Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
15. The Qur’an—The Prophet’s Miracle
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produced. They tried until they could think
of no other sentence to express this idea.
Gilani looked at Finkle triumphantly. “Now
that we have done our best, we shall be able
to see how the Qur’an stands above all work
of men,” he said. “What, has the Qur’an
expressed this idea more eloquently?’ Finkle
enquired. “We are like little children
compared to the Qur’an,” Gilani told him.
Amazed, Finkle asked what was in the
Qur’an. Gilani recited this verse from
Surah
Qaf:
“On the Day when We will ask Hell:
‘Are you full?’ And Hell will answer: ‘Are
there any more?”‘
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Finkle was startled on
hearing this verse, Amazed at the supreme
eloquence of the Qur’an, he openly admitted
defeat, “You were right, quite right,” he said,
“I unreservedly concede defeat.” “‘For you to
acknowledge the truth,” Gilani replied, “is
nothing strange, for you are a man of letters,
well aware of the importance of style in
language.” This particular orientalist was
fluent in English, German, Hebrew and
Arabic, and had spent all his life studying the
literature of these languages.
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