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Quran: The Miracle of the Holy Prophet
The enduring miracle of the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him and his Household, is the sacred book of Islam: the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran is a sacred text consisting of six thousand and several hundred verses (ayah) divided into one hundred and fourteen large and small chapters (surah).

The verses of the Holy Quran were revealed gradually during the twenty-three years period of prophecy and mission of the Prophet. From less than one verse to a whole and complete chapter were revealed under different circumstances, both at day and night, on journeys or at home, in war or peace, during days of hardship or moments of rest.

The Holy Quran in many of its verses introduces itself in unambiguous language as a miracle. It invited the Arabs of that day to rivalry and competition in composing writings of comparable truth and beauty. The Arabs, according to the testimony of history, had reached the highest states of eloquence and elegance of language, and in the sweetness of language and flow of speech they ranked foremost among all people.

The Holy Quran claims that if it be thought of as human speech, created by the Prophet Him¬self or learned through instructions from someone else, then the Arabs should be able to produce its like or ten chapters like it, or a single one of its verses, making use of whatever means were at their disposal to achieve this end. The celebrated Arab men of eloquence claimed in answer to this request that the Quran was magic and it was thus impossible for them to produce its

Not only does the Quran challenge and invite people to compete with its eloquence and elegant language, but also it occasionally invites rivalry from the point of view of its meaning and thus challenges all the mental powers of men and jinn, for the Quran is a book containing the total program for human life.