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Proof that Qur’an Is from God

And this is what I am saying:

By my rough and quick count the Qur’an uses the expression Noor about 43 times. Noor in Arabic means light. And it is singular. The plural for Noor is Anwaar. The Qur’an uses singular Noor consistently every time it wants to refer to light, and never the plural Anwaar. Not even once.

Elsewhere the Qur’an uses other expressions for light such as Diyaa. But that is a different discussion. And it is another miracle or proof in its own right.

What I mean by that is that every time the Qur’an wants to refer to the moon it uses the expression Noor and every time it wants to talk about the sun it uses the expression Diyaa.

Every time!

Not one discrepancy.

That is why I want all of you and all your scientists, experts and specialists to ask this: How likely or probable is this?

But going back to the roughly 43 uses of the word Noor, not once – not once, mind you – does the Qur’an use the plural Anwaar. I am not talking about the secrets or mysteries that may lie behind such use. All I am talking about is what the naked eye can see.

I am talking about what anyone anywhere can count: 43 Noors and not one single Anwaar.

What do you have to say to that? How likely or probable is this?

Who was the editor of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, that helped him to achieve this marvel – miracle – of consistency? That is why I want all of you and all your scientists, experts and specialists to ask this: How likely or probable is this?

This is proof that this Qur’an is not a human creation. That means there was no earthly possibility that any human being including Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, could have produced it. Least of all he – a man who could not even read or write.

Is that proof enough for you? Is that miracle enough?

No? Let me show you something else.

For, there is more where this proof came from. Be clear that there is nothing murky or mysterious about the miracles I am showing you. There is nothing distant or remote. These things are immediate. These are real-time occurrences. These things are happening now, in real time, even as I write and as you read.

Now let us set about counting the number of times the Qur’an refers to darkness. The Arabic expression for darkness is Zulmah. It is singular and the plural is Zulumaat.

Now what kind of miracle do you think is unfolding in the Qur’an? What kind of proof do you think the Qur’an offers about its divine nature and origin?

Let us do the count.

By my rough and quick count the Qur’an uses the word Zulumaat about 23 times. And every single time – let me repeat that: every single time – the Qur’an uses the plural Zulumaat.

That means not once – let me repeat that too: not once – does the Qur’an use the singular Zulmah to refer to darkness.

You want proof? Here is your proof.

Now why don’t you mobilize all your skeptics, free thinkers, scientists, experts, specialists and all the others and then tell me: How probable or likely is this?

Who edited the Qur’an for consistency? Using what computer software? How many drafts were prepared? How many revisions were made? How many hard copies were available?

Is all this proof enough about the divine nature and authorship of the Qur’an?

Read the Qur’an now:

Wa lau kaana min ‘indi ghairillahi lawajadoo feehikhtilaafan katheeraa!

Paraphrase:

If someone other than God had authored this Qur’an, it will be full of discrepancies and contradictions.

As for the mystery lovers among you, let me not disappoint you. Why don’t you spend the rest of your life figuring out why God Almighty uses light – Noor – as singular and darkness – Zulumaat – as plural?

Every time!

And when you have figured out, call me or write to me. If I am still around that is.

But in the meantime know and understand that there is no other book in this world like the Qur’an: That is the miracle. That is the eternal and standing proof that this Qur’an could only have come from God Almighty.

Muslims: A Standing Miracle 

Muslims are another standing miracle left behind by Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam. Just like there is no book like the Qur’an, there are also no people like the Muslims.

Muslims are the people Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, built during his lifetime – one single Muslim at a time. The Muslims you see today are the debris from the magnificent edifice of Islam that Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, built in the Seventh Century.

Muslims have lumbered on for the past 1400 years. They have changed much. And they have lost much. But yet, in spite of everything, they are still basically the same people that Prophet Muhammad, Swallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, shaped and crafted.

Their political structures are no longer built on the model Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, provided. Nor do their economic structures resemble what Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, came into this world to establish. And yet Muslims hold on to whatever pieces of their past they can with which to craft a new future.

After all these centuries Muslims still try to eat like him; drink like him; sleep like him; and dress like him.

They perform their daily prayers just the way he did. And they fast precisely the same way he did. When it is time for Hajj, Muslims roll through their requirements pretty much the way Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, carried them out.

They go around the Ka’abah just the way he did. They spend their day at Arafaat just like him. They rest at Muzdalifah just like him. They pelt the Devil with rocks even as he did it. And they sacrifice animals at Mina the same way he did.

They chant the same ageless call to prayer that he taught. And they wash and bury their dead the same way that he taught.

And they read the Qur’an, the book he gave and taught them, the same way he used to.

His life and teachings are immortalized in them and their daily lives, even though the Muslims have changed much and they have lost much. Yet, in spite of all the changes that have occurred, some through sheer atrophy, some due to negligence and some under duress and due to coercion, Muslims of today are as close a replica of him and an embodiment of his message as anyone ever was of anything or anyone else.

That is why Muslims of all ages and times and places are among the greatest and longest living miracles of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam.

Muslims Are Miracle Makers in Their Own Right

Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, was and is forever a divine miracle. So are the Muslims.

Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, was and is forever a miracle of peace and blessings. So are the Muslims.

Part of the living miracle of Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, was and is that he turned generation after generation of Muslims, until eternity, into miracle-makers in their own right. And he did that by teaching and training them to bless him on earth, just as God and his angels bless him in heaven and everywhere.

And thus do Muslims fill God’s earth and the lives of people everywhere and in every age with divine blessings and peace.

That is how the Muslims do it: They bless him, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam,

just as God says he himself does and his angels do and just as God told the believers to do.

And they bless all the known prophets of God, every time they utter their names and all the good people in every time and place.

I don’t know who else does or does not do that sort of thing in this world. I have myself not seen too many people do that. In fact, I have not seen anyone do that.

But that is who the Muslims are and that is what the Muslims do: They are in the business of blessing God’s prophets – people who other peoples and nations and societies claim as their guides and leaders and revered historical figures.

And the Muslims are in the business of filling God’s earth and human life with divine peace and blessings.

That is who the Muslims are and that is what the Muslims do. Muslims are the perpetual and tireless blessers of humanity and its habitation earth, which is miracle in itself, since they are the only ones doing that. And since no once else does it that way or to that extent.

And to me that is what a miracle is: a rare, unusual and one-of-a-kind event, whose occurrence in real life and time is extremely unlikely.

Muslims Bless Everything and Everyone in the World 

Thus do the Muslims bless everything and everyone in this world. And they do it round the clock and around the globe. If you want to borrow an expression from American culture and language, you can describe Muslims as Equal-Opportunity Blessers of the world and everyone in it.

One way the Muslims bless the world is by saying Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah every time they perform their Salaat or formal prayer – no less than five times a day on a given day in a given place.

And they do it by blessing Prophet Muhammad, and saying, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, every time they utter or hear his name.

The Muslims thus saturate the world with blessings and peace, as they say, 24/7.

But why and how do the Muslims do it? Blessing everyone and everything I mean.

That is part of the miracle that Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, was. And that he left behind.

That was part of the reason why God sent him in this world: not only to teach, guide, help and uplift this world and its inhabitants, but also to fill them all with peace, joy and blessings.

Quite possibly it was one of his smallest and most routine teachings – what to say at the end of your Salaat or formal prayers. But in practice it turned out to be a colossal instrument of blessing the whole world and everything in it for all times to come and filling them all with peace.

That is the kind of ever-living miracle of peace, joy and blessings Prophet Muhammad, Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam, was. And that is the kind of miracles that he performed during his life.

And that is also the kind of miracle-makers of peace and blessings he perpetuated and left behind in this world in the form of Muslims – such as they are.

Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam! May God Almighty shower his choicest blessings upon him.

The challenge now before the Muslims is to rediscover that message and mission of divine peace and prosperity, joy and blessings on earth for themselves. And for everyone else.

Beyond the malicious propaganda of enemies and the foibles of foolish friends.

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