HADRAT MUHAMMAD ‘SALL-ALLÂHU ’ALAIHI WA SALLAM’S SUPERIORITY (II)

Despite the fact that he had not read or learned anything from anybody, that he had never been able to write, and that he had come from people who did not travel and who knew nothing of past history and of those around them, he communicated facts written in the Tawrat (the book which was revealed to Hadrat Mûsâ) and the Injil (the real Bible) and in all other heavenly books. He conveyed information about the states of ancient people. Giving evidences and proofs, he silenced all the notables of every religion and every profession. As the greatest mu’jiza (a Prophet’s miracle), he put forward the Qur’ân al-kerîm, and though he made the challenge: “You cannot express anything like even one of its six thousand and two hundred and thirty-six âyats (verses),” nobody was able to meet his challenge, though all the enemies of Islam all over the world co-operated and poured out their possessions and wealth in order to do this for more than fourteen hundred years. And today, Jews, priests and masonic lodges, however hard they are striving, by spending millions and using all their forces cannot compete with it. In the early days of Islam, the Arabs were much more advanced in literary arts such as poetry and eloquence than in any other area, so that most of their accomplishments were based on literature. Yet they had to admit that they would fall far short of saying anything to compete with the very powerful expressive style of the Qur’ân. Being unable to surpass the Qur’ân, many of them came to reason and converted to Islam. And the ones who did not believe had to fight in order to prevent Islam from spreading.