EIGHTEENTH SIGN

The greatest miracle of God’s Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace),  an  eternal  one,  is  the  All-Wise  Qur’an,  which  comprises  hundreds  of evidences of his prophethood, and forty aspects of whose own miraculousness have been proven. The Twenty-Fifth Word has explained concisely and proved those forty aspects in its approximately one hundred and fifty pages. Therefore, referring that supreme miracle, a treasury of miracles, to that Word, here we shall explain only one or two points.

First Point

I f  i t  i s  a s k e d : The miraculousness of the Qur’an lies in its eloquence. But all classes of men have the right to a share of its understanding, and only one learned scholar out of a thousand can understand the miraculousness in its eloquence?

T h e  A n s w e r : The All-Wise Qur’an has a different kind of miraculousness corresponding to the understanding of each class; it indicates the existence of its miraculousness to each in a different way. For example, to the scholars of rhetoric and eloquence, it exhibits the miraculousness of its extraordinary eloquence. To the poets and  orators,  it  shows  its exalted,  beautiful,  and  original  style,  which  no  one  can imitate although it pleases everyone. The passage of time does not cause its style to age; it always remains fresh and new. Its prose and word-order are so well-ordered that it is both elevated and pleasant. To soothsayers and other diviners of the Unseen, it displays its miraculousness in its extraordinary reports concerning the Unseen. To historians,  it  demonstrates  its  miraculousness   by  giving  information  concerning events of past ages, as well as those of the future, and of the Intermediate Realm and the  hereafter.  To social and political  scientists,  it shows the miraculousness  in its sacred  principles.  Yes,  the  Supreme  Shari‘a,  which  proceeds  from  the  Qur’an, indicates that mystery of miraculousness. To those occupied with knowledge of God and  cosmic  truths,  it shows  the miraculousness  of the sacred  divine  truths  in the Qur’an,  or else it indicates  the existence  of that miraculousness.  To the Sufis and saints, it shows the miraculousness in the hidden mysteries of its verses, which constantly rise and fall like waves in the sea of the Qur’an. And so on. To each of forty  classes  of  men,  it  opens  up  a  window  and  shows  its  miraculousness.  The ordinary people even, who only listen to the Qur’an understanding a little of its meaning, confirm that it does not resemble any other book.