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TAKING THE QUR'AN AS A GUIDE

Earth was flat and had high mountains at both ends, and that
these mountains served as pillars to kept the vault of heaven
high over their heads. The Qur'an removed such superstitions,
as we read in:
Allah raised up the heavens without any support – you
can see that... (Surat ar-Ra'd: 2)
Several scientific truths only recently uncovered by technol-
ogy were stated in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago. Such facts are
further evidence that the Qur'an is the Word of Allah. (For de-
tailed information, see Harun Yahya, Miracles of the Qur'an, Al-
Attique Publications, 2000)
The Qur'an is written in a language of such surpassing
beauty and richness of reference that it transcends ordinary
speech. At the time of its revelation, the poets of Arabia com-
peted with each other to produce the best literary works.
However, the Qur'an's uniquely beautiful style earned their
admiration, and they could not help themselves from accept-
ing its wondrous nature in the literary sense.
This aside, an intricate mathematical code, far beyond the
ability of human intelligence, is imbedded in the Qur'an's fab-
ric. Some related words are repeated the same number of times
throughout the Qur'an. For instance: day is repeated 365 times,
days is repeated 30 times, month is repeated 12 times, satan and
angel are repeated 88 times, world and hereafter are repeated 115
times, summer-hotness and winter-coldness are repeated 5 times,
punishment is repeated 117 times, forgiveness is repeated 234
times (twice as much as punishment), wealth is repeated 26
times, and poverty is repeated 13 times.
Such facts clearly show the Qur'an is the Word of Allah, not

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