THE QURAN THE ETERNAL CHALLENGE

This book is unique in its approach to the Qur’än. It argues the point that only God could author such a book, and that Muhammad could have never produced anything like it. While this objective has been attempted by several Muslim scholars who highlighted one aspect or another of the topics tackled in the Qur’än, Dr. Dräz’s work is perhaps the first that relies totally on the merits of the Qur’änic text for an irrefutable proof. Dr. Dräz discusses the arguments made at the time of the Prophet and later on which suggested that the Qur’än was taught to Muhammad by various teachers, and shows how they all collapse at the first test. When he has irrefutably established the fact that the Qur’än could only be a Divine revelation, Dr. Dräz goes on to analyse the Qur’änic style, showing how it combines merits that can never be found together in any human writing. Equipped with a profound literary sense and a powerful Arabic style, Dr. Dräz discusses the main characteristics of the Qur’änic style, as well as the unity of theme that runs through each chapter, or surah. The work is now presented to Engish readers as it gives students of the Qur’än valuable insight, enabling them to understand the Qur’än better.

• AUTHOR: MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH DRAZ
• THE ISLAMIC FOUNDATION UNITED KINGDOM
• ISBN 0 86037 341 X