God alone knows the future and reveals specific news of past and future only to a messenger He chooses, to ensure the messengers deliver their Lord's messages.1, 2, 3
God commands reading in the name of the Lord who created man from an embryo and who teaches by means of the pen what man never knew.1, 2
When the Prophet Muhammad went to the highest heaven to receive the Quran, he was not given a physical book.1
The Quran was written down before the creation of the heavens and the earth, but it was revealed on specific occasions over a period of 23 years.1, 2, 3, 4
Muhammad was forbidden from uttering any religious instructions other than the Quran; had he done so, God would have punished him severely and stopped the revelation.1, 2, 3
Muhammad did not know what would happen to him or others, simply followed what was revealed to him, and possessed no power even for himself except by God's will.1, 2, 3
Gabriel alone carries revelations from God, bringing any new information never known before, which is why one of his names is the Spirit.1, 2, 3
Gabriel gave Muhammad instructions with each revelation about where the verses belong, so Muhammad left the complete Quran written down with notes on the order of suras and verses.1, 2, 3, 4
Muhammad was fully conscious when receiving revelation, unlike possession, where one loses identity; the words came to his memory like remembering an exam.1, 2, 3, 4
Gabriel is the only one who carries revelations from God to the world, which is why one of his names is the spirit of the revelation.1, 2
The directions Gabriel brought with each revelation, such as where a verse goes and the name of the sura, are not part of the Quran but come with it.1, 2, 3
The names of the suras were divinely inspired.1
The Quran says whoever obeys the messenger obeys God, which matches the Bible, since God puts His words in the messenger's mouth and disobeying those words is disobeying God.1, 2, 3
After the Quran was placed in his heart, Gabriel released it in small portions over 23 years so it could be memorized, and it was written down at the moment of release and divinely guarded since.1, 2, 3
Angels come to people in human form, as with Abraham's guests who would not eat the roasted calf, so Gabriel could come to Muhammad in human form to help him memorize.1, 2
The people knew when Muhammad was reciting Quran because of Gabriel's visit; he would summon them to say he had new Quran, and they wrote it down and memorized it.1, 2, 3
The Quran was released gradually rather than all at once in order to fix it in memory, which is why its release took 23 years.1, 2, 3
The Quran was revealed in Ramadan, not over 23 years as legends say; the whole Quran was placed into Muhammad's heart in one night when he was taken to the highest horizon on the 27th night of Ramadan.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran was written before the earth was created and placed in Muhammad's heart, with verses released when their occasions came, such as Zaid's divorce.1, 2
The Psalms are one of God's scriptures; David wrote them with God's inspiration, and God gave David the words to express his love of God because he deserved it.1, 2, 3
Human capacities like patience and compassion can be misused, which is why instructions on their use must come from God and why revelation is necessary.1, 2, 3
Satan, as the source of forgetfulness, is an enemy of prophets, of revelation, of the Quran, and above all of the Contact Prayer.1, 2, 3, 4
In this age of computers the Quran now has tangible physical evidence proving it is God speaking to us and not a human being.1, 2, 3
The Quran tells the messenger to say he is no different from other messengers, has no idea what will happen to him or others, and only follows what is revealed to him.1, 2, 3
A messenger is not different from other messengers, does not know what will happen to him or to others, and only follows what is revealed to him.1, 2, 3
God speaks of preserving the scripture as We because Gabriel took part in revelation and the angels make sure no one can tamper with it.1, 2
God's system is to select one of us to distribute His information, and this does not make that person any better, worse, or special.1, 2, 3
God's plan to send man to earth was never abandoned, and the instruction begun in the garden continues by means of revelation.1, 2, 3
Submitters do not follow Muhammad, Jesus, or any human being; they follow only what is revealed to them from their Lord.1, 2, 3
The Quran was revealed as a flawless scripture to remind the reverent, warn of retribution, and give good news to righteous believers.1, 2, 3
Like a message heard on different brands of radio, what matters is the message delivered, not the particular messenger who delivers it.1, 2, 3, 4
Believers must believe in what was revealed before the Quran, which includes the practical scripture of religious duties given to Abraham, since there was no reading or writing in his time.1, 2, 3
Muhammad received revelation through Gabriel releasing the Quran from his soul into his memory while fully conscious, not through possession.1, 2
In Sura 57 verse 25, God says He sent His messengers with clear revelations and sent down iron, which holds great power and benefits for people.1, 2
The Quran says God gave Jesus the gospel, which contains guidance and light and confirms the Torah that came before it.1, 2, 3
When the Quran says God gave Jesus the Injil, it means God gave him a message, not a book, because a book describing his own death could not be given to him.1, 2, 3, 4
Muhammad was not illiterate; he wrote the Quran with his own hand at the moment of revelation, and it has been divinely guarded since.1, 2, 3
On the 27th night of Ramadan in 610 AD, Muhammad was summoned millions of light years away and the Quran was placed into his heart, then released into his memory through Gabriel over 23 years.1, 2, 3, 4