Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
15. The Qur’an—The Prophet’s Miracle
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scientific reasoning. And to crown all its
achievements, the Qur’an expressed all this in a
refined literary style, which proved imperishable
in times to come.
There was an ancient Arab saying that “the
sweetest poem was the one with the most lies.”
The Qur’an changed this introducing a new mode
of “articulate speech” (55:4) based on real facts
rather than hypothetical fables. Now Arabic
followed the Qur’an’s lead. Pre-Islamic Arabic
literature was collected and compiled with the
preservation and understanding of that language
of the Qur’an in mind. Great departments of
learning, facilitating understanding of the Qur’an
and explaining its orders and prohibitions, came
into existence. The learning of Arabic grammar,
syntax and etymology, Islamic theology and
traditions, as well as Qur’anic studies, were all
aimed at helping us to understand the message of
the Qur’an. Even the subjects of history and
geography were originally taken up us part of the
Arabs’ attempt to understand and practice the
teachings of the Qur’an. There is no other example
in the history of the world of any single book
