Allah, the
Exalted has challenged the Arabs and non-Arabs to produce a Qur'an in
Arabic text similar to the Divine one. The challenge was then reduced to
ten Surahs (chapters), and yet they failed to do so. Finally, Allah
challenged them to produce a single Surah comparable to any of His.
Although they were masters of eloquence, prose and poetry during that
period, the Arabs were still incapable of taking up the challenge. They realized
that it could never be from anyone other than Allah, the Lord of
worlds.
The differences between miracles of the previous Messengers
which proved their veracity, and those of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be
upon him, is that their previous miracles were effective during the
lifetime of everyone of them, whereas the miracle of the Qur'an remains
effective, everlasting and unchallenged until the Day of Judgment.
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