My interpretation of the "Produce a Surah
(Chapter) like it" challenge of Allah Almighty to Mankind in the Noble Quran:
The sections of this article are:
1- The Surah like it challenge.
-
The wars of apostasy argument.
2- So what type of challenge is Allah Almighty challenging us here?
- The Arabs'
poetry and philosophy were thoroughly defeated by the Quran's Literature.
- The book, any
book, must prove itself to be Divine.
This is the Quran-Challenge.
1-
The Surah like it challenge:
Let us look at Noble Verse 2:23 "And
if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant,
then
produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any)
besides God, if your (doubts) are true."
Let us look at Noble Verse 17:88 "Say:
'If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to
produce the like of this
Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other
with help and support.'"
In the above two Noble Verses we see two different challenges: One challenge in
the first Noble Verse from Allah Almighty to the unbelievers from the Arabs to produce one
Chapter similar to the one in the Noble Quran, and another challenge in the second Noble
Verse from Allah Almighty to Mankind to produce a whole Book like the Noble Quran.
The challenge in Noble Verse 17:88 to Mankind proves that Allah Almighty is not
limiting His challenge to the Arabic language only, because we see Him clearly challenging
all of Mankind and the Jinns as well. Otherwise, He would've said "If the whole
of Arabs were to gather together to....." We also see that the challenge is
also not only limited to the Global languages that Mankind speaks, but also to the
language or languages that the Jinns speak or communicate among themselves.
It is true
that the Arabic stylistic composition of the Noble Quran is miraculous, and is impossible
to imitate. No one can really imitate it. Allah Almighty's challenge was never
met by the strong Arabic poets 1500 years ago. In fact, the Arab pagans,
who were mostly
poets, embraced
Islam because of the Spiritually and Miraculously attractive language
and style of the Noble Quran. Today, many Arab Christians who are affluent
with the Arabic language poetry, structure, and grammar embrace Islam just by
simply listening to the recitation of the Noble Quran on TV or radio.
Question: Do not the
wars of apostasy, after the death of Prophet Muhammad, prove that the
Quran is not miraculous?
Answer: The wars of apostasy happened mostly against the Eastern Arabs (Islam
began from Western Arabia), who:
1- Didn't fully receive Islam.
2- Many of them were still pagans when they waged
wars on Islam.
3- From their pagans, there emerged three false
prophets, and all of them, - they and their false texts, - were forever destroyed.
2- So what type of challenge is Allah Almighty challenging
us here?
Religious books, in general, can be produced in any other language
than Arabic. But however, the miraculous imitation of the style, poetry and language
is impossible. So a man-made book can sound ok or good, but it can never be
miraculous. At least so far, no Arab was able to imitate the miracle of the Noble
Quran. The type of challenge that Allah Almighty is challenging us here is both
physical and
spiritual. The physical one is the imitation of the Noble Quran
and Its Textual Miracles [1]
[2]
[3]
[4], and the spiritual
one is the guidance and Divine Inspiration
that should exist in the man-made book that is supposed to defeat the Glorious
Quran.
There are more than 1.5 billion Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") today. Prophet Muhammad did not convert
sticks to snakes, or split the sea in half, or raise the dead, or cure the blind, or
perform any of the Miracles that Allah Almighty's Messengers did in the past peace be upon
all of them. Prophet Muhammad came with a Book revealed to Him by Allah Almighty. The miracle
is in inspiring the reader of the Noble Quran, and to make him accept the
Divine Message of Islam, which is believing in Allah Almighty as the One True Living GOD
Almighty, is the spiritual challenge that Allah Almighty declared on both Mankind and the Jinns combined together:
"Those whom God (in His plan) willeth to guide,-
He openeth
their chest to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying,- He maketh their
chest tight and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies: thus doth God (heap) the
penalty on those who refuse to believe. (The Noble
Quran, 6:125)"
"Thy Lord knoweth best who strayeth from His way: He knoweth
best who they are that receive His guidance. (The Noble
Quran, 6:117)"
The miracle of the Noble Quran lives within it. All of the miracles that the
Messengers of Allah Almighty before Muhammad had performed died when they died. The
miracle that Prophet Muhammad brought to earth lived after his death, and will live until
the Day of Judgment. This is the challenge of Allah Almighty that no Man or Jinn can
meet. Many can try to produce chapters that have similar literature that of the Noble Quran,
as some already
done so, but non of these man-made books can convert a single person. Only Allah Almighty's Divine Revelations such as the Noble Quran can,
as the Holy Book attracted the overwhelming majority of all Arabs to Islam, when
they were a nation that was addicted to poetry.
So a false prophet's words would not survive with them.
This is the Miracle of the Noble Quran, and the Miracle of Islam.
The Arabs' poetry and philosophy were thoroughly defeated by the Quran's
Literature.
"Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against
God, or saith, "I have received inspiration," when he hath received none, or
(again) who saith, "I can reveal the like of what God hath revealed"?
If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion at death! - the
angels stretch forth their hands, (saying),"Yield up your souls: this day shall ye
receive your reward,- a penalty of shame, for that ye used to tell lies against God, and
scornfully to reject of His signs!" (The Noble
Quran, 6:93)"
Here are
some of my favorite Stunning Numerical and Scientific
Miracles in the Glorious Quran that are listed in
the main sections,
below:
1-
The root for message and all of its
derivatives, such as messenger and others
occurs
513
times throughout the Glorious Quran. The
Prophets' and Messengers', peace be upon them, actual names
(Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all combined mentioned
513 times
in the Glorious Quran. The detailed
breakdown of all of this is thoroughly
listed here.
Coincidence?
See
1,000s
of examples! [1]. (zip file).
2-
The Great Miracle. Allah
Almighty in the Holy Quran called the Number
19 Miracle "One of the
Mighty
Ones (Miracles)" (74:30-37)
[1]
[2].
See the 100s of Noble Verses that clearly
testify to this Great Miracle. Also,
did you know that Allah Almighty Said in
Surat Nuh (that's Noble Chapter Nuh (Noah))
that Prophet Noah lived for
950 years
among his people.
Yet,
all Praise and Glory are due to Allah
Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah is
exactly written in
950
Letters
[1]
[2]!
You can thoroughly see this in the scanned
images that thoroughly verify every single
Noble Letter, in the links. Click on
the links to see the many other Numerical
Miracles in the Holy Quran. Also, see
the Numerical Miracles
section along with all of the
other great sections. Also,
1,000s of examples in
zip &
PDF (fonts)
files all demonstrated in this
article.
3-
19 X 115 = 2185 Number 19 and BASMALA
Miracle. The total
numerical value of Noble Verses
74:30-37 themselves, which are
the heart of the Number 19 Miracle, has a
stunning Miracle in it. The value of
these Noble Verses matches the
multiplication of the BASMALA's number of
letters (19
Letters) and their total numerical values (115):
19 X 115 = 2185.
The Basmala, which full text in Arabic means
"In the Name of Allah The Most Beneficent,
The Most Merciful"
is the Key to the Glorious Quran. It
is recited first before reading the Holy
Quran, and it is also obligatory upon every
Muslim to start with the Basmala before
starting any task. Again, 1,000s of
examples in
zip &
PDF (fonts)
files all demonstrated in this
article.
4- The
Glorious Quran has 114 Chapters. The sum of
those Chapters is
6555
(1+2+...+114 = 6555). There are also
6236
Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran. Now, if
you add each Chapter's number with the number of
its Verses, then you get a list of numbers.
So 1 (first Chapter) + 7 (# of its Verses) =
8. Do this for all Chapters.
1-
The sum of the odd numbers from the list =
6555. 2- The sum of the
even numbers from the list =
6236.
See the
XLS file for 100% confirmation. Also, see the ample STUNNING Numerical Miracles in the Glorious Quran, with 1,000s of examples! [1] (zip file).. See also the ample Textual Miracles [2] in the Glorious Quran, where Noble Words are spelled in certain ways depending on their certain historical and geographical context and timing in the Noble Verse.
1-
Geology, Earth's spherical
expansion, formation, Mountains
and Oceanology.
2-
The Universe,
Time, Astronomy, UFOs
and Space Shuttles.
3-
Embryology, Human
Anatomy, Formation, and
Creation.
4-
STUNNING Numerical Miracles
in the Glorious Quran.
With 1,000s of examples!
[4]. See also the ample Textual Miracles [2] in the Glorious Quran, where Noble Words are spelled in certain ways depending on their certain historical and geographical context and timing in the Noble Verse.
5-
Medicine, Humans, Insects
and Animals.
6-
Life, Origins of life from
water and dust in the
Noble Quran, Plants and their
origins.
7-
Psychology.
8-Archeology and History.
9-
Great Web Sites and Online
Books.
10-
Rebuttals.
11-
General articles.
12-
STUNNING
Prophecies,
and
Allah's
Divine Promises
to reveal the Quran's Miracles.
"When the sky
disintegrates, and turns
rose colored like paint
(وردة
كالدهان)."
(The Noble Quran,
55:37)
[2]
[3]
As we also see from the picture, Noble Verse 55:37 is a Divine Promise (Allah promised to show mankind) that mankind will actually see this come to pass one day. NASA and other space agencies, by Allah Almighty's Will, have certainly fulfilled this Prophecy, because a natural rose wouldn't form when a "Heaven" or a Solar System or even an entire galaxy and its trillions of solar systems all blow up (explode). It is rather the look of it, and this is exactly what NASA confirms.
The
Glorious Quran
declares that the
earth is
spherical:
[1]
Allah Almighty
in the Glorious Quran said that earth is:
- Spherical: "egg-shaped" [1]. - Is rotating around itself. - Is moving in space in
curvy orbits [2]. - Is in constant motion. - Is suspended in space. - Is
swimming in space. - Is traveling through the constantly
expanding universe [3].
- The
sunsetless
North Pole miracle in the Glorious Quran
[4].
This is an actual word. Historians have proven that the Barbarians of the North used to speak unintelligibly. The actual meaning of the word "Barbarian" is someone who speaks unintelligibly. The description of the people of the North, whose North Pole is truly sunsetless (see ample pictures), perfectly fits the Barbarians of the Vikings in the Scandinavian and other Barbarians in the near by lands:
Dhil-Qarnayn literally means "man of two horns"
Dhil = One who has. قرنين Qarnayn = two horns. Qarnayn is a dual plural of Qarn (horn). Three or more horns is Quroon, in Arabic.
Noble Verses
53:18 and 18:91
are also prophetically linked together;
that Prophet Muhammad also saw what Dhil-Qarnayn ذي القرنين
saw. Also visit:
-
The Glorious Quran also speaks about
many earths
[5]
and not just earth.
- The Glorious Quran
predicts 11 planets in our
solar system [6].
In the end, Allah Almighty uses the Glorious Quran to "...Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth..." (74:31). The infidels misuse the Glorious Quran to find "scientific errors". The Glorious Quran is Allah Almighty's Perfect Divine Holy Book. It contains no scientific error. Visit the following example and the link to see 1000s of Numerical and Scientific Miracles:
1- The root for message and all of its derivatives, such as messenger and others occurs 513 times throughout the Glorious Quran. The Prophets' and Messengers', peace be upon them, actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all combined mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here.
Coincidence? See 1,000s of examples! [1]. (zip file).
This is a picture of the
seven encyclopedic dictionaries that I
used that thoroughly demonstrate the Noble Words that contain
the Scientific Miracles in them, and how they were used by the
Arabs of old before and after Islam. Ample quotations, sayings,
proverbs and examples quoted from these dictionaries at:
www.answering-christianity.com/detailed_meanings_of_scientific_words_in_verses.htm
6-
The Glorious Quran's
Perfect Preservation
despite all of the
odds and the many challenges to corrupt It.
7- Prophet Muhammad, and Divine Islam, and the New Covenant from Arabia were thoroughly prophesied in previous scriptures.
The book, any book, must prove itself to be
Divine. This is the Quran-Challenge:
So producing a false quran is
nothing new. In the article in
my previous post above, I even
quoted this Noble Verse:
"Who can be more wicked than one
who
inventeth a lie against God,
or saith, "I
have received inspiration,"
when he hath received none, or
(again) who saith, "I can reveal
the like of what God hath
revealed"? If thou couldst but
see how the wicked (do fare) in
the flood of confusion at death!
- the angels stretch forth their
hands, (saying),"Yield up your
souls: this day shall ye receive
your reward,- a penalty of
shame, for that ye used to tell
lies against God, and scornfully
to reject of His signs!"
(The Noble Quran, 6:93)"
So producing any
hogwash text and calling it
quran is not the Divine
Challenge here, because any bozo
can do it. It is producing a
Book like the Glorious Quran's
Spiritual and Physical Miracles
that truly attracted millions
upon millions to Islam, and
to prove
Itself
to be a truly a Divine Book from
GOD Almighty, and not just any
mere piece of literature.
We Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") believe that some previous
scriptures have remnants of Divine Truth in them. For more on
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in previous scriptures, visit:
Also, what agrees with the Glorious Quran, from
Hadiths and non-Islamic texts, is closest to the Truth, but not
absolute Truth like the Pure Holy Quran. This is according to the
Glorious Quran Itself:
As Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more"), it is not our problem
to sort out the non-Muslims' corrupted scriptures. This is why
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, commanded us to neither say
they are false nor true when they're used as evidence. We always
must say Allah Almighty alone knows what is True and what is false
in them. This is also why Allah Almighty Said this about the
Glorious Quran:
[018:001] Praise be to
God, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed therein
no Crookedness:
[039:028] (It is) a
Quran in Arabic,
without any crookedness
(therein): in order that they may guard against Evil.
Only the Holy Quran is without crookedness and
man-made lies. All other scriptures are crooked. Again, visit the
above link.
Dhul Qarnayn's story. Sunrise
and sunset.
Also Why
حمئة
and not حاميةٍ.
Dhil Qarnayn's journey is detailed
with scientific and geographical
maps that are more 1000 years old.
Allah Almighty
in the Glorious Quran said that earth is:
- Spherical: "egg-shaped" [1]. - Is rotating around itself. - Is moving in space in
curvy orbits [2]. - Is in constant motion. - Is suspended in space. - Is
swimming in space. - Is traveling through the constantly
expanding universe [3].
- The
sunsetless
North Pole miracle in the Glorious Quran
[4].
This is an actual word. Historians have proven that the Barbarians of the North used to speak unintelligibly. The actual meaning of the word "Barbarian" is someone who speaks unintelligibly. The description of the people of the North, whose North Pole is truly sunsetless (see ample pictures), perfectly fits the Barbarians of the Vikings in the Scandinavian and other Barbarians in the near by lands:
Dhil-Qarnayn literally means "man of two horns"
Dhil = One who has. قرنين Qarnayn = two horns. Qarnayn is a dual plural of Qarn (horn). Three or more horns is Quroon, in Arabic.
Noble Verses
53:18 and 18:91
are also prophetically linked together;
that Prophet Muhammad also saw what Dhil-Qarnayn ذي القرنين
saw. Also visit:
-
The Glorious Quran also speaks about
many earths
[5]
and not just earth.
- The Glorious Quran
predicts 11 planets in our
solar system [6].
In the end, Allah Almighty uses the Glorious Quran to "...Thus doth God leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth..." (74:31). The infidels misuse the Glorious Quran to find "scientific errors". The Glorious Quran is Allah Almighty's Perfect Divine Holy Book. It contains no scientific error. Visit the following example and the link to see 1000s of Numerical and Scientific Miracles:
1- The root for message and all of its derivatives, such as messenger and others occurs 513 times throughout the Glorious Quran. The Prophets' and Messengers', peace be upon them, actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all combined mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here.
Coincidence? See 1,000s of examples! [1]. (zip file).