Why Did They Become Muslims

eligious knowledge inferred by way of ijmâ’ will be correct.
Therefore, this copy of the Qur’ân al-kerîm on which the As-hâbi-kirâm
‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anhum ajma’în’ unanimously agreed
is correct. It is harâm (forbidden) to read a copy in another dialect.
Besides, there is not a copy in any dialect except the one in the
Qoureishi dialect today. All the seven dialects have changed, been
forgotten, and disappeared in the course of time. Understanding
the Qur’ân al-kerîm by means of the various Arabic lexicons being
in use today requires reading books of tafsîr (explanation of the
Qur’ân al-kerîm) and thereby learning the meanings in which
words were used in the age when the Qur’ân al-kerîm was
revealed.
Various Western scholars and writers have expressed their
admiration for the Qur’ân al-kerîm. Goethe (d. 1248 [1749 C.E.]),
a famous writer, after reading an incorrectly translated German
version of the Qur’ân al-kerîm, could not help saying, “I felt bored
with the repetitions it contained. Yet I admired the grandeur of its
phraseology.”
Beoworth Smith, a British priest, states as follows in his book
Muhammad and Muhammad’s Votaries ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi
wasallam’: “The Koran is a miracle of pure style, knowledge,
philosophy, and truth.”
And Arberry, who translated the Qur’ân al-kerîm into English,
states, “Whenever I listen to the azân [1] being called, it impresses
me very deeply. Beneath the flowing tunes I feel as if I hear a drum
being beaten. This beating is like the beating of my heart.”
Marmaduke Pisthal’s views about the Qur’ân al-kerîm is as
follows: “A most inimitable harmony, and a most determined
diction! A force that arouses an inclination to weep or feelings of
infinite love and affection in the human heart!” These people are
only a few of the many Western philosophers, scientists and
politicians who have expressed their great respect, appreciation
and admiration for the Qur’ân al-kerîm. However, these people
consider the Qur’ân al-kerîm not as a Book of Allah but as a great
and valuable work of art written by Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. If
this were not the case, all these admirers would necessarily have
become Muslims by now.
[1] The call to prayer. Please see the book Endless Bliss, third fascicle,
eleventh chapter.
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