Do they not ponder over the Qur’ân?
If it had been from other than Allâh,
surely they would have found in it many discrepancies/differencesAl-‘Imrân (4): 82
The Preservation of the Holy Qur’ân is probably one of its greatest miracles, for 1400 years this book managed to not only preserve itself in written form, but The Very Word of Allâhﷻ has also been carried etched in the hearts of its recitors and memorizers in a chain that goes back all the way to the Messengerﷺ, the vessel who Allâhﷻ chose to teach the Qur’ân to humankind.
Please note this section isn’t meant to be an exhaustive and comprehensive proof of the claims presented, it is a summary and reference to put things in perspective, if you’re interested in finding more about the claims here, feel free to visit the links at the bottom of this section.
Non-Eternal Universe…
The Originator of the heavens and the earth (from nothing),
and when He decrees a matter,
He only says to it, “Be,” and it is.Al-Baqara (2):117
One of the most commonly accepted theory of cosmology today is that the entire universe was formed out of a hot, smoky mixture of gases and particulate matter, galaxies formed from condensation of spiraling celestial “mists”, than coming together into a union of particle elements into a central core of condensed matter. . It is the rupture of this super-dense central mass from which the “Big Bang” emanated, following which the universe expanded from essentially nothing forming galaxies, stars, planets etc which swim along orbits. After a while by the use of water, life was emerged on earth.
This is the (matchless) Divine Writ
whereof there is no doubt (as authorship belongs to Allâh),
a perfect guidance for the God-conscious (pious)
who believe in the existence of that which is beyond the reach of human perception,
and establish/are constant in worship,
and spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenanceAl-Baqara (2):2-3
Muslims believe that the Qur’ân is the very word of Allâhﷻ; a complete record of the exact words revealed by Allâhﷻ through Angel Gabriel to Prophet Muĥammadﷺ
The Qur’ân, The Last and Final Testament from God was memorized by the Prophet and his followers dedicated to his companions. The Qur’ân is in every detail the same unique and miraculous text that was revealed to Muĥammadﷺ over fourteen centuries ago. The Qur’ân is the principle source of every Muslim’s faith and practice. It deals with all subjects and concerns as human beings, including wisdom, doctrine, worship, and law but its basic theme is the relationship between Allâhﷻ and his creatures. At the same time, the Qur’ân provide guidelines for just society, proper human conducts, and equitable economic principles.
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Gary Miller – Basis for Muslim Belief (54 Minutes)
“…and ask a Muslim, where is your miracle… Muslim can go over and take his miracle off the shelf and hand it to you…”
Gary Miller – Amazing Qur’aan Part 1 (60 Minutes)
“Qur’an is essentially telling us is that creation is a sign, the whole of existance is a sign…we’re given the tools… we need to decode the signs” (Hamza Yusuf)
“Islamic revivalism can be interpreted as the second intervention of Islam in trying to bring Western civilization into balance. When Europe of the middle ages preoccupied with a religious supremacy which even ruled over reason and science, it was Islam which introduced Greek rationalism and science into Europe…Islam gave the west through its Arabian universities much of the source material of the enlightenment which made the west what it now is. Today Islam is trying to reintroduce the idea of Holy into a western society…” (Thomas Cleary quotes from a British Economy Magazine)
