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English_Biography_Shefa_of_Prophet_Muhammad, page : 243
Amongst the Koran's miraculous nature is the manner of its eloquence and elite composition, therefore each part contains a double miracle.
Another facet of its miraculous nature is that it reports knowledge of the Unseen. In just a single chapter alone one is able to find many reports, and each report is a miracle in itself, therefore the number of miracles is increased yet again. The magnitude of the number of miracles contained in the Koran cannot be determined, it is so great in itself that its proofs cannot be encompassed, especially when one observes there are verses which were to be realized in later centuries as signs for people of that time.
The prophetic quotations contain details of the miracles of the Koran as well as the miraculous aspects of the life of Prophet Muhammad .
Secondly, is the undisputable clarity of the miracles given to Prophet Muhammad . Previous Messengers were given miracles relative to their time and in a science which their people excelled. For example, during the time of Prophet Moses, peace be upon him, sorcery had reached its climax, and so Moses was given miracles to present (to Pharaoh and) to the sorcerers that resembled their own powerful skills but were clearly far more powerful than those of the magicians and sorcerers of his time. What he brought shattered the normal patterns of sorcery and the sorcerers were unable to compete, so they surrendered.
The same applies to Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, the people of his time excelled in the science of medicine. So when Jesus brought them by the permission of Allah cures beyond the bounds of their medicine, such as the raising of the dead, curing the blind and healing the leper without the use of medicine, it was a sign for his people that what he brought was indeed from Allah. The same circumstances apply to the miracles of all the other noble prophets, peace be upon them. In each case these miracles were a sign to people that the person who stood before them and to whom had been given miracles was a prophet sent to them by Allah and they should follow him.
Allah sent Prophet Muhammad at a time when the ultimate sciences were four; rhetoric, poetry, historical transmission, and predications. As we mentioned before, the sending down of the Koran excelled all forms of the Arabic language and went beyond these four categories which was that it was impossible to imitate, its eloquence was far beyond their linguistic ability, its composition quite unique and its style the like of which was previously unheard. The Arabs were unable to draw comparisons among its styles and different meters.
Its contents contained news about beings, events, the disclosure of hidden matters, inner thoughts, all of which were proven true, so that even the most hostile critic could not raise a voice.
As for the predictions and omens of soothsayers, which were
Another facet of its miraculous nature is that it reports knowledge of the Unseen. In just a single chapter alone one is able to find many reports, and each report is a miracle in itself, therefore the number of miracles is increased yet again. The magnitude of the number of miracles contained in the Koran cannot be determined, it is so great in itself that its proofs cannot be encompassed, especially when one observes there are verses which were to be realized in later centuries as signs for people of that time.
The prophetic quotations contain details of the miracles of the Koran as well as the miraculous aspects of the life of Prophet Muhammad .
Secondly, is the undisputable clarity of the miracles given to Prophet Muhammad . Previous Messengers were given miracles relative to their time and in a science which their people excelled. For example, during the time of Prophet Moses, peace be upon him, sorcery had reached its climax, and so Moses was given miracles to present (to Pharaoh and) to the sorcerers that resembled their own powerful skills but were clearly far more powerful than those of the magicians and sorcerers of his time. What he brought shattered the normal patterns of sorcery and the sorcerers were unable to compete, so they surrendered.
The same applies to Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, the people of his time excelled in the science of medicine. So when Jesus brought them by the permission of Allah cures beyond the bounds of their medicine, such as the raising of the dead, curing the blind and healing the leper without the use of medicine, it was a sign for his people that what he brought was indeed from Allah. The same circumstances apply to the miracles of all the other noble prophets, peace be upon them. In each case these miracles were a sign to people that the person who stood before them and to whom had been given miracles was a prophet sent to them by Allah and they should follow him.
Allah sent Prophet Muhammad at a time when the ultimate sciences were four; rhetoric, poetry, historical transmission, and predications. As we mentioned before, the sending down of the Koran excelled all forms of the Arabic language and went beyond these four categories which was that it was impossible to imitate, its eloquence was far beyond their linguistic ability, its composition quite unique and its style the like of which was previously unheard. The Arabs were unable to draw comparisons among its styles and different meters.
Its contents contained news about beings, events, the disclosure of hidden matters, inner thoughts, all of which were proven true, so that even the most hostile critic could not raise a voice.
As for the predictions and omens of soothsayers, which were