The First and Last Revelations of the Qur’an

• The first verse of the Qur’an
• The first chapter of the Qur’an
• The last verse of the Qur’an
• The last chapter of the Qur’an

In the written Qur’an, known as “muṣḥaf,” the chapters are not arranged in the chronological order of their revelation, so the first and last verses in the muṣḥaf are not the first and last revealed verses, respectively. There are a number of ḥadīths and historical reports about which verses and chapters were revealed first and last. This book examines the credibility of each report, evaluates the views of scholars, and presents its own conclusions. Focused on the subject of the first and last revelations of the Qur’an, this book is by far the most comprehensive and complete study of this area of the Sciences of the Qur’an.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Methodology

The First Verse

Verse 96.1

Verse 74.1

Verse 1.1

The Basmala

Unspecified Verse

The First Chapter

Verse 2.278

Verse 2.278-280

Verse 2.281

Verse 2.282

Verse 3.195

Verse 4.93

Verse 4.176

Verse 9.5

Verses 9.128-129

Verse 18.110

The Last Chapter

Chapter 5 (Al-Mā’ida: The Table)

Chapter 9 (Al-Tawba: The Repentance)

Chapter 110 (Al-Fatḥ: The Conquest)

Conclusion

References

Notes