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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Seal of the Prophets and His Message Lesson Thirteen: The Demand of the Qur’an for a Direct Confrontation The Noble Qur’an was revealed in the Arabic language, one of the richest languages in the world from the point of view of firmness of structure and abundance of vocabulary.

It descended like a flash of lightning in the darkness of the Age of Ignorance, and in the manner in which it conveyed various types of subject matter in the most concise of sentences it had nothing in common with the conventional language of the Arabs. At the time that the Qur’an was revealed, the literary talent and eloquence of the Arabs was at its peak.

Works created by poets and orators commanded the attention and admiration of everyone, and literature constituted the only art cultivated by the Arab elite. The Qur’an, which constituted the documentary proof of the messengerhood of the Prophet of Islam and the raw materials of which its constituent letters and words was revealed over a period of twenty-three years in accordance with the particular needs that emerged over time.

Thus it guided the Prophet and his companions step by step toward their exalted goals. The words and expressions of the Qur’an are harmonious and its words are set together pleasingly and with the utmost beauty, and in complete accord with the subtle meanings they express. This unique combination of wording and meaning is a special feature of the Qur’an and another aspect of its miraculousness.

With the revelation of the Qur’an, the Arabs made the acquaintance of a fresh and new form of speech which was neither prose nor poetry, but the melody of which was more beautiful and attractive than that of poetry and the discourse of which was more eloquent and effective than that of prose. Whoever heard it was drawn toward it and transformed by it.

It was utterly different from all forms of human speech by virtue of the superiority of its concepts, the eloquence of its style and outward form, and its exposition of meanings in the most concise way. The firm laws and clear logic of the Qur’an showed human beings the way to correct religion and living, and inspired them with the determination to create an epic unparalleled in history.

The Qur’an destroyed utterly the superstitions that the oppressors and their helpers had elaborated throughout history.