The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an: The Book of God
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experiment were vastly increased, opening up great
vistas of knowledge about the universe. In all
spheres of existence and in all disciplines of science,
previously established concepts were proved wrong
by later research and were discarded. This means
that no human work dating back 1500 years can
boast of total accuracy, because all ‘facts’ must now
be reevaluated in the light of recent information. No
such book has, in fact, been found to be totally free
of errors, with the notable exception of the Qur’an,
whose authenticity has withstood all challenges
over the centuries. This constitutes conclusive
evidence of the Qur’an having had its source in an
Omnipresent and Eternal Mind – one which knows
all facts in their true forms and whose knowledge
has not been conditioned by time and
circumstances. Had it been a human fabrication, it
could not have withstood the test of time, human
vision being, by contrast, narrow and limited.
The basic theme of the Qur’an is salvation in the
life hereafter. That is why it does not fall into the
category of any of the known arts and sciences of
the world. But since it addresses itself to man, it
touches on almost all the disciplines which
