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28 COMMUNICATION AND ARGUMENT IN THE QUR’AN

revealed books and separates what is true from what is
false. It is a unique guide for all believers, for no human can
ever produce anything even remotely resembling it.
There have always been those who deny that the Qur’an
is Allah’s word. One of their most familiar charges is that the
Prophet (saas) wrote it and that they could write a similar
book. Such attempts of people who make such perverted
claims only to deny the supremacy of Allah and the Qur’an
have always ended in frustration. Here are some verses that
describe the truth and the incomparable nature of the
Qur’an sent down from (the Presence of) Allah:
Say: “If both humanity and jinn banded together to
produce the like of this Qur’an, they could never pro-
duce anything like it, even if they backed each other
up.” (Surat al-Isra’: 88)
This Qur’an could never have been devised by anyone
besides Allah. Rather, it is a confirmation of what
came before it and an elucidation of the Book that
contains no doubt from the Lord of all the worlds. Do
they say: “He has invented it”? Say: “Then produce a
surah like it and call on anyone you can besides Allah,
if you are telling the truth.” No, the fact is that they
have denied something that their knowledge does not
embrace and the meaning of which has not yet
reached them. In the same way, those before them
also denied the truth. See the final fate of those who
do wrong! (Surah Yunus: 37-39)
The basic purpose of communication is to ensure that
the other party accepts the Qur’an as his guide. Otherwise,