Quran Universe
17:106

وَقُرۡءَانٗا فَرَقۡنَٰهُ لِتَقۡرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكۡثٖ وَنَزَّلۡنَٰهُ تَنزِيلٗا

Waquranan faraqnahu litaqraahu AAala alnnasi AAala mukthin wanazzalnahu tanzeelan

And [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively.

Word by word
  1. وَقُرۡءَانٗاAnd the Quran
  2. فَرَقۡنَٰهُWe have divided
  3. لِتَقۡرَأَهُۥthat you might recite it
  4. عَلَىto
  5. ٱلنَّاسِthe people
  6. عَلَىٰat
  7. مُكۡثٖintervals
  8. وَنَزَّلۡنَٰهُAnd We have revealed it
  9. تَنزِيلٗا(in) stages
Al-Isra · 17:106Makkah

Revealed in parts, to be recited slowly over time.

Twenty-three years, verse by verse

How it came
in stagesover 23 years
with eventsverse by verse
so it is
recited slowlyat intervals
How to take it in
all at oncebinge, then stop
little by little

Ibn 'Abbas said the Quran was sent to the lowest heaven, then revealed in stages according to events, over twenty-three years. In another reading, it means explained and made clear verse by verse. So it would be recited to people slowly.

You plan to finish the whole Quran in a week, burn out on day three, and stop for months. It was revealed slowly for a reason. One page a day, really understood, beats a sprint.

Reading Quran properly means getting through large amounts quickly.

The Quran came slowly, and I can take it in slowly too.

Try this

Set a small daily amount of Quran, even five verses, and start today.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 17:105)

And with truth We have sent it down, and with truth it has descended. And We have sent you as nothing but a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner (105)And a Qur'an which We have divided (into parts), in order that you might recite it to men at intervals. And We have revealed it by stages (106)

The Revelation of the Qur'an in Stages

Allah tells us that His Book, the Glorious Qur'an, has been sent with truth, i.e., it contains the truth, as Allah says:

لَّٰكِنِ اللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ بِمَا أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكَ ۖ أَنزَلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ ۖ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يَشْهَدُونَ

(But Allah bears witness to that which He has sent down unto you; He has sent it down with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness)[4:166] meaning, it contains the knowledge which Allah wanted to teach to you, with His rulings, commands and prohibitions.

وَبِالْحَقِّ نَزَلَ

(and with truth it has descended.) means, "It has been sent down to you, O Muhammad, preserved and protected, not contaminated or mixed with anything else, with nothing added or taken away. It has come to you with the truth, brought down by one mighty in power, trustworthy and strong, one who is obeyed by the higher group (angels).'

وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ

(And We have sent you) O Muhammad

إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا

(as nothing but a bearer of glad tidings and a warner). a bearer of glad tidings for the believers who obey you and a warner to the disbelievers who disobey you.

وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ

(And (it is) a Qur'an which We have divided), The word translated here as "We have divided" may be read in two ways. If it is read as "Faraqnahu", with no Shaddah, the meaning is: 'We have made it depart from Al-Lawh Al-Mahfuz to Bayt Al-'Izzah in the lowest heaven, then it was revealed in stages to the Messenger of Allah, according to events, over a period of twenty-three years.' This was narrated by 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas. It was also narrated that Ibn 'Abbas read it as "Farraqnahu", with a Shaddah, meaning, 'We revealed it Ayah by Ayah , and have explained it and made it clear.' Hence Allah says:

لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ

(in order that you might recite it to men), meaning, convey it to the people and recite it to them,

عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ

(at intervals.) meaning slowly.

وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنزِيلًا

(And We have revealed it by stages.) means, little by little.