Al-Quran - The Miracle of Miracles [ deedat]

The recluse of Hira was yearning for a solution. He was wont to retire to his retreat often
alone, but sometimes with his dear wife Umm-ul-Mo'mineen (Mother of the Faithful)
Khadija-tul-Kubra.
THE FIRST CALL
One night - the night of Lailatul-Qadr - (the Night of Power and Excellence) when
Divine peace rests on creation, and all nature is lifted up towards its Lord - in the middle
of that night the book of God was opened to the thirsting soul. Gabriel, the angel of God,
appears to him, and commands him in his mother tongue. Iqra', which mean "read!"
or "recite" or "rehearse!" or "proclaim" aloud! Muhummed (pbuh) was too terrified and
was totally unprepared for this shock. This was no graduating or gowning ceremony. In
fear and trepidation he cries out Maa-ana-beqaa- Ri'in "I am not
learned!" The angel repeats the command Iqra' for the second time, with the identical
response from Muhummed (pbuh). Gabriel embraces him hard and commands him the
third time:
Muhummed (pbuh) now grasps that what he was required to do, was repeat what was
being said, since this Arabic word Iqra' means all these things - read, recite or repeat!
Following the above first verse of Súra Al-'Alaq (Chapter 96 of the Holy Qur'an), four
more verses were repeated and recited on Muhummed's (pbuh) first call and subsequently
recorded in written form in the Holy Qur'an...(see page 35)
"Hold it, Mr. Deedat!" I can almost hear you shriek. All this that you are telling us about
your 'Qur'anic revelation' is no different from the other numerous examples you have
to prove to have had a human hand in it. Were they all fallible and not divine?"
Exactly! I am happy that you see clearly how the subjective mind of man thinks, talks,
and records. From the time you asked me (above page 33) "please tell us your STORY
about your Qur'anic revelation," and I began to respond - "It was the night of the
27th of the month of Ramadaan... " up to - "and subsequently recorded in written
form in the Holy Qur'an" were my own words, borrowed from the Holy Qur'an, from
the Books of Tradition, from history and from the lips of learned men, I heard over the
decades. The Qur'anic Scripture has no such taint from the hands of men. This is how it is
preserved. I list below the first five verses of the first revelation to Muhummed (pbuh),
for your critical observation and study -
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