2.1 Method of Memorization

Since the Prophet was unlettered, he used to memorize the verses that were revealed to him by the angel Gabriel, which he used to recite to his companions. The companions of the Prophet known as “Ashab As Suffah” who were staying in a platform outside the Prophet’s house used to commit the same to their memory before preserving it in written form. The Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet in a phased manner for twenty-three years and all the twenty-three years this practice of the Prophet and his companions continued which resulted in the compilation of the Qur’an in its full and unadulterated form in the later period of Caliph Uthman. Further this practice of committing the whole Qur’an to memory has become a religious duty, which led to the establishment of numerous educational institutions in various part of the Islamic world for this purpose.