The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
Foreword
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FOREWORD
This collection briefly discusses two aspects of the
Qur’an: firstly, its being in itself a proof that it is the
Book of God; secondly its complete preservation in
its original form, as revealed to the Arab Prophet
Muhammad in the seventh century Hijrah.
Many revelations had been made by God and
committed to writing by His devotees before the
advent of the Qur’an. Then what particularly
distinguishes the sacred Islamic text from its
forerunners? It is not just that it is complete and the
other revealed books incomplete. To categorise the
sacred scriptures in this way would amount to
discriminating between the Prophets themselves
which is certainly not right.
What then is its great distinguishing feature? There
is only one. A simple, but a major one. The text of
the Qur’an has never been tampered with, whereas
all the other Books have long ago lost their original
form and content, which has meant a serious loss of
authenticity. It is this characteristic of the Qur’an –
its perfect state of preservation –which singles it out
