Al-Quran The Ultimate Miracle (By Ahmed Deedat)

PROPHECY AND FULFILMENT

We are forced to conclude from these mind-boggling facts that no human being, not even the whole of mankind with all their Computers and Calculators could duplicate this Holy Book - Mathematical Miracle - THE QURAN, "The ultimate miracle of creation." If you still harbour some lingering doubts about its Divine Authorship, why not ask your Computer?

The Holy Qur'an has already been computerized. Refer to Dr. Rashad Khalifa's Book - "The Perpetual Miracle of Muhammed,". After the foregoing mathematical "coincidence" were programmed into the computer, this "electronic wizard" was asked, "WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF A BOOK BEING WRITTEN, AND BY 'CHANCE' SUCCESSFULLY WEAVING AN INTERLOCKING SYSTEM BASED ON THE NUMBER '19'?" The computer's reply is - the odds of such a happening are: "Six hundred and twenty-six Septillions to 1 against such a happening!" For easier apprenhension of this phenomenal odds, let me put the figure down in numbers: It is a 626,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1 (against coincidence!)

New facts are being continually discovered on the same mathematical basis, thus increasing the odds against coincidence still further.

The magnitude of the above figute is far more formidable then the odds of life originating on earth by a seried of "Coincidences," by "accident" as the agnostics would have believe. For life to generate and survive on our globe, here are some of their "chance" prerequisites:

1. The earth must be inclined on its axis at 23¹/_{2 half degrees.}
2. The rotation of the earth must be at the right speed.
3. The distance from the sun must not be any nearer or any further.
4. The moon to must be at its present distance.
5. The combination of the gases surrounding us must be at its existing ratio, etc. etc.

The possibility of every factor necessary for life to exist, exactly as we have it, by mere chance, is billions to one against there happening. But just a single angle of the Qur'anic Miracle puts the odds to septillions! We have yet to discover other aspects of this Wonder Book of God.

What should this latest Qura'nic discovery mean to us Muslims? We number some 900,000,00 in the world today, but really count for nothing. We are really a third grade nation. With all our "petro-dollars," even if constructively utilised to rebuild the Islamic Ummah, we Muslims would still be unable to catch up with Russia, China or America. For every step we advance in science and technology, in nuclear physics and space research, the above mentioned giants would be ten steps ahead of us. We will never be able to catch up with them. It is not Muslims-like to be pessimistic, it is true, but we have to be realistic.

Yet Allah has promised us in His Infallible Book, that He will make His "Deen" (meaning WAY OF LIFE, Generally translated as "religion"), to prevail over every other way of life.

IT IS HE (God Almighty) WHO

HAS SENT HIS APOSTLE WITH GUIDANCE

AND THE TELIGION OF TRUTH,

THAT HE MAY PROCLAIM IT OVER ALL RELIGION,

EVEN THOUGH THE MUSHRIKS MAY DETEST (IT)
{Holy Qur'an 61:9}

The same promise is repeated in 48:28 with a variation at the end.

AND ENOUGH IS ALLAH AS A WITNESS (To this fact that He will make you to prevail)

How can these prophecies be fulfilled in us when we have become the laughing stock of the world? How on earth are we going to convince the atheists and the agnostics, the Christians, Communists, and others, when we dissipate our resources and energies in useless endeavours. However, despite our present dismal position and degradation, we shall triumph! The one in Whose Hands is all Power will Perform the Miracle!

. . . THE PROMISE OF ALLAH IS TRUE . . .
{Holy Qur'an 4:122}

Again and again it has been demonstrated in history, how God fulfilled His Plans. Historians have failed to account for the sudden rise of the Arabs - from obscurity to greatness - through Islam. Let Thomas Carlyle describes the scene in his usual inimitable way: "A poor shephard people roaming unnoticed in its deserts since the creation of the world:" (NOBODY HAD GIVEN THEM A SECOND LOOK - ALEXANDER THE GREAT PASSED THEM BY, THE PERSIANS PASSED THEM BY, THE ROMANS PASSED THEM BY - THIS HUMAN RUBBISH - AN ABSOLUTE LIABILITY TO ANY WOULD-BE CONQUEROR) "A Hero-Prophet was sent down to them with a word they could believe: see, the unnoticed becomes world-notable, the small has grown world-great; with in one century afterwards, Arabia is at Granada on this hand, at Delhi on that; - glancing in valour and splendour and the light of genius, Arabia shines through long ages over a great section of the world . . . These Arabs, the man Mohamet, and that one century, - is it not as if a spark had fallen, one spark on a world of what seemed black unnoticeable sand; but lo! the sand proves explosive powder, blazes heaven-high from Delhi to Granada!" These are the words of a friendly critic, but compare them with those of a venomous Jew, who, writing on the history of medicine, has a sarcastic dig at his Semintic cousins - "camel drivers and goat-herds sitting on the throne of the Caesars." What profound truth, uttered in hate! Of all the Sementes - the Phoenicicians had gone to Europe as traders, the Jews, as fugitives or captives, the Arabs alone had gone to Europe as Kings!
This is what Allah had done in the past and He can easily do the same again. Remember the Mongols - how Islam conquered the conquerors of the Islamic Empire? After the initial barbaric onslaughts they became the voluntary slaves of Islam, to become its defenders and upholders for centuries.

History is replete with examples of the Mighty Hand of the God of Mercy, lifting up nations from abysmal depths of degradation to glorious heights in an instant. What His Mighty Hand do the impossible. If Jis "Deen" were in the hands of today's super powers, with their atomic weapons and space rockets, with mammoth printing presses and organising ability, and with all their material resources; if at their hands He made His plan to prevail, it would not be any wonder. But if for the down and out." for the people from the "gutters," for everybody's "football" to vanquish the mighty, arrogant loards of the world, it would be a Miracle indeed!

It is our privillege and our prerogative to give battle to the nations of the earth, not with guns and dynamite but with intellectual weapons. Intellectually, Allah has given us the upper hand. He has given us a way of life, and we do not have to apologise for anything: We have the answers in Islam to every problem of mankind. First get the intellectual acceptance of the unbeliever, the rest will follow as night follows the day. Prove to our antagonists that the Qur'an is the veritable Word of God. Demonstrate its Miraculous construction which only an Omnipotent, Omniscient Being could have produced. It is our duty to invite the unbeliever to Islam with the Qur'an in one hand and logic in the other; let us march forward for the conquest of the hearts and minds of mankind!

INVITE (all) TO THE WAY OF THY LORD WITH WISDOM . . .
{Holy Qur'an 16:125}

And wisdom demands that we speak to a people according to their mental background and experiences. We are now living in the "Age of the Computer." Without this magical beast, all our progess will come to a standstill. Our airways, our banking and our telephones would be utterly helpless without this slave who has turned master. If the telephones in America were de-computerised for only a day, every women from the age of 18 to 45 would have to be mobilised to run this one service alone and the manual equipment no longer exists!

Everyone, whether he has seen a computer or not, has heard about the magic and marvel of this machine and his life is affected by it. And astonishingly, it always gives you the right answer, wheather Christian-owned or Communist-owned. If you ask the computer, even with your own preconcieved notions - "What is one plus one plus one?" The unerring answer will always be "three." If you ask a Roman Catholic-owned computer, "God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost - how many Gods do they make? It will immediately respond "THREE," without blushing.It has no feeling or sympathy for its owner's who desire to hear "ONE."

Talk to the educated nations of the earth in a language they can readily understand, the language of "exact science" - mathematics. Show them the Qur'anic Mathematical "interlocking" marvel wherewith its Author - God Almighty - has preserved. His Book from all human tampering, and challenge him with the Author's

SAY: IF THE WHOLE OF MANKIND AND JINNS

WERE TO GATHER TOGETHER TO PRODUCE

THE LIKE OF THIS QUR'AN, THEY COULD NOT

PRODUCE THE LIKE THEREOF, EVEN IF THEY

BACKED UP EACH OTHER WITH HELP AND SUPPORT.
{Holy Qur'an 17:88}

With the new Qur'anic findings, we will be able to achieve the following five effects:

1. It will create a great consternation in the heart of the antagonists of Islam.
2. It will convince sincere Jews and Christians, people like Jules Masserman and Michael H. Hart who hold good opinions about Islam, that the source of Muhummed's revelation is God Almighty, and the Holy Qur'an is the "Infallible Word of God" perfectly perserved.
3. It will increase and strengthen the faith of the Muslims, who already believe that the Qur'an is Allah's Kalaam.
4. It will eliminate all lingering doubts from the heart of the Muslims and the sincere followers of the "People of the Book."
5. And finally, it will expose the bigots and the hypocrites as unfortunate fanatics whose evil destination is Hell, which God Almighty has prepared for those who deliberately reject His Guidance.

In conclusion, it is my humble Prayer that may Allah shower His choicest blessings upon the Holy Prophet Muhummed (May peace be upon him) and inspire Muslims to be worthy of His Mercy and the Honour He has reposed on all who serve Him with Gratitude . . .

AAMEEN!

BUT ALLAH WILL SWIFTLY REWARD THOSE

WHO (serve Him) WITH GRATITUDE.
{Holy Qur'an 3:144}