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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Shi'ite Creed Concerning the Extent of The Qur’an Says the Shaykh Abu Ja'far: Our belief is that the Qur'an, which Allah revealed to His , is (the same as) the one between the two boards (daffattyn) [^1] . And it is that which is in the hands of the people, and is not greater in extent than that. The number of s uras as generally accepted is one hundred and fourteen.

And according to us, ad-Duha (The Morning, Sura 93) and al-Inshira (The Consolation, Sura 94) together form one s ura; and al-Fil (The Elephant, Sura 105) and Quraish ( Sura 106) together form one sura. And he who asserts that we say that it is greater in extent than this (the present text) is a liar.

And that which is related (in tradition) concerning the reward for reciting every sura of the Qur'an, and the reward of him who completes the whole of the Qur'an, and the permissibility of reciting two suras in a rak'a (unit of prayer),[^2] and the prohibition of reciting the Qur'an between the two suras in a rak'a of the fard prayer[^3] is the verification of what we said concerning the Qur'an and that the extent of the Qur'an is (no more than) what is in the hands of the people.

And similarly what is related concerning the prohibition of reading the whole of the Qur'an in a single night, and that it is not permissible to complete the recitation of the Qur'an in less than three days is (also) a verification of what we have said. On the contrary we say that so much of revelation has come down, which is not part of the Qur'an, that were it to be collected, its extent would undoubtedly be 17,000 verses.

And this, for example, is like the saying of Gabriel to the Prophet: Allah says to thee, O Muhammad, act gently with My creatures, in the same manner as I do. Or his (Gabriel's) saying: Be careful of the bitter hatred of the people and their enmity. Or his (Gabriel's) saying: Live as you desire, for verily you shall die. Love what you will, for verily you shall be separated. Act how you will, for verily you shall be faced with it.

The nobility of man is his prayer by night; his honor is refraining from injury to human beings.