A living miracle
Every single human on earth needs to know the following information. This information is so unbelievably exclusive that it could prove vitalto their very existence.
Your instincts and decision making facultiesshould have by now made you convinced that a creator exists.
This very creator must have surely communicated with mankind at some point in our history. This creator must have provided answers to those questions that every single human being has asked at some point in their lives.
Questions like where did I come from? What happens after death? The origins of theuniverse? Etc.
So this may come as a shock and surprise to youbut there ACTUALLY is a book that exists todaythat is claiming an extremely sensationalist claim!
The claim is that this book has not been written by a human being! At this point many of you may start thinking …” oh here we go, some crazy dude, in a fantasy world, some religious nut …!”
But those claiming they are intelligent, intellectuals, well read or the ‘know it alls’! Should look into this. What is there to lose? If you see yourself as rational ‘normal ‘personwith a sane working mind then you can distinguish between what is false and what’s makes sense!
So see for yourself if the following makes sense:
So this book is saying or claiming that it is inimitable or in other words this cannot be matched by any other books. It is matchless or surpassed or cannot be written again.
The book we are discussion is the Quran.
1. The Unique Literary Form of the Qur’an
The Qur’an is a unique form of Arabic speech. The form of its language cannot be described as prose or poetry. It achieves this unique literary form by,
I. Intermingling metrical and non-metrical speech
ii. Transcending the defining features of saj’ (rhymed prose)
iii. Using literary and linguistic devices that render it stylistically distinct
The totality of every chapter has a special character, with its own unique form, and its unique use of literary devices. These features of the Qur’an are part of the reason of why it has not been emulated to this day. Please access the link below to download the new research that explains how the Qur’an achieves this unique literary form.
2. The Unique Linguistic Genre
The Qur’an achieves a unique linguistic genre by fusing cohesive and rhetorical elements of language in every sentence. In the Qur’an these two elements can not be divorced from eachother, any change to a Qur’anic phrase ceases to be or sound like the Qur’an. Arabic texts mostly employ cohesive elements of language, however the Qur’an is the only text to have rhetorical and cohesive features in every phrase.
3. Eloquence
The Qur’an can only be described as the ‘peak of eloquence’. It selects the perfect words in the most apt arrangements to achieve the intended communicative goal. When the Qur’an is comparedto any other Arabic text, past or present, it transcends the choices made by human authors; including words, pronouns, sounds, rhythms and particles.
4. Frequency of Rhetorical Features
The Qur’an is a ‘sea of rhetoric’. The Qur’an exhibits an unparalleled frequency of rhetorical features, surpassing any other Arabic text, classical or modern. The use of rhetoric in the Quran stands out from any type of discourse.
A close up analysis of the Quran can highlight a wide range and frequency of rhetoricalfeatures.This is a comprehensive subject that requires further analysis, however to highlight the Qur’ans uniqueness, the following list has been provided to show that the Qur’an employs more rhetorical features than any other rhymed prose; past or present.
5. Rational Deduction
This argument is based upon a well knownhistorical fact, supported by Eastern and Western Scholarship. Before we start to discussthe historical realities of the Qur’an and linguistic capabilities of the Classical Arabs, we first need to explain what we mean by ‘rational deduction’.
Rational Deduction is the thinking process starting with one universally accepted statement that no one can doubt, and using rational deduction, drawing logical conclusions that draw from that statement.
With regards to the Qur’an, the universally accepted statement is that the Arabs at the time of revelation reached the peak of expressing themselves in the Arabic language. The Qur’an came with a challenge – to produce 3 lines ofArabicthat will match the linguistic and literary reality of the text. Many at the time of revelation attempted to challenge the Qur’an, and as can be seen by the preserved written challenges, they all failed. They came to the conclusion that it was a form of ‘magic’ and what is interesting to note is that they never claimed that Muhammad was the author or the Qur’an.
So who was the Author?
When questioning the authorship of the Qur’an, in the context of the ‘universally accepted statement’ and the other arguments below, one must first understand who the Qur’an could have possible come from. There are a few options:
i. An Arab ii. A non-Arab iii. Muhammad iv. The Creator
The Qur’an is matchless in its Arabic and beyond comparison amongst other literature. It defies sense for it to have been written by someone who could not understand Arabic. Think of a literary work in English e.g. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Could one without English have been the author? Do the same for literature in other languages. Dante’s Divine Comedy, Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Aristophanes’ Clouds and so on. It would not be serious to claim that such work could be achieved without access to the language itself therefore the first option of a non-Arab authoring the Qur’an can be safely eliminated.
If the Qur’an was authored by an Arab then the test of inimitability would not pose a real challenge just as it does not in other languages. Whatever one writes another can write a little in the same style but the challenge has been attempted by leading authorities in Arabic throughout history and has left all exhausted. Whenever an Arab attempts a passage trying to imitate the Qur’an’s style and literary form he/she remains utterly elusive so we can safely state that the author of the Qur’an could not have been an Arab.
Muhammad, for all his greatness, was still an Arab like his brethren. It is also a matter of fact that the Prophet Muhammad was never accused of authoring the Qur’an by his contemporaries, even those who sought his death and ruin. Furthermore the hadith(recorded narrations attributed to the Prophet) are in a totally different style to the Qur’an. How can any man speak with two distinct styles over a 23 year period?
The only rational answer left is the Creator.
So now it makes sense to make more research on this book. Compare all the other great books ofhistory with the Quran. None of these other books will rarely make claims of divinity.
Check it out , don’t be lazy! Happy researching!
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http://www.theinimitablequran.com
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