The opening of Al-Alaq
Read the passage, then inspect what the named report establishes.
The source reading
Quran 96:1-5 ↗ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, Createth man from a clot. Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by the pen, Teacheth man that which he knew not.
Marmaduke Pickthall · Uthmani Hafs Arabic · complete selected ayahs
A named account
Narrator attribution: Aisha
Aisha’s report describes the beginning of revelation at Hira and the first reading instructions.
Original concise paraphrase. Read the complete linked report for its wording and chain.
What this establishes
The report connects these opening instructions with the encounter at Hira.
What it does not settle
The report does not provide an exact Gregorian calendar day. It does not say the entire surah was revealed at once.
Follow the evidence
- Sahih al-Bukhari 4953 ↗Report attributed to Aisha; original concise paraphrase, not a quotation of the modern English translation.
- Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar ↗Fetched Arabic commentary. English notes here are original concise paraphrases.
- Ibn Kathir · full Arabic, report-oriented commentary ↗Read the full discussion. A source link does not make every activity prompt a scholarly statement.
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