The Quran—The Miracle Given to the Prophet

THE QURAN—THE MIRACLE GIVEN TO THE PROPHET Finkle was visibly pleased with himself. Seeing his attitude, Keilany, too, started laughing. “Before issuing any pronouncement on the style of the Quran,” he said, “We should first look and see if we can produce anything comparable. Only when we have tried our hand will we be able to say conclusively whether humans can produce anything comparable to the Quran?” Keilany then invited Finkle to join him in putting a Quranic idea into Arabic words. The idea he chose was: that Hell is exceptionally vast. Finkle agreed, and both men sat down with pen and paper. Between them, they produced about twenty Arabic sentences. “Hell is extremely vast,” “Hell is vaster than you can imagine,” “Man’s intellect cannot fathom the vastness of Hell, “ and many examples of this nature were some of the sentences they produced. They tried until they could think of no other sentence to express this idea. Keilany looked at Finkle triumphantly. “Now that we have done our best, we shall be able to see how the Quran stands above all work of men,” he said. “What, has the Quran expressed this idea more eloquently?” Finkle enquired. “We are like little children compared to the Quran,” Keilany told him. Amazed, Finkle asked what was in the Quran. Keilany recited this verse from Surah Qaf: “On the Day when We will ask Hell: ‘Are you full?’ And Hell will answer: ‘Are there any more?’”186 Finkle was startled on hearing this verse; amazed