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this, and call on anyone you can besides Allah if you are telling the truth.'" Again, they failed
to do so. The challenge was finally reduced to producing a single chapter. In 2/23-24, we read, "If
you have doubts about what We have sent down to Our servant (i.e., Muhammad), then
produce a chapter like it, and call your witnesses, besides Allah, if you are telling the
truth. If you do not do that — and you will not do it — then fear the Fire whose fuel is
people and stones, prepared for the unbelievers." We also read in 10/38, "Or do they say,
'He has invented it'? Say, 'Then produce a chapter like it and call on anyone you can
besides Allah if you are telling the truth.'" They again failed to do this.
It is true that when many Arabs heard the Qur'an the first time, they embraced Islam. Their instincts
convinced them that such a noble and impressive discourse could only be a divine diction, not a human
creation, for it was far more sublime and solemn than all their literature put together. Those among
them who stubbornly rejected the Qur'an failed in their attempt to produce anything like it even though
they were known for being very meticulous in their choice of words and very specific in their speech,
vying each other in their ability to be fluent and eloquent, adoring oratory, diction and effective
communication, and being skillful in the articulation of finer thoughts and the expression of ideas. Had
they really been able to rise to the challenge, they would have spared themselves the time and effort
which they wasted in a futile attempt to put an end to Islam.
Unlike the Bible, the Qur'an is free from errors, inconsistencies or statements which are not compatible
with reason and science:[7] "Will they not ponder on the Qur'an? If it had not come from
Allah, they would have surely found in it many contradictions." (4/82) It is amazing that the
Qur'an, which Allah revealed to His unlettered prophet over fourteen centuries ago, mentions scientific
facts that scientists have only discovered recently through the use of highly sophisticated equipment
and after conducting advanced scientific research. It is worth mentioning here that the Qur'an is
essentially a book of guidance, which guides to the truth and shows man the way to happiness in this
world and eternal bliss in the hereafter. It mentions some of these scientific facts only to encourage
people to turn to the truth. The following are a few brief examples:
The Qur'an (23/12-14) speaks vividly about the phases of human embryonic development: "We have
created man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a [a drop of] sperm in a firm
lodging. Then We made the sperm into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump
[of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh;
then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of
creators." Modern science has verified the validity and accuracy of these stages of human
development and has acknowledged that the Qur'an is the first text that describes such development
in great detail.[8] Of course, no one denies the next stage, that of death, which follows these