Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
15. The Qur’an—The Prophet’s Miracle
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amazingly, it has remained intact. This
extraordinary resilience of the Arabic language is
entirely due to the miraculous spell the Qur’an has
cast on it.
In the year A.D. 70, some Jewish tribes left Syria
and settled in Madinah, where the Arabic-speaking
‘Amaliqah tribe lived. Along with the ‘Amaliqahs,
the Jews took Arabic as their language, but the
Arabic that they spoke was different from common
Arabic, retaining a strong Hebrew influence. After
the coming of Islam, Arabs settled in many parts of
Africa and Asia where other languages besides
Arabic were spoken. Their intermingling with other
races, however, did not have any effect on the
Arabs’ language, which remained in its original
state.
In the very first century after the revelation of the
Qur’an, Arabic was exposed to the sort of forces,
which cause a language to alter radically. This was
when Islam spread among various Arab tribes, who
began to congregate in major Muslim cities. There
was considerable variety of intonation and accent
among the different Arab tribes. So much so that
