The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Qur’an: The Voice of God
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Lord of the Worlds in His creation of the Qur’an?
Could any mere mortal truly appreciate the
perfection of such art?
The Qur’an opens with the words: ‘Praise be to
God, Lord of the Worlds. ‘This invocation is of great
significance. It means: ‘Thanks be to God, Maker
and Sustainer of all creatures in the world.’ A
master and sustainer is one who is filled with
profound concern for his subjects and provides for
all their needs. Man’s greatest need is to know what
he is, where he has come from, and where he will
go. He also needs to know where he will gain and
where he will lose. If he were to be taken to some
region of space in which there was neither air nor
water, this would not be such a great calamity for
him as finding himself in the world without any
accurate knowledge of his origin or ultimate fate.
God has more compassion for His creatures than a
father has for his own son. It is inconceivable,
therefore, that He should have seen this need on the
part of His servants and not provided for it. By
means of revelation, He has sent down whatever
knowledge a man must have in order to understand
