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Quran-The Linguistic Miracle 1 QUR’AN - the LINGUISTIC MIRACLE BOOK Contents Section 1: The Arabic Language Chapter 1: Introduction to the Arabic Language (Why it’s Unique): .............................................. 4 Chapter 2: Etymology of Arabic (Base Letters & their meanings) ................................................. 7 Chapter 3: Grammar vs Phonetic Languages, and Arabic (Letter Sounds & Shapes): ................. 15 Chapter 4: Richness of 3 Letter Arabic Vocabulary (Rich Meanings): .......................................... 28 Chapter 5: Words longer than 3 Root Letters (Fusing words) ...................................................... 35 Chapter 6: Synonyms and Antonyms: (Words are known by their ‘Relatives’) ........................... 38 Chapter 7 - Classical Arabic Poetry: .............................................................................................. 41 The Generous man & the Mu’allaqah of ‘Amr bin Kulthum ......................................................... 41 Palindromes (spelling something the same in reverse): .................................................. 44 Chapter 8: Balaaghah & Eloquence (Subtle meanings) ............................................................... 45 Past tense (maaDiy) vs Present-Future tense (muDaari’): ............................................... 45 Noun (constant) vs Verb (temporary):.............................................................................. 46 Female Plural used for non-Female objects = ‘Handful’ (less than 10) ............................ 47 Chapter 9: What is the ‘Perfect Language’? ................................................................................. 49 Section 2: The Qur’an ................................................................................................................... 52 Chapter 10: Introduction: ................................................................................................. 52 Chapter 11: Qur’an Gems ................................................................................................. 56 Chapter 12: Sounds [Onomatopoeia] in al-Qur’an. .......................................................... 57 Chapter 13: Qur’an Gems: Precise Word Choice, Word-Play, Palindromes, Imagery, & Movie-Epic scenes! ........................................................................................................... 61 Your Life Summarised in 1 Aayah/verse! .......................................................................... 62 Quranic Palindromes......................................................................................................... 63 Precise Word Sequencing ................................................................................................. 71 Replace the word Sky with Man, and Earth with Woman... ............................................. 72 Repose, Affection & Mercy… ............................................................................................ 63 “…Her heart became empty…” ......................................................................................... 74 And Jaheem [Hell] will be Pulled out for those to See… .................................................. 75 His mother is Hell, the War Horse & Description of Paradise.. ....................................... 76 Chapter 14: How to Extract Quran Gems ................................................................................... .88 Step 1 - Focus on Words and their Power: ................................................................................... 88 Step 2 - Sentence structure - Placements of words in an Ayah - p84 .......................................... 95 Step 3 - The Location of an Ayah within a Passage of Discussion………………………………………...... 86 Step 4 - See how all the Passages Connect to work Together to produce 'Themes' ……………….. 88 Step 5: Produce an overall Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………… 89 2 Section 4:- Science Chapter 15: Scientific Marvels in the Qur’an .............................................................................. 100 How do Arabic Definitions work? ................................................................................... 101 Scientific Miracle 1 - Sulaalah: ........................................................................................ 104 Definitions: .......................................................................................................................... 104 Nutfah: ............................................................................................................................ 107 Two meanings of Nutfah combined: .................................................................................. 109 Amshaaj: ......................................................................................................................... 109 Maniy .............................................................................................................................. 110 1st General Meaning: .......................................................................................................... 110 2nd Meaning: ...................................................................................................................... 110 3rd Meaning: ....................................................................................................................... 111 4th meaning: ....................................................................................................................... 111 Relation to Modern Science: .............................................................................................. 112 Even More Amazing! : ........................................................................................ 113 Male’s Sperm Determines Gender of Child: ................................................................... 113 Alaq ................................................................................................................................. 114 Summarised: ................................................................................................................... 115 Section 5: Qur’an Challenge .............................................................................. 118 Chapter 16: Unique Qur’an Structure ............................................................................. 119 Chapter 17: Understanding the Qur’an Literary Challenge: “Bring Something Like It” . 121 Chapter 18: Responses to the Qur’an Literary Challenge: Musaylamah ........................ 124 ‘Surah’ Iman [Faith]:........................................................................................................ 126 Our Refutation: ............................................................................................................... 130 1 – Incorrect Plagiarism of: ............................................................................................. 130 2 – Incorrect Useage of: Reeh & Riyah – Wind. .............................................................. 131 3 – Use of Comical Expressions: ...................................................................................... 133 4 – Lack of Smoothness/Flow in Recitation: ................................................................... 133 5 – Unnecessary Words – could easily be Removed – without altering it’s Meaning. .. 133 Words/Phrases which could be Summarized: ................................................................ 134 6 – The Story itself has a Lack of Thematic Connection & Meaning: ............................. 134 The Beginning Verse, & the Last Verse were Plagiarised from the Qur’an Purposelly .. 138 Section 6: What Experts & Orientalists said about the Qur’an Language: .......... 139 Section 7: Meaningful Prayer ............................................................................. 146 Section 8: Miscellaneous: Further Reading | Dictionaries | Websites | Contact 3 Introduction to the Arabic Language: The Arabic language is a unique language, and has many special and unique features which make it suitable for it to convey; many meanings in few words, subtleties, emphasis and powerful imagery through speech alone. If God was to convey a message to mankind, it would be through a language which is easy to learn, and has the highest form of expressiveness. I believe that Arabic is that language by which He communicated His final Message to mankind, and I will try to prove it through this Book – Qur’an, the Linguistic Miracle. In the first section of this Book, I will be introducing Classical Arabic (a more in-depth version of the language in comparison to the Modern Fus-ha Standard, Spoken Arabic aka MSA). I will explain the literary tools of Classical Arabic, with examples, and later near the end of this section, I will share a few gems of Classical Arabic language, to give you a feel of how the Classical Arabs expressed themselves through Poetry, and what powerful literary tools they used to convey their message to an equally praiseworthy literary audience. What is the Arabic language? Arabic is an ancient Semitic language, believed to be over 2000 years old. So it has had alot of time to develop, and enrich its meanings and linguistic beauty. Some say it – the language- has been inspired and preserved miraculously in its pure form. It has stayed firm and pure to its roots, meaning that words and their meanings which were said over 1,400 years ago are still preserved and documented for us uptill this day. Unlike many other languages where words change
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