Quran is not man-made book

Definitions: The Quran, the last revealed word of God, is the primary source of every Muslim’s faith and practice. It deals with all the subjects which concern human beings: wisdom, doctrine, worship, transactions, law, etc., but its basic theme is the relationship between God and His creatures. At the same time, it provides guidelines and detailed teachings for a just society, proper human conduct, and an equitable economic system. (1) Man-made: produced, formed, or made by humans. (2) There are six 'possible' authors of the Quran : Muhammad Arab poet(s), scholars, etc. Non-Arab scholars, poets, etc. Jew or Christian Satan (or spirits or aliens, etc.) God Through the contentions, the most logical answer will remain. Contention 1. Quran is completely preserved During the life of Prophet, Quran has been preserved in two ways: by memorization and by writing. Michael Zwettler said : “in ancient times, when writing was scarcely used, memory and oral transmission was exercised and strengthened to a degree now almost unknown.”(3) It helped people to memorize whole Quran during the life of Muhammad. The first person who knew the entire Quran was Muhammad. He recited it to companions who memorized it verbatim. Some of them are: 'Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Ibn Masud, Abu Huraira, Aisha (Prophet's wife)...(4) Quran had been written down in its entirety in the time of the Prophet but had not been brought together in one single place, it occurred the year after death of Prophet. The 14 years later a few oldest copies were written and sent to capital cities. (5) Every generation after Muhammad has been memorizing entire Quran, so today Quran is only book which is memorized by millions of people.(6) Famous British orientalist John Burton confirmed the authenticity of Quran.(7) But anyway manuscripts testify that Quran text hasn't changed. For example is Institue fur Koranforschung that collected 42,000 copies of Quran and after 50 years of research they confirmed the text of Quran isn't changed. (8)Contention 2. Quran: a literary and linguistic miracle The Quran cannot be described as any of the known literary forms. Its uniqueness is confirmed by Muslims scholars and Western scholarship (Arthur J. Arberry, Professor Bruce Lawrence and D.J. Stewart.) (9) The Quran is the inimitable literary work in Arabic (10), Quran challenged the mankind to write the chapter as same as in the Quran. That challenge wasn't met by the early Arabs who were literary experts (11), even the best linguist of that time admitted Quran's inimitability (12). All the attempts to imitate Quran were unsuccessful until this day. (13) That was confirmed also by non-Muslim F.F. Arbuthnot.(14) Muhammad has never written any poetry or had a rethorical gift (was illiterate).(15)Contention 3. Remarkable features and historical statements of the Quran There are scientific and historical facts found in the Quran which were unknown to the people at the time, and have only been discovered recently by contemporary science. I will cite the Quran verses and the scientific explanation: We made every living thing from water? Will they not believe? [21:30] - We now know that cells are mostly made up of water (16). It was discovered only after the invention of the microscope. We sent down Iron..[57:25] - Science discovered that iron was carried by meteorites from distant stars. (17) We made the sky a protective ceiling..[21:32] - Sky(atmosphere)'s protection discovered in the 20th c. (18) the mountains as stakes? [78:7] - In fact mountains do have deep roots. (19) the Sun and the Moon, each floating in its orbit. [21:33] - It's a fact now that Sun and Moon are not stationary. (20) Darkness out in a deep ocean which is covered by waves, above which are waves.. [24:40]- Internal waves and darkness deep in the ocean discovered with special equipment (21) which didn't exist 1400 years ago. the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them..[21:30]- The Quran states how the universe came up just like the Big Bang theory describes the beginning of the Universe. (22) Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke.. [41:11] - Before Earth and stars, universe was a smoke (23). This stage of universe is mentioned 1400 years ago. And that He creates the two mates the male and female from a sperm-drop when it is emitted [53:45,46] - Quran stated that gender depends of male and now it's a scientific fact. (24) Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips. [75:4] - Quran distinguishes that if God can create different fingertips He can create all mankind. We know that because fingerprints are unique, even identical twins have a different fingerprints.(25) And by the dawn when it breathes.[81:18]- The sunlight starting at dawn makes possible photoynthesis (breathing) which produces oxygen. (26) And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct. [16:68]- Quran uses feminine form for actions of bee which means that female bees are wroking all that.This is confirmed by science much later that all workers bee are female. (27) So when the stars are obliterated [77:8] And when the stars fall, scattering.[82:2] When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] [81:1] - These are Quran sayings about end of stars, Sun... These ends are confirmed by the science. (28) These are some topics mentioned in the Quran which are also described lately by science. There are more examples (like described embryology in the Quran) but don't have a space to cite all that. Once again Quran is not scientific book, it's an instruction for every human.*You can find every these cited verses on the page : quran.comContention 4. Quranic concept of God and its universal messageSay (O Muhammad), He is God, the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone. [112:1-4] This is the best explanation of God in the Quran. God is the Creator and the Sustainer of the universe who created everything for a reason. Muslims believe that He created humankind with a simple purpose – to worship Him. He sent messengers to guide people in fulfilling this purpose. Some of these messengers include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. They all taught a consistent message about God by affirming His greatness as the Creator and guiding people to worship Him alone. This basic concept has always resonated with people’s natural understanding of God. The Quran’s message is eternal and universal, transcending our differences in race, color, ethnicity and nationality. It provides guidance on every facet of human life – from economics and the ethics of trade to marriage, divorce, parenting, gender issues and inheritance.The Quran’s divine message applies to all aspects of life and rises above the superficial differences among humans. Its teachings guide the spiritual, social and intellectual needs of humanity. (29)ConclusionMuhammad couldn't make up the Quran because he was illiterate and didn't have special gift for poetry and rethorical speech. Arabs in the time of Muhammad couldn't write something similiar to Quran although they were the experts in speech and poetry, also the best of them admitted inimitability of Quran(mentioned that). Non-Arabs couldn't write the Quran because Quran is the masterpiece of Arabic language and to know such good Arabic you have to be Arab. Jews or Christians couldn't write Quran because there are many pieces in the Quran which are not mentioned in the Bible and also the final reason: no one in the sixth century couldn't write a book with such an universal content, literary miracle but also many facts which are confirmed by science. Quran also couldn't be from Satan because why would Satan invent Book which condemns him and the evil in the world? In the end, the most rational answer remain and it is God. The perfect concept of God from Quran is the best answer on the basic life questions. http://www.islam-guide.com... http://dictionary.reference.com... Michael Zwettler, The Oral Tradition of Classical Arabic Poetry, 1978, p.14. Jalal al-Din Suyuti, 'Al-Itqan fi-ulum al-Quran, Vol. I p.124 http://en.alukah.net... https://en.wikipedia.org...(Quran) John Burton, The Collection of the Quran, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977, p.239-40. http://www.islamreligion.com... 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