The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an —The Prophet’s Miracle
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practice the teachings of the Qur’an. There is no
other example in the history of the world of any
single book having such an enormous impact on a
people and their language.
Through its development and improvement of the
Arabic language, the Qur’an became a superb
literary masterpiece. Anyone who knows Arabic
can appreciate the unique quality of the Qur’an’s
style as compared to that of any other work of
Arabic literature. The Qur’an is written in a divine
style vastly superior to anything humans can aspire
to. We will close this chapter by relating a story
which clearly portrays the difference between the
work of God and that of man. It is taken from
Sheikh Tantawi’s commentary of the Qur’an,
Al-
Jawahir fi Tafsir Al-Quran Al-Karim.
‘On 13 June 1932,’ Tantawi writes, ‘I met an
Egyptian writer, Kamil Gilani, who told me an
amazing story. One day he was with an American
Orientalist by the name of Finkle, with whom he
enjoyed a deep intellectual relationship. ‘Tell me,
are you still among those who consider the Qur’an a
miracle?’ whispered Finkle in Gilani’s ear, adding a
