The Holy Quran

All Muslims believe in the holy Quran as the last and complete book of Allah, the Almighty. This book was revealed upon the last holy prophet of Allah, Muhammad. There are other holy books of Allah, the Almighty which were revealed upon earlier prophets of Allah for example the holy Bible as revealed upon Isa, holy Taurat as revealed upon Musa and the holy Zabur as revealed upon Dawood. The revelation of holy Quran started in the month of Ramadan when Muhammad was in ghar-e-hira for meditation at the age of 40 years and it was completed verse by verse after 23 years. The holy Quran contains 30 parts (parahs) comprising of 114 chapters (Surahs). The total number of verses in the holy Quran is 6,236 as shown below: