Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
15. The Qur’an—The Prophet’s Miracle
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Even if he enjoys a long period of secure life,
every mother’s son will finally be carried aloft
in a coffin.
The Qur’an put the same idea in the poignantly
succinct words: “Every soul shall taste death.”
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Killing and plundering presented a major problem
in ancient Arabia. Certain phrases had been coined
to express the idea that only killing could put an
end to killing, and these were considered highly
eloquent in pre-Islamic days. “To kill some is to
give life to the whole,” one of them went. “Kill
more, so that there should be less killing,” and
“Killing puts an end to killing,” were some other
examples. The Qur’an expressed the idea in these
words: “In retaliation there is life for you, oh people
of understanding. “
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In pre-Quranic days, poetry held an important
place in Arabic, as in other languages of the
world. Poetical expression of ideas was given
pride of place in the literary arena. The Qur’an,
however, left this beaten track, and used prose
instead of poetry. This in itself is proof that the
Qur’an came from God, for in the 7th century A.D.
