Monday, July 2, 2018

 ISLAM

Acoustic Miracle of the Holy Quran

15/01/2015 Muhammed Güç
The Holy Qur’an is the word of the Lord of the worlds. Qur’an is
the ocean of miracles and the interpreter of this secret universe.
It is the sacred map of the hereafter. It is the living miracle of
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) for fourteen centuries. It rescues
the universe from disorderliness, idleness, inexpressiveness and
nothingness. Because it teaches the complete rules for Muslims
to live a good, chaste, abundant and rewarding life in obedience
to the commandments of Allah (swt) in the world and to gain
salvation in the hereafter. The Noble Qur’an is the guide of life
for every Muslim and it is the means to acquire the paradise and
most importantly the ‘’ridwan’’ which means the eternal
satisfaction of Allah (swt).
Since the Glorious Qur’an was revealed, each generation of
Muslims has found new sources of strength, courage,
inspiration and different miracles in it. Because of this, as the
time passed by, more miracles of Qur’an appeared. As Imam
Bediuzzaman (May Allah be pleased with him) says “As the time
gets older Qur’an becomes youthful and truths of it are come to
light.” It is also a “compass” for Muslims in the turbulent
voyage of life, as it has explained itself in the following verse:
ََّ ‫ى ِللتِى يَہۡ دِى ۡٱلقُ ۡر َء‬
َّ ‫ان َه ٰـذَا ِإ‬
‫ن‬ ََّ ‫ِر أ َ ۡق َو َُّم ِه‬ ََّ ِ‫ِين ۡٱل ُم ۡؤ ِمن‬
َُّ ‫ين َوَّيُبَش‬ َِّ ‫أ َ ۡج ً۬را لَ ُه َّۡم أَنَّ ٱلص ٰـ ِل َح ٰـ‬
ََّ ُ‫ت يَعۡ َمل‬
ََّ ‫ون ٱلذ‬
‫َك ِب ً۬يرا‬
“Indeed, this Qur’an guides to that which is most suitable and
gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that
they will have a great reward.” (Isra, 17:9)
The Noble Qur’an has miscellaneous miracles which are
increasing as the time passes by. The most important and
apparent miracle of Qur’an is the life-style which is brought by
Qur’an. Besides this, it has scriptural and acoustic aspects which
address to the group of people who hasn’t got so much
knowledge to understand the whole miracles of the Holy
Qur’an. Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (May Allah be pleased
with him) names this group of people “eyed layer” and
“auriculated layer”. These people are able to recognize the
brilliance of the Noble Qur’an with their eyes and ears.
From among all these miraculous aspects of the Holy Qur’an if
we examine the acoustic aspect of it, we will see very different
magnificent features. Because whoever listens to the Glorious
Qur’an would say “This Qur’an that I am listening is not similar
to other books. It should be either lower than the other books or
it should be highest and greatest amongst them,” even if he does
not understand the meaning of the verses. It is impossible to say
that the Qur’an is lower than the other books. Nobody can say it
is lower, and up to now nobody could claim that idea. In that
case Qur’an is the greatest book, and no other book can reach
the level of the Noble Qur’an even if we examine only from the
point of view of acoustic aspect. This miracle of the Qur’an itself
exclaims that “I am the word of the Eternal Speaker” and shows
the human being that it is the ocean of miracles from every
aspect.
Another miraculous acoustic aspect of the Holy Qur’an is its
blessed sound while it is being recited or read. When we listen
to the Glorious Qur’an, spiritual and sacred emotions rise in the
hearts. Its blessed sound softens the stubborn hearts of the
unbelievers. There are so many converts who accepted the
religion of Islam only with listening to the Noble Qur’an. At the
same time the Qur’an is a means for strengthening the faith and
softening the hearts of the believers. As the following verse
expresses:
ََّ ُ‫ِين ْال ُمؤْ ِمن‬
‫ون ِإن َما‬ ََّ ‫ّللاُ ذُ َِّك ََّر ِإذَا الذ‬
َّ ‫ت‬ َّْ َ‫ت َو ِإذَا قُلُوبُ ُه َّْم َو ِجل‬
َّْ ‫علَ ْي ِه َّْم ت ُ ِل َي‬
َ ُ‫ى ِإي َمانا زَ ادَتْ ُه َّْم آ َيات ُ َّه‬
َّٰ َ‫عل‬
َ ‫َر ِب ِه َّْم َو‬
ََّ ُ‫يَت ََوكل‬
‫ون‬
“The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned,
their hearts become fearful, and when His verses are recited to
them, it increases them in faith; and upon their Lord they
rely.” (Anfal, 8:2)
In the time of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), the
unbelievers listened to the recitations of the Holy Qur’an even if
they fought Islam and the Qur’anic messages of the Prophet
(PBUH). When Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was praying at
midnights in his home, the unbelievers were secretly coming to
the vicinity of the Prophet’s house in order to listen to the Noble
Qur’an. They listened to Qur’an from midnight to fajr time.
Because they heard nothing like the Qur’an up to that time.
Once, one of the unbelievers came to the vicinity of the Prophet
Mohammad’s house to listen to the Qur’an. Another unbeliever
was also listening to the Qur’an at the same time. When they
saw each other they were surprised. Then they agreed together
not to come again (to listen to the Qur’an) and they said to each
other “if we do like this, our slaves and children will accept this
Qur’an and enter Mohammad’s religion.” But in the following
night they could not endure the desire to listen to the Qur’an so
much and they went again very secretly in the dark. But they
encountered each other again. Once again they promised each
other not to come and they left. In the third night, they could
not keep their word and secretly came again. And they saw each
other for the third time. This time they make a very strong
promise and left. Only this event itself is enough to tell us the
magnificent acoustic aspect of the Holy Qur’an and its smart
eloquence. Even this feature of the Holy Qur’an can show us
that the Glorious Qur’an is the word of Allah (swt) and no book
can reach the level of it.
Once upon a time a Bedouin- who lives in deserts- came to the
Prophet (PBUH). When he heard the following verse ‫ع‬ ْ ‫ِب َما َفا‬
َّْ َ‫صد‬
َّْ ‫ن َوأَع ِْر‬
‫ض تُؤْ َم َُّر‬ َِّ ‫ع‬ ََّ ‫ ْال ُم ْش ِر ِك‬which means “Then declare what you are
َ ‫ين‬
commanded and turn away from the polytheists.” (Hijr, 15:94)
he prostrated. When he was asked “Did you become
Muslim?” “No, I didn’t become Muslim, but I prostrated for the
eloquence of this verse” he replied. As we see in this example,
the unbelievers in the time of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
recognized and confessed the beauty of the Qur’an even if they
didn’t accept the religion of Islam.
Another miraculous aspect of the Holy Qur’an is its feature
related with memorizing. Qur’an has a very beautiful fluency
and appropriate manner of reading for human nature. People
from any nation can start to read the Noble Qur’an with a short
education even if they don’t know Arabic language. Because of
all these phonetic characteristics of it, the Qur’an can be
memorized very easily even by small children. Because the
Qur’an is very appropriate with human nature and very easy to
read. This miraculous feature of the Glorious Qur’an can never
be seen in any other book. This is also a very strong evidence for
the Holy Qur’an that it is the word of Allah (swt).
In conclusion, the Holy Qur’an is an ocean of miracles for
Muslims, which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
by Almighty Allah (swt). The Glorious Qur’an represents the
fountainhead of divine guidance for every Muslim. Its revelation
to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his practical
implementation of it completed Allah’s blessing for humanity.
Every century the shiny miracles of the Noble Qur’an appear. In
that case the Qur’an is the greatest book and no book can reach
the level of the Holy Qur’an even if we examine only from
acoustic aspect. This kind of miracle of the Noble Qur’an itself
exclaims that “I am the word of Eternal Speaker” and shows the
human being that the Qur’an is the ocean of miracles from every
aspect.