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before him; the religions of the Jews and the Christians
and the Sabians (a Judaeo-Christian sect). He (Allah) upheld
him with unmistakable miracles and wonderful signs such
as the splitting of the moon, the praise of the pebbles, and
causing the dumb animal to speak, as well as water flowing
from between his fingers and the unmistakable sign of the Glorious
Koran with which he challenged the Arabs.
The Arabs, in their struggle with the Prophet, did everything
to counteract him, but despite their distinguished ability
and excellence in eloquence and rhetoric, they were not able
to oppose him with anything like the Koran, because it was
not within the power of human beings, to combine the succinctness
of the phrases of the Koran and the smoothness of its
and the Sabians (a Judaeo-Christian sect). He (Allah) upheld
him with unmistakable miracles and wonderful signs such
as the splitting of the moon, the praise of the pebbles, and
causing the dumb animal to speak, as well as water flowing
from between his fingers and the unmistakable sign of the Glorious
Koran with which he challenged the Arabs.
The Arabs, in their struggle with the Prophet, did everything
to counteract him, but despite their distinguished ability
and excellence in eloquence and rhetoric, they were not able
to oppose him with anything like the Koran, because it was
not within the power of human beings, to combine the succinctness
of the phrases of the Koran and the smoothness of its