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The words of the Quran speak
in 19:64, saying, "We come down in accordance with the commandments
of your Lord. To Him belongs the past, present, and the future. Your
Lord never forgets." God did not forget, for example, to tell us how
to sleep (18:109, 31:27). Yet, the fabricators of such false
doctrine as Hadith & Sunna have come up with religious teachings
dictating to their followers how to sleep, and even how to cut your
nails. The Sacred Mosque in Mecca and the illegal "Sacred Mosque" of
Medina, hire some individuals to seek out the exhausted visitors and
beat them with a stick if they fall asleep on the wrong side!
The
Quran proclaims that the Quran is complete, perfect, and
fully detailed (6:19, 38, 114, 115; 50:45), and that
religious regulations not specifically instituted in the
Quran constitute a religion other than Islam, i.e.,
Submisssion (42:21, 17:46). The true believers uphold the
Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but the Quran. This
principle is confirmed by the Quran's mathematical code.
Verse 46 of Sura 17 proclaims that we shall uphold the Quran
ALONE. The word "ALONE" occurs in the Quran 6 times: 7:70,
17:46, 39:45, 40: 12 & 84, and 60:4. All these occurrences
refer to God, except 17:46. When we add the numbers of suras
and verses which refer to "GOD ALONE," we get 361, 19x19.
This proves that 17:46 refers to "the Quran ALONE." For more
information, please refer to "Quran,
hadith and Islam".
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Why Was the Quran
Revealed in Arabic? |
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We learn from 41:44 that the
sincere believers have access to the Quran, regardless of their
mother tongue. The disbelievers, on the other hand, are not
permitted access to the Quran, even if they are professors of the
Arabic language (17:45, 18:57, 41:44, & 56:79).
Arabic is the
most efficient language in the world, especially when it
comes to the precise statement of laws. Since the Quran is a
Statute Book, it was crucial that such laws must be clearly
stated. God chose Arabic for His Final Testament because of
the obvious reason that it is the most suitable language for
that purpose. Arabic is unique in its efficiency and
accuracy. For example, the word "they" in English does not
tell you if "they" are males or females. In Arabic there is
a "they" for the males, "HUM," and a "they" for the females,
"HUNNA." There is even a "they" for two males, "HUMAA," and
a "they" for two females, "HAATAAN." This feature does not
exist in any other language in the world.
I came to
appreciate this efficiency of the Arabic language when I
translated, for example, 2:228. This verse enjoins the
divorcee to give up her own wishes to divorce her husband,
if she discovers that she is pregnant, and the husband
wishes to reconcile - the welfare of the child takes a
priority. The efficiency of the Arabic language was
extremely helpful in stating this law. Any other language
would have made it almost impossible to point out whose
wishes are to be superseded, at least not in such a few
words as we see in 2:228.
The word "Qaalataa"
of 28:23, for example, translates into four English words:
"the two women said." Such is the efficiency of the Arabic
language.
Another
possible reason for choosing Arabic is the fact that "He"
and "She" do not necessarily imply natural gender. Thus,
when God is referred to as "He," this does not imply gender
at all. God be glorified; He is neither male, nor female.
The usage of "He" to refer to God in the English language,
for example, has contributed to a false image of God. This
was not helped by such distorted expressions as "Father"
when referring to God. You never find such a reference to
God in the Quran.
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The
Quran is God's Final Testament to the world, and He has pledged
to protect it from the slightest distortion (15:9). Thus, the
Quran is surrounded by invisible forces that guard it and serve
it (13:39, 41:42, 42:24).
Unlike
any other book, the Quran is taught by God (55:1-2); He teaches
us what we need at the time we need it. This is why we read the
Quran hundreds of times without getting bored. We can read a
novel, for example, only once. But the Quran can be read an
infinite number of times, and we derive new and valuable
information from it every time. On the other hand, the insincere
readers - those who read the Quran to find fault with it - are
diverted from the Quran (7:146, 17:45, 18:57, 41:44). In fact,
God's invisible forces help them find the faults they seek.
Since the Quran is perfect, such "faults" serve only to reveal
the stupidity of God's enemies.
God
uses His own attributes to describe the Quran; He calls the
Quran " `Azeem = Great" (15:87), "Hakeem = Full of wisdom"
(36:2), "Majid = Glorious" (50:1), and "Karim = Honorable"
(56:77). What can we say?
Since
the Quran is God's message to all the people, regardless of
their language, the Quran is accessible to the believers,
regardless of their language (41:44). This explains a profound
phenomenon: the believers who do not know Arabic know the Quran
better than the Arabic speaking unbelievers. Because of the
invisible forces serving the Quran, it is readily and enjoyably
accessible to the sincere believers, and utterly inaccessible to
the unbelievers (17:45, 18:57, 56:79).
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