First Argument: The Arab Bedouin tribes, who were living in a primitive and uncivilized environment, were awakened by the great revolutions occurring in the world. Their poetry became a collection of verses, their sciences became eloquence, and their debates became fluency. At a time when the most intelligent of nations and the most in need of intellectual awakening was in the spring season, the Qur'an emerged from the east of Quraysh with its magnificent eloquence. It erased and extinguished the traces of eloquence written in gold on the walls of the Kaaba, such as the Seven Mu'allaqat. By challenging and inviting debate, it deeply affected the scholars of eloquence and the leaders of fluency, who were a people known for their strong pride. It stirred their tribal sentiments and shattered their self-esteem through mockery, ridicule, and humiliation. While provoking their most sensitive religious feelings with reasoning, it challenged them for a long time. These arrogant, conceited, and wounded groups could not respond. If they had the power to do so, they certainly would not have remained silent. They wanted to argue, but felt powerless and fell silent. Therefore, their helplessness is proof of the excellence of the Qur'an.
Second Argument: Scholars and critics who are familiar with the subtleties, beauties, and nuances of speech, after thoroughly examining the Qur'an verse by verse, word by word, and chapter by chapter, unanimously testify that the Qur'an contains such profound subtleties, nuances, and truths that no human speech could ever achieve. This evidence is in the millions. The sincerity of these witnesses is evident in the fact that the Qur'an has established a vast religion that continues to dominate the conscience over time, producing millions of saints and perfect human beings. This religion is so powerful in its truth that it continues to thrive and rejuvenate with time, and as the source of its wisdom, the Qur'an becomes sweeter with each recitation. Therefore:
1 Indeed, it is nothing but a revelation revealed.
Suâat
·Mektup 30
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First way: The Arab nation was ignorant and a nomadic people. Their surroundings were also a nomadic environment like them. Their anthologies were poetry. That is, they recorded and preserved their proud moments through poetry. Their knowledge was rhetoric. Their source of pride was eloquence. They had more intelligence than other nations. They had original ideas compared to other people.
So, when the Arab nation was in such a condition and their minds were beginning to bloom like spring flowers, suddenly the Glorious Qur'an, with its high rhetoric and amazing eloquence, descended from the highest heaven to the earth. The Qur'an caused the most famous poets, whose proud works and examples of eloquence were written with golden ink and displayed on the walls of the Kaaba under the title "Mu'allaqat al-Sab'a," to be removed from their list of pride.
Indeed, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not refrain from strongly inviting the Arabs to challenge the Qur'an and to produce a similar work. He touched their very veins, stirred and agitated them. In response to these strong attacks by the Prophet, the Arab poets, known by the titles of "umara-i belaghat" and "hukkam-i fesahat," could not even respond with a single word. Although their pride, arrogance, and conceit, and their lofty self-respect, demanded that they work day and night to produce a counterpart to the Qur'an, so as not to be disgraced before the world.
Therefore, since they could not shoulder this matter, that is, since they were unable to produce a similar work to the Qur'an, they were forced into silence. Thus, their reluctant silence revealed their helplessness. And from their helplessness, the sun of the inimitability of the Qur'an rose.
İşaratü'l-İ'caz
·Bakara Suresi
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First Argument: The Arab Bedouin tribes, who were living in a strange and suitable environment, were awakened by the great revolutions of the world. Their poetry became a collection of verses, their sciences became eloquence, and their debates became fluency. At a time when the most intelligent of nations and the most in need of mental strength was in the spring season, the Qur'an emerged from the east of Quraysh with its grandeur of eloquence. It erased and extinguished the traces of eloquence written in gold on the walls of the Kaaba, the Seven Muallaqat. By challenging and inviting debate, it deeply affected the hearts of those esteemed scholars of eloquence and the leaders of fluency. It stirred their tribal instincts and shattered their self-esteem through mockery, ridicule, and humiliation. While provoking their most sensitive religious feelings with reasoning, it challenged them for a long time. These arrogant, conceited, and wounded groups could not respond. If they had the power to do so, they certainly would not have remained silent. They wanted to argue, but felt powerless and fell silent. Therefore, their helplessness is proof of the excellence of the Qur'an.
Second Argument: Scholars and critics familiar with the subtleties, beauties, and nuances of speech, after thoroughly examining the Qur'an verse by verse, word by word, and letter by letter, unanimously testify that the Qur'an contains such subtleties, nuances, and truths that human speech cannot achieve. This evidence is in the millions. These witnesses confirm that the Qur'an has established a vast religion that continues to dominate the conscience over time, and that through the cultivation of millions of perfect human beings, it demonstrates the strength of its truth. Moreover, as time passes, it remains youthful and sweetens as the source of its knowledge, the Qur'an, is repeated. Therefore:
1 Indeed, it is nothing but a revelation revealed.
Suâat
·Suaat
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