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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

duce another sura equal to it, and call your witnesses, besides Allah, if
you are telling the truth. (Qur'an, 2:23)
Do they say, "He has invented it"? Say: "Then produce a sura like it and
call on anyone you can besides Allah if you are telling the truth."
(Qur'an, 10:38)
One of the reasons that the Qur'an is described as miraculous
stems from the fact that, as emphasized in the verses above, nothing
like it can ever be written by human endeavour: The greater the scale
of that impossibility, the greater the size of the miracle which we see
before our very eyes. Therefore, the fact that the style of the Qur'an has

been incapable of imitation by even one out of the billions of people
down the centuries is one of the proofs of its miraculous nature. In his
book, The Construction of the Bible and the Qur'an, F. F. Arbuthnot makes
the following comment about the Qur'an:
From the literary point of view, the Koran is regarded as a specimen of
the purest Arabic, written on half poetry and half prose. It has been said
that in some cases grammarians have adopted their rules to agree with
certain phrases and expressions used in it, and that though several
attempts have been made to produce a work equal to it as far elegant
writing is concerned, none has as yet succeeded. 257

The words employed in the Qur'an are exceedingly special, both
in terms of meaning and also of fluency and effect of style. However,
those who are unwilling to believe that the Qur'an is a holy book in
which Allah has revealed His commandments and prohibitions, have
come up with a variety of excuses as to why they should not follow it.
They have attempted to take refuge from its beauty by turning to
denial. Allah reveals the following about the unbelievers' descriptions

of the Qur'an:
We did not teach him poetry nor would it be right for him. It is simply
a reminder and a clear Qur'an so that you may warn those who are truly
alive and so that the word may be carried out against the unbelievers.
(Qur'an, 36:69-70)

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