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The Islamic Bulletin
Issue 5
Issue 5
V
ol
. XXII, N
o
. 27
in
this
issue
L
etters
to
the
E
ditor
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I
slamic
W
orld
N
ews
.......................... 3
M
iracles of
the
Q
ur
’
an
...................... 4
H
appy
N
ew
Y
ear
................................. 5
K
id
’
s
C
orner
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C
ook
’
s
C
orner
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W
omen
in
I
slam
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I
slamic
S
cience
................................... 7
T
eachings of
the
P
rophet
................... 8
W
hy
I E
mbraced
I
slam
........................ 8
T
he
I
slamic
C
alendar
.......................... 9
S
cientific
A
chievements
....................... 9
I
slamic
V
ocabulary
............................. 10
T
he
P
rophet
S
alih
.............................. 10
S
tories of
the
S
ahabas
........................ 11
I
slamic
D
ietary
L
aws
........................... 11
T
he
I
slamic
B
ulletin
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he
M
iracles
of
the
Q
uran
Humanity has received the Divine guidance only through two channels:
firstly the word of God, secondly the Prophets who were chosen By God
to communicate His will to human-beings. These two things have always
been going together and attempts to know the will of God by neglecting
either of these two have always been misleading.
The Christians, in total disregard to the Book of God, attached all impor-
tance to Jesus Christ (AS) and thus not only elevated him to Divinity, but
also lost the very essence of Tawheed (monotheism) contained in the Bible.
As a matter of fact the main scriptures revealed before the Quran i.e.,
the Old Testament and the Gospel, came into book-form long after the
days of the Prophets. This was because the followers of Moses and Jesus
made no considerable efforts to preserve these Revelations during the
life of their Prophets. Rather they were written long after their death.
On the contrary, the last revealed Book, the Quran, is in its original form.
God Himself guaranteed its preservation and that is why the whole of
the Quran was written during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
Moreover, there were tens of thousands of the companions of the Holy
Prophet (pbuh) who memorized the whole Quran and the Prophet (pbuh)
used to recite it to the angel Gabriel once a year and twice when he was
about to die.
The Quran was so meticulously preserved because it was to be the Book
of guidance for humanity for all times to come. That is why it does not
address the Arabs alone in whose language it was revealed. It speaks to
man as a human being. The practicability of the Quranic teachings is es-
tablished by the examples of Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) and the good
Muslims throughout the ages.
The distinctive approach of the Quran is that its instructions are aimed
at the general welfare of man and are based on the possibilities within
his reach. That is why the Quran is the central sacred reality of Islam. Its
importance is so great that the sound of the Quran is the first and last
sound that a Muslim hears in this life.
Beginning with this issue, we will explain in greater detail the wisdom
and miracles of The Holy Quran, God-willing.