Al-Quran - The Miracle of Miracles [ deedat]

Behold, he saw a fire:
so he said to his family,
"tarry ye; I perceive a fire,
perhaps I can bring you some
burning brand therefrom,
or find some guidance at the fire."
But when he came to the fire,
a voice was heard: "0 Moses!
Verily I am thy Lord!
therefore (in my presence)
put off thy shoes: for thou art
in the sacred valley of Tuwa.
HOLY QUR'AN 20:9-12
Tuwa was the valley just below Mount Sinai, where subsequently Moses (pbuh) was to
receive the Law. In the parallel mystic meaning, we are selected by trials in this humble
life, whose valley is just as sacred and receive God's glory just as much as the heights of
the Mount (Tur) Sinai, if we but have the insight to perceive it. And the 'shoes' were to
be put off as a mark of respect. In the parallel mystic meaning again, Moses (pbuh) was
now to put away his mere worldly interests, and anything of mere worldly utility, he
having been chosen by the Most High God.
WHAT IS YOUR VERDICT?
How is one, inured to folklore and fairy tales to evaluate this pure elixir from Heaven?
Even a sympathetic critic like Thomas Carlyle, one of the greatest thinkers of the past
century could not fathom its incisive brevity and perspicuousness. He called the Qur'anic
reading -
"A WEARISOME CONFUSED JUMBLE CRUDE, INCONDITE; - INSUPPORTABLE
STUPIDITY ..."
Incondite, meaning a badly constructed literary or artistic composition: and
'unsupportable stupidity'? After contrasting the Qur'anic and the Biblical narrations,
how would your verdict go? I have yet to come across a journalist who failed to recognise
the brilliance of Muhummed (?) (peace be upon him), in dictating direct facts, without
any attempt on his part at analysing or interpreting it: exactly as a master journalist would
do for today's newspaper or magazine. It is nothing short of the miraculous! Do you
agree?
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