“Miracles of Quraan”

The Whole Quran:

In the Quran, God commanded the Prophet to challenge all of creation to create a book of the stature of the Quran:
“Say: ‘If all mankind and the jinn would come together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce it’s like even though they exerted all and their strength in aiding one another.’” (Quran 17:88)

Ten Chapters:

Next, God made the challenge ostensibly easier by asking those who denied its divine origin to imitate even ten chapters of the Quran:

“Or do they say that he has invented it? Say (to them), ‘Bring ten invented chapters like it, and call (for help) on whomever you can besides God, if you are truthful.” (Quran 11:13)

One Chapter:

This final challenge was to produce even a single chapter to match what is in the Quran, whose shortest chapter, al-Kawthar, consists of only three verses:
“And if you all are in doubt about what I have revealed to My servant, bring a single chapter like it, and call your witnesses besides God if you are truthful.” (Quran 2:23)

1 Miracle of Quraan:

These challenges were not just empty words with no one caring to prove them wrong. Prophet Muhammad’s call to monotheism, to the abolition of idolatry in all its forms, and to the equality of slaves and their masters threatened the whole socio-economic framework of Mecca society in general and the position of the ruling Quraishee tribe from which the Prophet came in particular. Mecca, the trading center of Arabia, as well as its spiritual center, desperately wanted to stop the spread of Islam. Yet all that the Prophet’s opponents had to do to crush the movement was to make up a single chapter like any one of those which the Prophet and his followers were reciting to the people. A number of Quraishee orators and poets tried to imitate the Quran, but they failed. They then resorted to offering him vast amounts of wealth, the position of king over them, and the noblest and beautiful of their women in exchange for his promise to stop inviting people to Islam. He responded to them by reciting the first thirteen verses of Chapter Fussilat until they asked him to stop.[1] The Quraish also resorted to torturing their slaves and relatives who had embraced Islam in a vain attempt to cause them to revert to paganism. Later they organized an economic boycott against the Prophet his followers and the members of his clan, Banu Hashim, in an attempt to starve them into submission. But even this plan eventually failed. Finally, they plotted to kill him in his home by sending armed young men from each of the clans of Quraish in order that the guilt of his murder is shared by all the clans, making revenge by the prophets clan impossible.

2 Miracle of Quran:

However, God enabled the Prophet and his followers to flee Mecca and join a new band of converts who had arisen among the tribes of a city to the north called Yathrib.

Islam spread rapidly through the clans of Yathrib, and within a year Muslims became the city’s majority.

Prophet Muhammad S.A.W was then made the ruler, and the name of the city was changed to Medina an-Nabi (The City of the Prophet may God praise him), which was then shortened to “Medina.” Over the next eight years, the clans of Mecca and its neighboring lands mounted a series of unsuccessful battle campaigns against the emerging Muslim state in Medina, which ended with the Muslim invasion of Mecca itself.

All of this bloodshed could have been avoided if only the Quraish and their allies had been able to produce a mere three lines of poetry or flowing prose similar to the shortest chapter of the Quran. Hence, there can be no doubt about the inimitability of the Quran’s literary style, about the miracle of its rhyme and the marvel of its rhythm.

3 Miracle of Quran:

It has been suggested that the inimitability of the Quran is not necessarily unique, for great English poets like Shakespeare, Chaucer, or great poets in any tendency to have distinctly unique styles that set them apart from their contemporaries. However, if, for example, some leading poet of today were to make an in-depth study of Shakespeare’s writings and write a sonnet in Shakespeare’s style in old ink and on old paper, then claim that he had discovered a lost poem of Shakespeare’s, the literary world would probably accept this claim, even after careful study.

Thus, even the greatest of poets could be imitated; no matter how unique his style was, just as the famous painters have been imitated. In fact, some English scholars consider much of what has been attributed to Shakespeare to have been written by his contemporary, Christopher Marlowe.

The Quran, however, is way above this level, as attempts to forge chapters have been made throughout the ages, yet none has withstood close scrutiny. And, as was mentioned before, the incentive to imitate the Quran was more intense during the time of its revelation when literally skills were at their peak than at any other time, yet there was no successful attempt.

4 Miracle of Quran:

Animals have their own languages:

For centuries philosophers thought that only humans were rational while animals only followed instinct. Actually, this false belief was so entrenched in Arabs that they included it in their grammar, referring to humans as rational (عاقل) and all other animals, plants and inanimate objects as irrational (غير عاقل).

However today scientists have confirmed that animals do not act by instinct alone, but rather animals have their own logic and communication systems, that is, they make rational decisions like humans but at a much lower scale,
However the Quran did not make the mistakes of the Arabs, instead, it says that ants have their own logic and do communicate with their own species:

(Quran 27:18 )
{Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, “O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.”}

Here it is clear that the ants do have their own logic and do communicate.

The Quran also says that all animals glorify Allah but we cannot comprehend their way of glorification:

(Quran 17:44)
{The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him. And there is not a thing except that it exalts [ Allah ] by His praise, but you do not understand their [way of] exalting. Indeed, He is ever Forbearing and Forgiving.}

Animals living together in colonies:

Not only the Quran says that animals communicate with each other but also that they are communities, like humans :

(Quran 6:38 )
{And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings except [that they are] communities like you. We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.}

Today we are certain that animals live in communities and have their own languages but 1450 years ago this was crazy.

5 Miracle of Quran:

The Quran on Human Embryonic Development:

In the Quran, God speaks about the stages of man’s embryonic development:
(Translation of meaning)

 We created man from an extract of clay.  Then We made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly fixed.  Then We made the drop into (leech, suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewed substance)…  (Quran, 23:12-14)

Literally, the Arabic word “alaqah” has three meanings: (1) leech, (2) suspended thing, and (3) blood clot.

👉In comparing a leech to an embryo in the “alaqah” stage, we find similarities in appearance between the two.  Also, the embryo at this stage obtains nourishment from the blood of the mother, similar to the leech, which feeds on the blood of others.

👉The second meaning of the word alaqah is “suspended thing.”  This perfectly describes the suspension of the embryo, during the alaqah stage, in the womb of the mother.

👉The third meaning of the word alaqah is “blood clot.”  We find that the external appearance of the embryo and its sacs during the “alaqah” stage is similar to that of a blood clot.  This is due to the presence of relatively large amounts of blood present in the embryo during this stage.

Also during this stage, the blood in the embryo does not circulate until the end of the third week. Thus, the embryo at this stage is like a clot of blood.
So the three meanings of the word “alaqah” correspond accurately to the descriptions of the embryo at the ” alaqah “.

👉The next stage mentioned in the verse is the “mudghah” stage.  The Arabic word “mudghah ” means “chewed substance.”  If one were to take a piece of gum and chew it in his or her mouth and then compare it with an embryo at the “mudghah” stage, we would conclude that the embryo at the “mudghah” stage acquires the appearance of a chewed substance.  This is because of the somites at the back of the embryo that “somewhat resemble teeth marks in a chewed substance.”