UNIVERSALITY IN THE MESSAGE OF QURAN

Abstract

The literal meaning of ‘Quran’ is ‘That which is read’.  It is the holy book for Muslims and is the final revelation. Every Muslim has firm faith in it. Muslims believe this book as “words of Allah”. Muslims believe the Quran was verbally revealed by Allah to Mohammad (SAWW) through angel Gibriel gradually over a period of approximately 23 years. There are total 114 Surah (Chapters) in all out of which 86 are Makki and 28 are Madani. In other words 86 Chapters were revealed in Makka and 28 in Madina, both the holy cities for Muslims across the globe. Quran, has encouraged people of all ages to think about the creature of Allah, to take the lessons from history and to make the present most favaroubale for human beings. The present paper is an attempt to discuss the Universal message of Quran by giving different instances from the Quranic Text.  Descriptive method has been applied to fulfil the purpose to through light on the widespread significance of the Quran.