Why so few muslims know the Quran?

Question

I know people of other faiths knows at least a little of their scripture. However, when I question muslims, they know so little about the Quran. Why is that?

Answer 1

Because: "Most people don't know"..
God says in the Holy Quran.. Many Muslims now prefer Hadiths as they're easier to remmeber, while many hadiths are fake.. I'm Glad I memorize 2/3 (two thirds) of the Quran and understand them very well.. Many Muslims really, like any others; prefer to watch football or hook with a girl rather than reading their book...

Abuhamza, Memorizing is different from understanding.. God says about people who memorize and don't actually follow or understand: "Like a donkey carrying luggage".

Answer 2

Quran is the only live holy book because every Muslim required to recite some Quran in his/her prayers five times a day, so the Muslims who don't know Quran usually they don't pray

Answer 3

Few Muslims??

I think there are lot many muslims who know quran , Atleast here on answers.I think you might have came across mostly with those who do not know much, and thats why you have concluded this, Otherwise i have seen many muslims here who know quran very well but ofcourse no one is perfect !

Answer 4

Why do you question us Muslims about knowing the Quran??
Faith is in ones heart, not how much Quran they can recite to you..!

Answer 5

this is disturbingly true. in my country, all this while we were taught to read the Quran, but only recently that the importance of knowing the meaning and implying it to life is recognized.

i wont say 'few'. but it is serious for muslims to learn alQuran from skin to skin. it is useful while debating and answering questions people wanted to know about islam.

peace.

Answer 6

What are you talking about, LOL you need to wake up.
there are 1 billion Muslims
who memorize the Quran.
word by word. line by line.

in every Majid,( a place of worship in islam)
has at liste 50 or more who memrize the quran.

this means if you take all the Quran around the world.
islam will bring it back. with out any mistake.
but if you take all bibles out of the world
then chiristan and morman will be introuble.
there is no one who memorize the bible dont bileve me try to find one lolz

you asked the wrong Question, lolz you dont know nothing





The Qur’an is the holy scripture of the Islamic faith. According to the Qur’an, the word of God was first revealed in the Torah to Moses, the Psalms to David, and the Gospels to Jesus. However, Muslims believe that these books, on which Judaism and Christianity are founded, have been corrupted. The Qur’an was then revealed to Muhammad to correct the errors that were introduced into the original revelations from God. Thus, it is the final revelation from God, given to Muhammad, the “seal of the prophets.”

The Qur’an itself proclaims that its words are preserved on an eternal table in heaven and are uncreated. Gabriel revealed the Qur’an in the Arabic language, which is said to be the language of God. It is for this reason that many non-Arabic-speaking Muslims memorize passages from the Qur’an in the original Arabic for recitation during daily prayer. Many Muslims contend that any translation of the Qur’an is not truly the Qur’an. Also, because it is considered to be the exact word of God, any scholarly criticism of the Qur’an is unacceptable.

The first revelation Muhammad received was in 610 while he was meditating on Mount Hira, just outside his native city of Mecca. The last revelation came in 622 in Medina, where Muhammad fled under persecution and spent the last years of his life. The Qur’an is composed of 114 chapters, called suras, 6,616 verses (or ayas), and 77,934 words. The content of the Qur’an includes many stories that are found in the Bible (though with some variations), some traditions from Jewish and heretical Christian folklore, and instructions on day-to-day living in the Islamic community.

Though the language of the Qur’an is said to be Arabic, the language of Allah, there are several words and forms of names that are borrowed from other languages, such as Harût, Marût, houry, and jinn from Persian; tabût and zakat from Syriac; pharaoh from an Egyptian language; Azraeland torah from Hebrew; and Injil from Greek.

There exist some historical inaccuracies in the Qur’an. One of the more notable errors is found in the Qur’anic references to the lineage of Mary (Maryam). According to the Qur’an, Mary, the mother of Jesus, was the sister of Aaron, Moses’ brother (19.28), and the daughter of Imran (3.35). It is recorded in Numbers 26:59 that the name of the wife of Amram (the Hebrew form of Imran) was Jochebed, and she bore Aaron, Moses, and Maryam their sister. This account undoubtedly describes the Mary to whom Muhammad made reference in Suras 19.28 and 3.35. However, the Mary who was the mother of Jesus lived some 1570 years after the one who was the daughter of Imran and the sister of Aaron and Moses.

Nevertheless, the words of the Qur’an that can today be heard from minarets around the world have been chanted, unchanged, from the dawn of Islam. The holy book that is reverenced by Muslims today has remained the same since the first officially codified Qur’an. Until the caliphate of ‘Uthman, Islam’s third Caliph, many of the revelations were preserved on various materials, including palm leafs, animal skins and bone fragments. Those who were trained in the art of memorization passed on much of the revelation orally. In order to provide one approved version of the Qur’an, ‘Uthman ordered the gathering of all known collections of revelations. Those determined to be reliable were retained and all others were burned. Thus, the officially recognized Qur’an was codified in 652, thirty years after the death of Muhammad.

Answer 7

many muslims have the knowledge abt Qura'an , it only depends upon the atmosphere and also on the parents, this is the responsibility of every muslim parent to teach their children quran not only the recitation but also the meaning, we need to tell our children to read atleast few pages daily from quraan with the translation, may ALLAH guide and protect us all AAMEEN.

Answer 8

Say how many peoples u know who don't know about Quran?.......I don't know any muslim who don't know about Quran.

Answer 9

Your 'few' is how few? There are billions of Muslim. Could be maybe a few percents. All christians read their bible but few understands it.

Answer 10

Humans prefer T.V. to Reading
Sad huh?