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We hear this claim everywhere— the Quran is inimitable, no one can possibly surpass its literature. The chain of prophets has ended, but the living miracle of the last prophet remains with us to this day. What the instantaneous healing of the blind and the bringing of a gigantic camel out of a lifeless boulder was to the people of the past, the Quran is supposed to be to us now.
Take a moment and let that thought sink in. This belief is deeply ingrained in the psyche of all Muslims, to the extent it contributes significantly to our religious identity.
What Makes the Quran Inimitable?
But what is it about the Quran that makes it inimitable? Many (if not most) people are caught rather flat-footed. The usual answer comes in the form of an appeal to scientific miracles in the Quran, or a historical claim about how the Quraysh couldn’t produce it.
While those claims may indeed contribute to the miracle of the Quran, neither of them addresses the intent of the questioner. The Quran clearly claims that there is something about its literature, and not just about its history or its description of natural phenomena, that incapacitates men and jinn from competing with it. And we see this fact being ascertained time and time again in biographical accounts of the Prophet.
Even the most ardent enemies of the prophet were absolutely sold on its literary miracle. To their mind, no natural explanation seemed feasible enough, so they had to bite the bullet and attribute it to magic. So a very natural question for one to have is this: what is it about the Quran’s literature that is so majestic, even miraculous?
What Makes the Quran Miraculous?
Many notable scholars of the Islamic tradition have probed into this issue, and they often came up with different answers. Some scholars said it was the form of the Quran that was miraculous— it used a literary structure so unique that it couldn’t be classified as any of the conventional Arabic literary forms. For some others, the literary merit of the Quran lay in its precise choice of words.
For others yet, it is the way the themes and Surahs in the Quran are connected to each other that made it miraculous. Such a variety of views is not surprising, however; it only goes to emphasize the depth and majesty of the Quran. Different approaches taken towards understanding it would all yield plausible non-contradicting answers.
The Bad News . . .
For whatever reason, it’s mostly in our modern times that we find people (especially in the English-speaking world) out of touch with the Quran’s literature. While the Quran means a lot to us in terms of spiritual and legal message, the miracle of the Quran or appreciation of its literary features is conspicuously missing from our lives.
I personally find that very troubling. A community will have a limited motivation if the key source of their faith— the Quran’s miracle— is obscured from view.
. . . and the Good News
However, it’s fair to say that the situation isn’t so depressing in light of two recent developments. First, a group of scholars and preachers in our community have made valiant efforts to elucidate the literary miracles of the Quran in simple English. Of them, Nouman Ali Khan and Abdul Nasir Jangda deserve special mention.
Second, Quranic literature has become a topic of positive interest among western academics. As such, since the early 90’s, we’ve been fortunate to see the emergence of very sophisticated treatments and analyses of the Quran by leading literature experts. Notable examples include Mustansir Mir, Salwa El-Awa, Neal Robinson, Michael Cuypers, and Raymond Farrin.