Miracle of the Quran

Miracle of the Quran

1990 4 April 3-4 Miracle of the Quran (520) The Quran is a book with a message. Whoever is inspired by its scriptures, whoever reads and believes, is immediately transformed into a da’i. As he reads, his heart and mind become the heart and mind of a bearer of God’s message. He becomes imbued with the feeling that it is his duty to convey to all mankind the eternal truths which he has discovered through the Book of God.

The literacy rate among the Arabs was so low that when the prophet sent a letter to Juwasa, in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia, inviting the people to Islam not a single literate person could be found to read out the letter. It was only after a long search that the inhabitants found a youth who could oblige them. It was during this time that Annamir ibn Tawlab, a chief of the tribe, converted. He was such a great poet that a collection of his works has been published. Yet, when the Prophet appointed him an official chief of his tribe, and gave him instructions in writing, he (Annamir) could not read them himself. (In those days, people , relied solely on their memory, and felt no need to put anything on paper.) So he was obliged to come into the market place and ask if there was anyone who knew how to read, so that the letter could be read out to him.

At the time of the Prophet, there were actually only a few dozen people in Mecca who could read and write. In Medina, the percentage was even lower. But, astonishingly enough, by the second century of hijrah, the Arabic language became, from the academic point of view, the most developed language in the world. The period of language development in the case of Arabic is so short that it has no precedence in the history, either ancient or modern of the entire world.

What is the explanation for the rapidity of this academic and linguistic development among the Arabs? The only way that we can explain this incredible happening is to say that it was the direct miracle of the Quran.

The Quran is a book with a message. Whoever is inspired by its scriptures, whoever reads and believes, is immediately transformed into a da’i. As he reads, his heart and mind become the heart and mind of a bearer of God’s message. He becomes imbued with the feeling that it is his duty to convey to all mankind the eternal truths which he has discovered through the Book of God.

This intense feeling inspires him to learn the language of the people and all the other things that one must know about them, if the task of bringing the truth to them is to be effectively carried out. This means that he must fortify himself academically and intellectually. If he himself was formerly illiterate, he must now educate himself in order to achieve his goal. Da’wah, by its very nature, makes the individual it affects a man of knowledge, a man of awareness. Ignorance and unawareness are anathema to the vibrant spirit of da’wah.