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THE
EXTRAORDINARY
COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE
QURAN IN AIMS,
SUBJECT
MATTER, MEANING, STYLES,
BEAUTIES, AND SUBTLETIES
When
studied attentively, the
suras and verses
of the Quran of
miraculous expression,
particularly the opening
sections of its suras
and the beginnings and
ends of its verses, it
will clearly be seen
that, although the Quran
contains all types of
eloquence, all varieties
of fine speech, all
categories of elevated
style, all examples of
good morals and virtues,
all principles of
natural sciences, all
indexes of knowledge of
God, all beneficial
rules of individual and
social life, and all
enlightening laws of the
exalted reasons and
purposes of creation, no
trace of confusion and
perplexity is found in
it. Indeed, it can only
be the work of an
all-powerful,
miraculously systematic
thinking that it does
not give rise to any
confusion or
contradiction among so
many multifarious
topics. Again, it can
only be the
extraordinary work of a
source of miracles like
the Quran, which sees
and shows the truth, is
familiar with the
Unseen, and bestows
guidance, to tear up
with its penetrating
expressions the veil of
the commonplace over
things and events, which
is the cause of compound
ignorance leading to
such trends of unbelief
as atheism and
materialism, and to show
the extraordinariness
behind that veil, and
also, with the diamond
sword of proof, to cut
to pieces naturalism
which is the source of
misguidance, and to
remove with its
thunder-like cries the
thick layers of the
sleep of heedlessness,
and to uncover the
hidden meanings of
existence and the
mysteries of creation,
which philosophers and
scientists have been
unable to do.
When
approached with a fair,
attentive mind, it will
clearly be seen that
unlike other books, the
verses of the Quran do
not pursue a series of
arguments gradually
unfolded on certain
interrelated subjects.
Rather, they give the
impression that each, or
each group of them, was
sent from afar
separately at one time
as if codes of an
extremely solemn and
important communication
made ‘public’ in
steps. Indeed, who else
other than the Creator
of the universe can
carry on such a
communication so much
concerned with the
universe and its Creator
as the Quran; who could
dare to come forward
and, as he wishes, make
the Majestic Creator
speak and cause the
universe to ‘speak’
so truly? In fact, the
Owner of the universe
speaks and makes the
universe speak in the
Quran most seriously,
most truthfully and in
the most elevated style,
so that no one can find
in it any signs of
imitation. Supposing the
impossible, if someone
like Musaylima the Liar,
were to appear and go so
far as to make the
All-Mighty,
All-Compelling and
Majestic Creator of the
universe speak as he
wishes and make the
universe speak to Him,
there would certainly be
thousands of signs of
imitation and pretence.
For every manner of
those who put on great
airs even in their
basest states shows
their pretence. Consider
the following verses
which declare this truth
with an oath:
By
the star when it
plunged, your
comrade is not
astray, neither
errs, nor speaks he
out of caprice. This
is naught but a
Revelation revealed.
(53:1-4)
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