God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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Doctrines
, (p.143) to show that ‘Muhammad’s boast
as to the literary excellence of the Quran was not
unfounded.’
The challenge of the Quran has yet to be answered.
Centuries have rolled by without anyone ever
having been able to match it. This uniqueness of the
Quran undoubtedly proves that it is of divine
origin. If man has the ability to think objectively,
this should be enough to convince him of the truth.
Such was the miraculous nature of the Quran that
the Arabs, who had no peers in eloquence and
fluency, were so proud of their rhetoric that they
called all non-Arabs dumb—
ajamis
were compelled
to bow before the superior qualities of the Quran.
PREDICTIONS
Another factor which testifies to the divinity of the
Quran is its predictions which, astonishingly
enough, came true in the course of time. We come
across many intelligent and ambitious people in the
pages of history who have dared to predict their
own or other’s futures. But seldom has time
confirmed
their
predictions.
Favourable
circumstances, extraordinary capabilities, a host of
