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Quran Witness A Miracle
Quran Witness A Miracle
By Khalid Baig
There are other religions that claim to possess the Word of God. There
are none that can show a book that has commanded anything remotely
comparable to this level of devotion. Quran is the most read and the
only completely memorized book in the whole world. It is also the
most studied book in the world. It has stimulated development of entire
disciplines of knowledge dealing with its reading, writing, and
interpretation.
Miraculous as it is, this is not the only unique aspect of the Quran.
Quran was the first book in the Arabic language. Yet fourteen centuries
later, its language is as alive as it was when it was revealed. And there
is no other example when the very first book in a language became any
masterpiece let alone the eternal masterpiece that Quran is.
This Book is meant to command and guide humanity until the end of
time. That the passage of fourteen centuries has not made the slightest
dent in its language or literary beauty is only one evidence of that
unique role; its contents have also been unassailable by the passage of
time. It makes statements of scientific facts that science would
discover centuries later but none that science could ever refute. It tells
about ancient history, like the civilization of the 'Aad people in the
Empty Quarter of the Arabian desert that no other historical sources,
then or since, contain any information about. Yet, its veracity has only
recently been verified by scientific discoveries. Above all, it provides a
system of beliefs and a code of conduct for life which is as relevant,
illuminating, and true today as it was fourteen centuries earlier and
during all the centuries in between.
The believers know that this Book had to be above space and time
because this is the Word of the Creator of space and time. And He has
promised that it will always be above space and time. But those who
are looking from the outside and are just curious may consider these
additional facts:
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all the evidence that proves
Quran to be the Word of God. Scholars have written books expounding
the miracle of miracles that Quran is. But even this small sampler may
propel an inquiring mind to go and read the Book himself.
To read this Book with an open mind is to believe in it. Those who
sincerely seek guidance will find their questions answered, their
confusions removed, their problems solved in its pages. From the
beginning until the end, every word in the Quran tells the reader that it
is the Word of Allah. And those who ignore it do so at their own peril.
"And if you are in doubt as to what We have revealed to Our servant,
then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers
(if there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true. But if you
cannot - and of a surety you cannot - then fear the Fire whose fuel is
men and stones which is prepared for those who reject Faith." [Al-
Baqarah 2:23-24]