The Unique Literary Form of the Qur'an

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

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According to both Muslim and Non-Muslim scholarship, the Qur’an cannot be described as any of the known forms of Arabic speech; namely poetry and prose. Taha Husayn, a prominent Egyptian Litterateur, during the course of a public lecture summarised how the Qur’an achieves this unique form...

  

Abstract:

The inability of any person to produce anything like the Qur'an, due to its unique literary form is the essence of the Qur'anic miracle. A miracle is defined as "events which lie outside the productive capacity of nature". The argument posed by Muslim theologians and philosophers is that if, with the finite set of Arabic linguistic tools at humanity's disposal, there is no effective challenge; then providing a naturalistic explanation for the Qur'an's uniqueness is incoherent and does not explain its inimitability. This is because the natural capacity of the text producer, or author, is able to produce the known literary forms in the Arabic language. The development of an entirely unique literary form is beyond the scope of the productive nature of any author, hence a supernatural entity, God, is the only sufficient and comprehensive explanation. It is the purpose of this article to explain how the Qur'an achieves this unique literary form, thereby explaining the miracle of its inimitability.

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Selling out rapidly?!?
written by Abu Zakariyya, October 22, 2008
What does Allah (swt) say about suspicion? How can Hamza be with the Saudi Salafi's? He recently refused to attend the JIMAS event due to JIMAS giving platform to Islamic secularists (if there is such a thing!). Hamza constantly challenges so called Islamic governments as they do not defend Islam or the Muslims and fail to implement the sharia. If you attend any of his talks or debates you will always here this mentioend even when he talks about the miracle of the Quran! Additionally he receives no funding by anyone. The only funding he has received is from close brothers who contribute to the hiring of the halls debating Liberalism and Secularism and his forthcoming trip to abroad to deliver presentations on Islam vs Secular Liberalism! How saudi salafi is that?!? Please Brother Abu Hamza, I suggest you remove your doubt and baseless suspicion and email the brother directly he is approachable and will dispel these myths, his email is a_tzortzis@yahoo.com - just to conclude, do you not think it is funny that when a brother wants to be involved with the ummah and support organisations that are doing good work, he gets attacked? It is no wonder the Muslims are disunited. More should follow Hamza's example of speaking against kufr while trying to link the ummah. I suggest brother Abu Hamza removes his allegation or makes tawba for slander. And Allah guides and indeed He knows best! Salaam.
selling out rapidly
written by Abu Hamza, October 20, 2008
Yeah I heard Hamza sold out on HT and has now joined the Saudi loving Wahhabhi Salafi's! I guess it is a matter of time before he starts giving bay'ah! It's a shame he sold out but I guess he needs some kind of funding for his website
Qaseedah's
written by Islamoblogger, October 17, 2008
Hey Shehab, look up Qaseedah's. Those were the pre-Islamic form of Arabic Poetry. Their structure was poetic and specific to that region.

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Anyone knows any books that I can study arabic poetry from ?
written by Shehab, October 09, 2008
I would like to know if anyone knows any books in english via which I can study arabic poetry/prose?I've done the grammer but I belive grammer doesn't give you an appreciation of the uniqueness of the Quran..it makes you understand whats being said.
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written by Isma'il, September 29, 2008
Has the brother left HT? I heard that he's no longer hizb and is now salafi - can anyone canfirm, or maybe the brother can clarify himself.
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written by John, September 29, 2008
A good pice of work. May Allah reward the brother.
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written by Sulaiman, September 27, 2008
Mashallah, the brothers work is very inspiring. As a point of interest, is he ex-HT as I heard this to be the case?
Excellent!
written by Abu, September 27, 2008
Great research piece! MashAllah. A must read for the serious daees!
amazing
written by Umm Ayman, September 26, 2008
MashAllah, amazing research; i am sure it will come handy for me when speaking or writing about the Qur'aan and especially when reading and contemplating the Qur'aan. i always wondered about the different styles employed within the sequence of the verses and how they weren't like poetry nor like normal speech - in truth, it is nothing but the word of Allah. JazakAllah i look forward to more. wasslam
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written by Abu Abdillah, September 25, 2008
Mashallah, a very well presented piece of research.

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