document Summary
it is the central and primary scripture of islam, a collection of all the revelations received by mohammad from the angel gabriel from 610 ce to 632 ce. It is thought to be the direct word from god spoken to muslim community about creating an ummah(a community united by faith) structures: it is nearly as long as new testament and consists of 114 chapters. It consists of stories, parables and verses, etc. Some focus on examples, stories of prophet, others on historical events. Some are didactic, about individual moral issues, others are about social concerns. compiling: mohammad himself was illiterate, so his community helped him to recount the revelation and these documents were collected by his first generation. After the death of prophet in 632 ce, the only physical recorders were fragments written on stones, bones, leaves, etc. The compiling is finished under the third caliph. concepts: god"s essence is unknowable and beyond everything.