The Baha'i Studies Listserv It's basically a challenge from God to those who reject it. Some of the polytheist Arabs took to saying that Muhammad (pbuh) was like the soothsayers who would go into trances and reveal prophecies in poetic prose, for a nominal fee. The Qur'an tells people to learn from those who don't ask for a "fee", but who say "our recompense is with God." The polytheist Arabs also claimed that a Persian man was actually revealing the Qur'an, and teaching the verses to Muhammad. While the Qur'an has similarities to other forms of Arabic poetry, it claims to be unique because it is the speech of God Himself. The Qur'an is unique because the Qur'an is unique. I don't know how else to explain it, to myself, or to others.
Peace On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > > In several places God, Gabriel, Muhammad, etc. challenge people to bring > a book, surahs, a surah, verses, lines, etc. like it. > > What are the rules of the challenge? > > Qur'an alones say it's a hidden 19 code in it. > > Some muslims say social impact over time. > > Some muslims say not rhyming, not bahir, not poetry, not prose, not > ordinary speach, not sootsaying, etc... in Arabic. > > Several people have historically taken up the challenge. So who really > verifies if something is or is not like the Quran? > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
