Syllabus for The History and Importance of the Quran; Question 2 of Paper 1
Syllabus for Paper 1 Question 2; From CAIE Syllabus 2. The history and importance of the Qur’an Candidates should study: • the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet (pbuh) between the years 610 and 632 • the account of the compilation of the Qur’an under the Rightly Guided Caliphs • the major themes of the Qur’an as contained both in the passages set for special study and in other similar passages • the use of the Qur’an in legal thinking, and its relationship with the Hadiths, consensus ( ijma‘ ) and analogy ( qiyas ) • its significance as the basis of all thought and action in Islam.