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Nor did He challenge them to produce something they neither recognized nor knew anything about.
Allah Himself called it Arabic and affirmed that it is the Book, saying: “Alif-Lām-Rā. These are the verses of the clear Book. Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an so that you may reason.”¹
He also said: “Ḥā-Mīm. By the clear Book—We have made it an Arabic Qur’an so that you may understand.”²
Hence, whoever rejects that the Qur’an is this very Arabic Book is among those who do not use their reason.
One of the clearest proofs of this is that the disbelievers declared, “This is poetry,” and Allah—exalted is He—answered them: “We have not taught him poetry, nor does it befit him; it is only a reminder and a Qur’an.”
(1) Sūrah Yūsuf, verses 1–2.
(2) Sūrah al-Zukhruf, verses 1–3.
ولا يتحداهم بالإتيان بما لا يعرفونه ولا يدرون ما هو.
وسماه الله عربيا، وأخبر أنه هو الكتاب، فقال تعالى: ﴿الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيّاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴾ ١.
وقال: ﴿حم. وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ. إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيّاً لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴾ ٢
فمن أنكر كون القرآن هو الكتاب العربي، فهو من لا يعقلون.
ومن أوضح الدلائل على ذلك: أن الكفار قالوا: هذا شعر، فرد الله سبحانه عليهم بقوله: ﴿وَمَا عَلَّمْنَاهُ الشِّعْرَ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَقُرْآنٌ
١ سورة يوسف، آية (١-٢) .
٢ سورة الزخرف: آية (١-٣)