The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Qur’an: The Voice of God
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of the Universe, opening out before us the sublime
nature of His works.
The Qur’an bears verbal witness to the sovereignty
of God. It describes, with great force and clarity, the
great, hidden, determinative force at work
throughout the entire world, and gives us definitive
information on those metaphysical realities which
elude the hand and the eye. Not only does it spell
out the facts of existence, but it also builds up an
astonishing gallery of word-pictures which bring a
hitherto unseen world before our very eyes.
The Holy Book not only tells us that God exists, but
also paints an incredibly vivid picture of the Being
who sustains and directs the Universe. Not only
does it tell us about the Hereafter, but describes the
Day of Judgement so graphically that its horrors
become deeply etched on our consciousness. There
is a well, known story of a Greek artist who painted
such a realistic picture of a bunch of grapes that
birds would come and peck at it. Just think that if a
painting executed by an ordinary mortal could have
such an extraordinary effect, what heights of
consummate artistry could not be reached by the
