The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an —The Prophet’s Miracle
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been used for a simple battering ram. New styles of
writing emerged. If anyone were to write a book
about why people adopt Islam today, he might call
it. “Li madha aslamna” (Why we accepted Islam),
whereas in the old days rhythmical and decorative
titles were preferred. Many words were adopted by
the Arabic language – the English word “doctor”
for example. But such changes were just on the
surface. Arabic proper still remained the same as it
had been centuries ago, when the Qur’an was
revealed.
LITERARY ADVANCEMENT
Once in a while, writers of outstanding status
appear on a language’s literary scene. When this
happens, the language in which they write
undergoes some change, for their literary
masterpieces influence the mode of popular
expression. In this way languages are continually
passing through progressive evolutionary stages,
until eventually they become quite different from
their original form. With Arabic this did not
happen. At the very outset of Arabic history, the
Qur’an set a literary standard that could not be
