Divine Signs in the Qur’an

There are manifest signs in the Qur’an that comvince its reader or hearer that it is from Allah (SWT) and that it is impposible to be otherwise. Following are some of these signs:

1.Continuous freshness:

If you admire an excellent poem and enjoy it when you hear it, it will not retain its elegance and enchanting effect when you hear it again and again although it is said and repeated by the same tongue and heard by the same ear. That is because human speech loses its elegance and beauty through repetition. The reciter of the Qur’an finds a miraculous aspect when he reads and rereads it, for he finds it new no matter how many times he has read or heard it. Muslims repeat reading surat al-Fatihah and other short surahs everyday, yet they all agree that the Holy Qur’an never becomes stale, which is a sign recognised by the readers of the Qur’an everywhen and everywhere. It is also a sign that characterizes every surah. A prominent orientalist, Leon,  acknowledged this fact, saying: “It suffices that the Qur’an has retained its glory and magnificance in that   the passage of fourteen ceturies has not made it stale in the least; it is still fresh as if it had been revealed only yesterday.

2. Its being a spirit (inspiration) sent by the Command of Allah:

Speech usually reflects the speaker’s personality, knowledge, experience and attributes. The reader of the Qur’an feels that it is Allah (SWT) Who speaks to him. Allah (SWT) says: “And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to you.” (XLII: 52) The Qur’an carries a special secret and special dominance that cause the speaker to believe it is the word of Allah (SWT).

3. It is uinque speech:

Human speech is of  approximate levels and categories and the speech of one person can be merged with that of another. The Qur’an, on the other hand, represents a distinctive level and a special category of speech that is distinguishable from all human speech. When an orator or a writer quotes Qur’anic Verses you will notice the obvious differnece between the standard of Allah’s Speech and that of human beings. Such difference is recognized by the hearer and the reader. In contrast any type of human speech can be mixed up with another type without making one notice the difference.[18]

4. Its strong effect and the ecstacy and awe its reader and hearer are filled with:

If a reader reads a piece of human speech on any subject and then reads Qur’anic Verses dealing with the same subject, he will feel the great difference between the effect of the Speech of  Allah (SWT) and that of human beings on him.

Notice the difference between the effect of what you hear from an orator when he uses the Words of  Allah and the effect of his own words. Try to advise others through your own speech and then advise them by using the Speech of Allah (SWT) and then notice the diffenrence of the effect reflected on the faces of the audience and inside yourself, provided that you explain the Qur’anic expressions unknown to the public nowadays.

An orientalist realized this Divine Sign, as did others, to say: “The style of the Qur’an is beautiful and exhaustive. It is strange that it fascinates the minds of Christians with its style and attracts them to its recitation, both those who believed in it and those who did not believe in it and opposed it.” We have already mentioned its effect on the infidels of Quraish. It suffices to think of the tremendous effect it produced on the life of the illiterate Arabs till it created from among them the best ummah for people to guide humanity with knowledge, justice and right, and to assimilate nations in its melting pot, irrespective of their racial and color differences.

An experiment on the effect of Qur’an on neural tension:

Dr. Ahmad al-Qadi carried out an experiment in one of the clinics of (Akbar)[19] to to find out whether the Qur’an has any effect on the functions of the organs of the body and to measure such effect if any. Electronic monitoring instruments connected to computers were used to measure any physiological changes that may occur to a number of  deaf volunteers during their listening to the recitation of the Qur’an. The effect of the Qur’an on a number of Arabic and non-Arabic speaking Muslims and also on a number of Arabic and non-Arabic speaking non-Muslims was recorded and measured. For the latter group of subjects, some verses of the Qur’an were recited in Arabic followed by a translation of their meaning into English. 97 of these preliminary trials proved that the Qur’an had an analgesic effect on subjects in the form of physiological changes, indicating decrease in the tension of the autonomic nervous system.[20]

Preleminary studies have showed that the analgesic effect of the Qur’an can be attributed to two factors:

1.     The tone of the Qur’anic words irrespective of whether they were understood by the subject or not, and irrespective of whether the subject is a Muslim or not.

2.     The meanings of the Qur’anic words  even though conveyed in English without being accompanied by Arabic recitation of the Holy Qur’an.

Therefore, he conducted the researches of the second stage that included comparative studies to find out whether the analgesic effect of the Qur’an and the accopanying phsyiological changes are attributed to the recitation of  the Qur’an or to other factors, such as the tone, the  resonance of the Arabic Qur’anic recitation, or the fact that the listener is aware that what is recited to him is part of a holy scripture. The goal of the study is then to verify the hypothesis that the Qur’anic words by themselves have a physiological effect irrespective of whether they are understood by the listener or not. The trials were conducted in 42 therapeutic sessions. Each session included five trials and the total numer of the trials was 210. In 85 trials Qur’anic verses were recited to the volunteers. In another 85 trials non-Qur’anic Arabic texts were read also in a hymnal form so as to match Qur’anic texts with respect to tone, and effect on the ear.  In 40 trials the subjects were not given any reading. In all three cases subjects were provided with a comfortable sitting environment with their eyes closed. Silent trials had no analgesic effect, whereas positive results were 65% from Qur’anic readings and 33% only from non-Qur’anic readings. 

A prominent Yemeni official told me that if he was awaken at night he would not be able to resume his sleep, in which case he would resort to listening to the Qur’an to get relaxed and sleep again. Everyone experiencing such a state can use the same therapeutic method. A lot of people suffering from neural tension  get relaxed and sleep on listening to Allah’s Speech. This power, which has effect on the nerves, indicates its sublime Divine Source. Allah (SWT) says: “…Verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest!” (XIII: 28)

The effect on the contemporary poet Niqola Hanna, who had been Christian and then declared his belief in the Qur’an and the Messenger (peace be upon him):

He said : “I read the Qur’an and it astounded me; I looked deeply into it and it enchanted me. I read it again and believed in it… I believed in the Great Qur’an and the Messenger, who conveyed it—the Noble Arab Prophet.” He then added: “What would prevent me from believing while the Miracle of the Qur’an is there and I look at it and feel it all the time? It is not like other miracles…It is a mortal self-evident Divine Miracle; it is not in need of somebody to talk about it or propagate it…Previous religions were and are in need of innumerable scholars, missionaries, arguments and proofs to urge people to convert to them, for they did not have something visible and tangible to implant their principles in the heart. Islam, on the other hand, has dispensed with all that for Qur’an is the most knowledgeable teacher and the highly-guided missionary. It is the most truthful witness, the most convincing argument and the most cogent proof. It is the Miracle that is as immortal as the Sempiternal One God. It is the Miracle that is seen and perceived at all times.” He then composed a poem to show the miraculous nature of the Qur’an and its greatness.[21]

5. Its being free from contradictions and inconsistencies:

People’s opinions and decisions are not stable but change and vary according to the disposition of the person and the circumstances surrounding him, such as weakness, fear, distress, poverty, lack of information, etc. and their opposites. You notice this reflected in any human work. In contrast you cannot detect such inconsistency in the Book of Allah (SWT), Who, He be Glorified, is not changed by circumstances, and Whose Knowledge has no defect.  Allah (SWT) says: “Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy.” (IV: 82)

Although the Qura’an comprises long and short chapters and was revealed at intervals and under different circumstances and covers numerous sciences and discusses a wide range of subjects, we find its parts verifying one another and its last part completes its first part.[22]

6. Its extensive sciences:

The Qur’an comprises such sciences and knowledge as will lead humanity to the path of truth, rightness and happiness in all their affairs both in this life and the Hereafter, and protect them against evil everywhen and everywhere. Such sciences are so precise, authentic, noble in purpose, clear in argument, positive in effect and universally beneficial that Muhammad (peace be upon him)—being an illiterate unlearned man living among illiterate people—could never have produced them by himself. Nay, it is even impossible for all the scholars, literarymen, philosophers and ethicists of the earth to produce the same even if they worked cooperatively together.[23] The sciences in the Qur’an are enough evidence for every reasonable fair person that the Qur’an is from Allah and cannot be from any other source. Following are three examples of the sciences it contains.

A.  Its telling information about the unseen in the past, at present and in the future:

Among the instances of telling information about the unseen in the past we have the stories about ancient nations unknown to Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his people, such as the story of Allah’s Prophet Noah (peace be upon him) with his people, the oldest ummah in earth. Noah (peace be upon him) called his people to wordhip Allah (SWT) and abandon worshipping others besides him. He continued preaching for one thousand but fifty years, yet only a few persons responded positively to him. He then requested his Lord to grant him victory over his enemies, whereupon Allah sent down heavy rain and caused springs to gush forth from the earth to drown the infidels. Allah rescued the faithful and Noah (peace be upon him) on board a ship. Allah (SWT) informed His Prophet (peace be upon him), in the Qur’an after telling the story of Noah (peace be upon him) with his people in surat Hud, that the story was concerned with the unseen that neither Muhammad (peace be upon him) nor his people had known, and that Allah told it as a lesson and to comfort His Prophet (peace be upon him). Allah (SWT) says: “Such are some of the stories of the unseen, which We have revealed unto you: before this, neither you nor your people knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous.” (II: 49)

If the infidels at the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) had known anything thereof it would have been a good opportunity for them to accuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) of telling lies, but they kept silent. 

The Story of Haman:

“Haman” is mentioned six times in the Holy Qur’an. His name is mentioned along with the name of Pharaoh as one of his favorites. Pharaoh employed him in construction work and asked him to build a lofty tower to climb it. Allah (SWT) says: “And Pharaoh said: ‘O Haman! Build for me a tower that I may attain the means of access, the means of access to the heavens, then reach the god of Moses, and I surely think him to be a liar. Thus was made alluring, in Pharaoh's eyes, the evil of his deeds, and he was hindered from the Path; and the plot of Pharaoh led to nothing but perdition (for him).” (XL: 36-37)

These two Verses confirm the existence of a person called Haman, who was close to Pharaoh, who used to employ him in construction work.

While the name “Haman” is not mentioned in the Torah in any of the stories reporting the life of Allah’s Prophet Moses (peace be upon him), it is mentioned in one of the books of the Old Testament.[24] But this book refers to Haman as a helper of the Babylonian king in Iraq, who persecuted the Israelites. But such events took place a very long time, approximately 1100 years, after the time of Allah’s Prophet Moses.  

Some critics of Islam[25] claim that Muhammad (peace be upon him) wrote the Qur’an by copying the stories of ancient nations from the Torah and the Gospel and that he misrepresented the personality of Haman by identifying him as a helper of Pharaoh, while—according to them—he was the helper of the Babylonian king.

Modern aercheological dicoveries have proved the truthfulness of what is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and the absurdity of these claims after the Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet have been diciphered. In the hieroglyphic texts the personality of Haman and his job are described.

The name was referred to in a monument in the Hof Museum in Vienna.[26] The name also appeared in a book titled “People in the New Kingdom”[27] that was prepared based on the entire collection of inscriptions, where Haman is said to be “the head of stone quary workers”.[28]

All this proves the fact stated in the Qur’an that Haman lived in Egypt and was responsible for construction works. Such information was not available at the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) because hieroglyphic writing had been forsaken a long time before. The oldest known example of the use of hieroglyphic writing was an inscription dated 394 AD.[29] Then that language was forgotten, leaving nobody who could decipher its symbols or understand it till about 200 years ago. The mystry of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphis was solved in 1799 when a tablet called “the Rosette Stone” dating back to 196 BC was discovered. The decoding of hieroglyphics provided us with a lot of information about the religious, economic, historical and other aspects of the ancient Egyptian civilization, including the personality of Haman and his work, as is mentioned in the Qur’an. Whence then did Muhammad (peace be upon him) bring this knowledge, which was unknown to mankind at his time and continued as such till about 200 years ago?

Such unknown knowledge could not be but from a Divine Source, from Allah, Who knows everything, for it tells the name of a person who lived with Pharaoh and mentions his post although this name was dropped from other holy scriptures and never mentioned in history and was only discovered 12 certuries after the revelation of Qur’an when the Rosette Stone was discovered to enable aercheologists to decipher the symbols of hieroglyphics and come across the name of Haman mentioned in the Pharaonic inscriptions and the information that he was the Minister of Pharaoh for construction affairs, as the Qur’an stated.[30]

Unknown information at the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him):

As the Qur’an tells us about the unknown of the past, it told of some events that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) did not witness—and they took place at his time, yet they were unknown to him—and Allah made them known to him. Following are some examples:

Once the Prophet (peace be upon him) confided to one of his wives that he had made it forbidden for himself to drink the honey that was with some of his wives for he suspected that it smelt bad.[31] He told her not to tell anyone of that. She, however, told some of his wives of it. Allah (SWT) disclosed that to him and he, in his turn, told her of that. She asked him who had told him of that unknown secret, and he told her that it was Allah (SWT) that had told him. Allah (SWT) says: “And (remember) when the Prophet disclosed a matter in confidence to one of his wives, so when she told it (to another wife), and Allah made it known to him, he informed part thereof and left a part. Then when he told her thereof, she said: ‘Who told you this?’ He said: ‘The All-Knower, the All-Aware (Allah) has told me.’” (LXVI: 3)

The hypocrites used to harbor ill will, grudge and disdain against Islam. Allah (SWT) would inform His Prophet of their real stance. The hypocrites knew that and were afraid that one day the Qur’an would disclose what they were hiding in their hearts. Allah (SWT) says: “The hypocrites fear lest a surah (chapter of the Qur’an should be revealed about them, showing them what is in their hearts. Say: ‘(Go ahead) and mock! But Allah will bring to light all that you fear.” (IX: 64)

Allah (SWT) also revealed the insincere apology for failing to fight in the Cause of Allah: “They will present their excuses to you when you return to them. Say: ‘Present no excuses. We shall not believe you, for Allah has already informed us of the true state of matters concerning you.” (IX: 94)

Once one of the hypocrites said about the Prophet (peace be upon him) a word that made him an infidel. While the Prophet (peace be upon him) was delivering a sermon, the hypocrite said: “If this were telling the truth we would be worse than donkeys.” Zaid Ibn al-Arqam said [to him]: “By Allah, he is telling the truth and you are worse than donkeys.” When the hypocrite’s statement was conveyed to the Prophet (peace be upon him), he denied saying it, but the Holy Qur’an confirmed his saying it. Allah (SWT) says: “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (evil), but indeed they uttered blasphemy, and they did it after accepting Islam.” (IX: 74)

Thus the Divin Revelation would disclose to the Prophet (peace be upon him) what was taking place away from him and what was going on around him and what was going on in people’s minds.

The unknown or unseen of the future:

Another type of unknown information that was revealed to Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was that related to the future that no human being can know. An example is the promise Allah (SWT) gave to the faithful that He would grant them power to rule in the earth although they were oppressed and few in number. Allah (SWT) says: “Allah has promised those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange…” (XXIV: 55)

The promise came true, for within just a century the faithful triumphed over the then two powerful states and conquered the earth eastward and westward and its nations surrendered to them and embraced Islam in crowds.

Another example is when the Qur’an confirmed that certain persons by name would not embrace Islam and would die as infidels although they could have disproved the Qur’an through, at least, pretending to believe in Islam. But such persons remained in the circle for which the Qur’an destined them although a large numer of people who were more inimical to Islam than them ultimately embraced Islam. One such person was Abu Lahab, whom the Qur’an desribed as a dweller of the Fire. Allah (SWT) says: “Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he! His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.  Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!” (CXI: 1-3) The Qur’an also tells that al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah will be punished in the Fire. Allah (SWT) says: “Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!” (LXXIV: 26) Both men, Abu Lahab and al-Walid, finally died as infidels. There are other examples of this type.[32]

B. The Great Shari’ah (revealed canonical law of Islam) the Qur’an contains:

Nobody can precisely and wholly manage the affairs of a product unless he knows its secrets, in which case his instructions and directions will be relevant and practical. If we look around us we will see humanity in continuous chaos and corruption. But when the Law of Allah (SWT) conveyed by His Messengers was applied, humanity enjoyed stability and gracious living. Allah (SWT) concluded all laws with the Law (Shari’ah) of Muhammad (peace be upon him), which served as a basis for building the stablest civilization known in the history of mankind. Humanity lived happily under the rule of this Shari’ah, which united various races, environments and successive ages. Specialists testify to this fact, which indicates that this Shari’ah has come from man’s Creator, Who knows the secrets of his creation and nature.

Besides the guidance and light with respect to doctrine and faith for the sake of which the Qur’an was revealed, the Qur’an includes the best and most sublime laws that secure the happiness of both the individual and the society, and even the whole world in all aspects of life: political, judicial, ruleship and establishing justice; in matters of economics, finance and dealings; in social matters, solidarity, ethics, good manners and virtues; in the fields of thought, research and science; in the issues of health, protection of  dignity and maintaining security; in matters concerning the mind, the body, the family, the woman and the society; in matters of war and peace and the relations among all human beings. It shows all rights and obligations, so that no aspect of life is left without showing the right and ideal way to deal with it, as Allah (SWT) said to His Messenger: “And We have sent down to you the Book explaining all things.” (XVI: 89)

What proves this is that the Muslim Ummah has lived for more than 1400 years rich in laws, and even today some Muslim countries use them in their courts and have never been in need of impoprted laws from outside the Islamic Shari’ah, for the tremendous legislative system makes them self-sufficient.

A dialogue with the French Ambassador:

During the French Ambassador’s visit to me he asked me: Has life reached its final stage and shapes?

I said: No.

He said: Has religion reached perfection?

I said: Yes.

He said: How then can the limited complete religion cope with the requirements of civilization and its ever renewed needs?

I said: Is the structure of your eye the same as that of the people who were living at the time of Muhammad and the time of Jesus (peace be upon them borh)?

He said: The structure is the same and has never changed.

I said: Are the structures of your body organs the same as those of the body organs of the people who lived at the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the time of Jesus (peace be upon them both)?

He said: Yes, the structure of our bodies has not changed.

I said: Do you love, hate, fear and hope?

He said: Yes.

I said: Did those who lived at the time of Prophet Muhammad and the time of Jesus use to love, hate, fear and hope, like us?

He said: Yes.

I said: Then our psychological structure and theirs is unchangeable.

He said: Yes, that’s true.

I said: Then the psychological and physical structures of those living at present are the same as those of the people who lived at the time of Prophet Muhammad and Jesus (peace be upon them both)?

He said: True.

I said: If we had a million Mercedes cars of the same model and manufactured according to one engineering design and provided with one catalogue, would such catalogue be enough to show how any of these million cars can be driven and maintained?

He said: Since we have the same model and make, we must have the same catalogue, which would be suitable for any of these cars.

I said: Even if these cars were distributed over the continents of Asia, Europe and America?

He said: Even if they were placed anywhere in the earth, for they do not function except according to the catalogue according to which they have been manufactured, unless their construction is changed.

I said: If we should take out of the stores one hundred cars ten years later, would the same catalogue be still usable?

He said: It would be still applicable to them, for they have undergone no change in their structure.

I said: If we should take them out one hundred years later, would the catalouge remain suitable for them?

He said: It would remain so unless their structure has been changed.

I said: If we should take them out 1400 years later, would the catalogue be still usable and fit to operating them?

He said: Yes, it would be still suitable for them unless their structure has changed.

I said: If the catalogues that are provided by car factories are suitable to operate the cars of the same model and make irrespective of time and place, similarly, the Shari’ah or the religion coming from Allah to deal with the physical and psychological human nature that has not changed with the change of place and time, is still suitable for the nature according to which Allah has created man, and is also suitable for all humanity, which has the same nature and creation. Allah (SWT) says:   “So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (establish) Allah's handiwork according to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought) by Allah: that is the standard Religion…” (XXX: 30)

I then said to him: The religion that has come down to us from Allah has come in the form of comprehensive guiding rules that can cope with all the new forms of life development. Scholars of ijtihad  tailor the rulings of religion for new situations, as a tailor does when he tailors clothes according to the rules of sewing to make them fit for the sizes of people and the quality of the cloth, and suitable for the seasons of the year according to the rules of tailoring and sewing.

If scholars of ijtihad accomplished their work as expected the Shari’ah would not be short of offering solutions to every problem facing the constant human nature. Thus the Shari’ah is harmoniuosly connected to the constant nature that does not change, and is flexible through the work of the scholars of ijtihad that deduce from its rules the suitable rulings for new situations.

C. The Scientific Miracle the Qur’an Contains:

The Qur’an has endless wonders. Every now and then people discover new aspects of its miraculous phenomenon. Once people entered the age of cosmic sciences they found in Allah’s Book the truth of what Allah had promised them in His Saying: “Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth…” (XLI: 53)

Thus the promise came true. (See the Chapter: The Scientific Miracle.)

7. Preserving it from changes and alterations:

Among the Divine Signs in the Qur’an is the fact that it is immune against change and alteration in spite of the long time since its revelation, the large number of its enemies, malevolent people, rivals and ill-willed people waiting to it hurt and its followers. All attempts to corrupt it proved unsuccessful.

It is preserved down to the single letter, even to the single diacritical mark and you can hear the Qur’an broadcast from various braodcasting stations and from countries inimical to Islam,[33]and see that it is the same known Qur’an that was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him). All this in fulfillment of the Promise of Allah (SWT), who undertook to preseve it. Allah (SWT) says:  “Surely We have revealed the Reminder and We will most surely be its guardian.” (XV: 9)

Other Signs:

There are other signs that are enough to show the reasonable just observer that the Qur’an is not from Muhammad (peace be upon him), such as:

·        What was revealed of it after a long wait:

During the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him) there took place many important and embarrassing events that required rapid clarification. The Prophet (peace be upon him) would face critical embarrassing situations then, yet he would wait for the Divine Revelation to show the reality of those happenings. If the Qur’an had been the creation of Muhammad (peace be upon him), he woud have spared himself the difficult situations without any delay.

Perhaps the most striking example was the slander the liars forged about his chaste wife ‘Aisha, the mother of the faithful. The Prophet (peace be upon him) waited for about a month while the liars were busy gossiping and spreading their falsity. He did not discover the truth at last till the Revelation came down to him from heaven to prove the mother of the faithful (may Allah be pleased with her) innocent. Allah (SWT) says:  “Those who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think it not to be an evil to you. On the contrary it is good for you: to every man among them (will come the punishment) of the sin that he earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will be a penalty grievous. Why did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it, think good of their own own folk, and say: ‘it is a manifest untruth?’ Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah. And were it not for Allah's Grace upon you and His Mercy in this world and the Hereafter, a grievous chastisement would certainly have touched you on account of the discourse which you entered into. Behold, you received it on your tongues, and said out of your mouths things of which you had no knowledge; and you thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah. And why did you not, when you heard it, say: ‘It is not right of us to speak of this. Glory to Allah! This is a most serious slander!’ Allah admonishes you that you should not return to the like of it ever again if you are believers.” (XXIV: 11-18)

If the Qur’an had been the creation of the Prophet (peace be upon him) he could have recited some verses as soon as he had learned of the slander of the liars, for it was an urgent matter requiring instant decision to prove the innocence of his wife and protect his reputation, But he did not do that, for he would not invent false statements and attribute them to Allah.[34] 

·        If Muhammad (peace be upon him) had had the right to do what he wished with the Qur’an, he could have concealed the verses where Allah (SWT) blames him for certain personal judgments of his. Once the Prophet (peace be upon him) permitted some people not to participate in jihad for certain excuses they submitted. Allah (SWT) blamed him for that, telling him that some of those that had asked for leave were not truthful and that he should not have given them leave. Allah (SWT) says: “Allah forgive you (O Muhammad)! Wherefor did you grant them leave before those who told the truth were manifest to you and before you did know the liars?” (IX: 43)

Allah (SWT) blamed him for accepting ransom for the war prisoners of Badr, showing that he should not have accepted the ransom from them at a time when Islam was still weak. Allah (SWT) says:  “It is not fit for a prophet that he should take captives unless he has fought and triumphed in the land; you desire the temporal goods of this world, while Allah desires (for you) the Hereafter; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (VIII: 67)

His Lord (SWT) blamed him for turning away from ‘Abdullah Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind man, when he came to learn from him, bcause the Prophet (peace be upon him) was busy with some of the leaders of Quraish. Allah (SWT) says: “He frowned and turned away because there came to him the blind man (interrupting). But what could tell thee but that perchance he might grow (in spiritual understanding)? Or that he might receive admonition, and the teaching might profit him?” (LXXX: 1-4)

     His Lord (SWT) blamed him for banning himself from taking honey, as has been mentioned above.[35] Allah (SWT) says: “O Prophet! Why do you ban that which Allah hath made lawful for you, seeking to please your wives? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (LXVI: 1)

     If the Qur’an had been the speech of Muhammad (peace be upon him) he would not have recorded these blames against himself in Verses people recite, seeking Allah’s reward by reciting them till the Day of Judgment.

·        The Verses that confirm that the Qur’an cannot be attributed to the Messenger (peace be upon him):

     If you read the Qur’an you will find therein Verses that confirm that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not participate in its composition. The Qur’an states that before the revelation of the Qur’an he knew nothing of the Book or Faith, and reminds him of the Grace of Allah, Who has given him the Book and Wisdom. It even says that he had not hoped for receiving the Inspiration. Allah (SWT) says: “For Allah has sent down to you the Book and wisdom and taught you what you knew not (before). And great is the Grace of Allah unto you.” (IV: 113) Allah (SWT) also says: “And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to you. You knew not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith.” (XLII: 52) Allah (SWT) also says: “And you did not expect that the Book would be inspired to you, but it is a mercy from your Lord…” (XXVIII: 86)

If the Holy Qur’an with all its Miracles, which astonished humanity, had been the creation of Muhammad (peace be upon him) he would not have refused them to be attributed to him. On the contrary, he would have been proud to attribute to himself what had made him superior to all mankind, but he did not. Instead, he recited to people what Allah (SWR) revealed to him warning that if he had invented something and attributed it to Allah (SWT), his Lord (SWT) would have punished him severely. Allah (SWT) says: “And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, We would certainly have seized him by the right hand. Then We would certainly have cut off his aorta. And not one of you could have withheld Us from him.” (LXIX: 44-47) That is to say, if Muhammad (peace be upon him) had forged lies concerning Us as the infidels claimed, We would have seized him by his right hand and cut off the vein connected to the heart (the aorta), and no human being would then have been able to defend him.[36] A just investigator would not think it would be agreeable for somebody to say this about himself in a book of his own composition.

    You may read the Saying of Allah (SWT) in these Verses: “Those who hope not for Our meeting say: ‘Bring a Qur’an other than this or change it. ‘Say: ‘It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself. I follow naught but what is revealed to me. surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the penalty of a great day.’ Say: ‘If Allah had so willed I should not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I dwelt among you a whole lifetime before it (came to me). Have you then no sense?’” (X: 15-16)

This means: This Qur’an is beyond my calibre and beyond my power. I am just a transmitter of what is revealed thereof to me, and I fear the punishment of the sender of this Book if I should corrupt its texts or change anything in it. The Qur’an is His Speech and if He had not wanted me to be a Messenger between Him and you, I would not have recited it to you and you would not have known and understood it. I have lived amongst you and you have been acquainted with me at home and on journeys for forty years before its advent—which is a long period—and you know that I neither read nor write and have not learned from anybody the like or nearly the like of it, for I am illiterate and you have never heard from me something like this miraculous speech. You have never heard me tell a single lie in my life. How then can I invent false things and attribute them to Allah (SWT) and tell lies concerning Him after this long age? Do you not have reason, then?[37] What Allah says is the Truth: “And you were not (able) to recite a Book before this (Book came), nor were you (able) to transcribe it with your right hand; otherwise, indeed, the talkers of vanities would have doubted.” (XXIX: 48)

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