Among the thousands of Miracles of our Master Prophet Muhammad peace be upon Him.
Imam Ahmad and Al-Bayhaqiyy narrated with the Sahih chain of narration from the route of Ya^la ibnu Murrah ath-Thaqafiyy that he said “Once while we were walking with the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, a camel carrying water passed by us. When the camel saw the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, it made a sound from its throat and lowered its neck. The Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, stopped by the camel and said “Where is the owner of this camel?” The owner arrived. The Prophet said “Sell it to me.” The owner said “We would rather give it to you as a gift, O Prophet of Allah, although we are a family whose only way of earning a living is by working with this camel.” The Prophet said “Then I would not take it. But the camel complained to me that you made it work a lot and you do not give it enough food. So treat this camel in the proper way.”
Brothers in Islam, among the miracles of the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and the best Miracle that can still be seen today, is the miracle of the Holy Qur’an, The Qur’an is a miracle which stands as proof of the truthfulness of our Master Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and that he was a Prophet sent by Allah.
Allah the exalted preserved the Holy Qur’an from being perverted, Allah said in the Qur’an:
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ
Verse 9 of Surat al-Hijr means that Allah revealed the Qur’an and Allah will preserve it. All of the Qur’an is preserved until the Day of Judgment, the verses and the judgments of the Qur’an do not contradict one another, rather they agree with one another. Moreover, Allah ta^ala has revealed the Qur’an with verses (ayat) of clear meanings, while other verses have many meanings according to the rules of the Arabic language. Some people would read the Qur’an and misunderstand the meanings of the verses because of their ignorance in the religion, while others are guided to the true and valid interpretations and meanings.
Allah ta^ala revealed to Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, that no one can author something similar to the Holy Qur’an, and Allah ta^ala ordered Prophet Muhammad to challenge the blasphemers. So Prophet Muhammad challenged the blasphemers in his time to author something similar and as eloquent as even the shortest surah( chapter) in The Holy Qur’an, even if they come together and put together their efforts towards this. He told them that they would not be able to do so. He showed them their powerlessness in doing so. And all of them were very eloquent and knowledgeable about the Arabic language. Despite that they were all unable to author something similar.
The one who has knowledge in the Arabic language can identify this matter easily. He can identify that The Qur’an is more eloquent than anything he ever heard or would hear. The one who does not know Arabic language can deduce from the fact that the very eloquent people in the Prophet’s time were unable to produce something similar to even the shortest surah.
Al-Bayhaqiyy and others narrated that Jubayr ibnu Mut^im (جُبَيْرُ بنُ مُطْعِم) said “I came to the Prophet while I was still a blasphemer for a worldly matter. I heard him reciting Surat At–Tur ( الطُّور ). I felt that my heart was going to fly.” Jubayr was extremely overwhelmed and then he embraced Islam. He knew that this is something not authored by any human. Especially that the style of Al-Qur’an is a unique style. It is not like any style that the Arabs used to speak or use. It is not poetry, nor was it the style of the preachers or speakers. It was not the style they used to praise or dispraise, to describe or to encourage or to discourage, to discuss or dispute, to order or to prohibit. It is a unique style.
In the end Brothers, we ask Allah to keep us guided on Islam, make our ending on Islam and Allah knows Best.
