Why Did They Become Muslims

society should have discovered and propounded such tremendous
scientific facts on his own? Of course, not. Then, it is impossible
to accept the allegation that the Qur’ân al-kerîm was written by
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’. A book that announced to us
fourteen hundred years ago today’s facts which have been
obtained after long, painstaking endeavours can only be the
BOOK of ALLÂHU TA’ÂLÂ. Human beings cannot have such
stupendous power. ALLÂHU TA’ÂLÂ, alone, possesses such
power. Anyone who reads the aforesaid facts with attention will
believe this. One should be extremely bigoted, stubborn, and
ignorant to deny it. As Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ publicized the
chapters of the Qur’ân al-kerîm, he conveyed only the statements
that Allâhu ta’âlâ had been revealing to him, and as others
learned them, so did he.
Now let us touch upon the second sign demonstrating the fact
that the Qur’ân al-kerîm is really a greatest miracle: the
arrangement of its contents.
When the Qur’ân al-kerîm is examined with computers, which
are the latest instruments of today’s high-level technology, it will
be seen that it has been established on an inconceivably terrific
mathematical basis. The result is perplexingly significant. This
result is only a miracle of Allâhu ta’âlâ.
Before penetrating deeper into the inner essence of the
experiment done, let us study how the Qur’ân al-kerîm was
revealed, and what Allâhu ta’âlâ stated to His Messenger ‘sall-
Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ during the revelation. For this has
to do with the arrangement of the Qur’ân al-kerîm. The Qur’ân alkerîm
was not revealed in the same order as today’s arrangement.
The earliest revelation was the ’ALAQ Sûra. First, five âyats of
’Alaq Sûra were revealed to Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi
wa sallam’. They purport, “O Muhammad! Read! In the name of
thy Lord and Cherisher, Allah, Who created everything.”
“Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood [’alaq]:”
“Read, and thy Lord (Allah) is Most bountiful,” “He Who
teacheth (with the use of) the Pen,” “Teacheth man that which he
knoweth not.” (96-1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
We have already touched upon the awe and the alarm that the
Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’ felt with
this first revelation. He had never imagined that Allâhu ta’âlâ
would assign him the extremely great and heavy task of
announcing a new religion. Contrary to the recurrent Christian
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