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The Qur'an: Allah's Most Recent Revelation

Qur’an, but all the previous divinely-revealed books have, in time, be-
come partially corrupted. The Qur’an, however, is the most recent di-
vine revelation and has never been corrupted. Allah tells us that the
Qur’an will be protected, and will not suffer corruption, in the follow-
ing verse:
It is We Who have sent down the Reminder and We Who will pre-
serve it. (Surat al-Hijr: 9)

The faithful are absolutely confident in the knowledge that the
Qur’an is the very word of Allah and is the only guide for mankind.
There is a great deal of evidence for this. For instance, the inimitable
style in which it is written and the hidden meanings it contains are
clear evidence that it comes from Allah. Moreover, there are many mir-

acles in the Qur’an. For example, the Qur’an tells us some scientific
facts that were not known at the time when it was revealed, around
1400 years ago, but were only "discovered" in the twentieth century.
(For further details, see Appendix, "Miracles of the Qur’an”.)
Apart from these scientific facts, the Qur’an also contains infor-
mation about future events. Many more miracles of the Qur’an took
place when these events actually occurred during the course of history.
(For further details, see Appendix, "Miracles of the Qur’an”.)
Another of the outstanding features of the Qur’an is the fact that

it is entirely free from inconsistency. Throughout history, enemies of
Islam have approached the Qur’an with prejudiced minds, and have
spent great efforts in order to find something that was, according to
their own shallow logic, inconsistent. But the Qur’an, being the word
of Allah, does not contain any inconsistency whatsoever. Allah tells us
of this characteristic of the Qur’an in the following verse:

Will they not ponder the Qur’an? If it had been from other than
Allah, they would have found many inconsistencies in it. (Surat
an-Nisa: 82)

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