The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an —The Prophet’s Miracle
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have been at work on the Arabic language over the
last 1500 years, but amazingly it has remained
intact. This extraordinary resilience of the Arabic
language is entirely due to the miraculous spell the
Qur’an has cast on it.
After the coming of Islam, Arabs settled in many
parts of Africa and Asia where other languages
besides Arabic were spoken. Their intermingling
with other races, however, did not have any effect
on the Arabs’ language, which remained in its
original state. There are also instances of other
peoples changing over to Arabic, such as the Jewish
tribes who left Syria in 70 A.D. and settled in
Medina where, having come in contact with the
Arabic speaking ‘Amaliqa tribe, they adopted
Arabic as their language, although the Arabic they
spoke was different from common Arabic,
retaining, a strong Hebrew influence.
In the very first century after the revelation of the
Qur’an, Arabic was exposed to the sort of forces
which cause a language to alter radically. This was
when Islam spread among various Arab tribes, who
began to congregate in major Muslim cities.
