The inimitability of the Qur'an (i'jaz al-Qur'an)
The doctrine that the Qur'an is inimitable and that humans cannot produce its like; for Sunni scholars it is the Prophet ﷺ's greatest miracle. In al-Shifa, Qadi Iyad counts four agreed aspects — its eloquence and fine composition, its arrangement unlike Arab forms of speech, its news of the unseen, and its accounts of past nations despite the Prophet being unlettered — and reports the view that the Arabs were turned away from imitating it (sarfa) and the view that its like was within human power in kind but never granted to them.
In the other books · 4
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Al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (al-Zarkashi) · 47
An excerpt from «البُرهان — الزركشي» carrying a report of correspondence, a letter, epistle or reply in context; quoted within forty words per the sources policy.
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Al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (al-Zarkashi) · 51
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Al-Burhan fi Ulum al-Qur'an (al-Zarkashi) · 51
An excerpt from «البُرهان — الزركشي» carrying a report of correspondence, a letter, epistle or reply in context; quoted within forty words per the sources policy.
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al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an · 29
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