Among the miracles of the Prophet Muhammad, SallAllaahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and the best Miracle that can still be seen today, is the miracle of the Holy Qur’aan.
The Qur’aan is a miracle which stands as proof of the truthfulness of our Master Muhammad, SallAllaahu ^alayhi wa sallam, and that he was a Prophet sent by Allaah.
Allah the exalted preserved the Holy Qur’aan from being perverted, Allaah said in the Qur’aan:
{إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ}
Verse 9 of Surat al-Hijr means that Allaah revealed the Qur’aan and Allaah will preserve it.
All of the Qur’aan is preserved until the Day of Judgment, the verses and the judgments of the Qur’aan do not contradict one another, rather they agree with one another.
Moreover, Allaah ta^aalaa has revealed the Qur’aan with verses (ayat) of clear meanings, while other verses have many meanings according to the rules of the Arabic language.
Some people would read the Qur’aan and misunderstand the meanings of the verses because of their ignorance in the #Religion, while others are guided to the true and valid interpretations and meanings.
Allaah ta^aalaa revealed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, that noone can author something similar to the Holy Qur’aan, and Allaah ta^aalaa ordered Prophet Muhammad to challenge the blasphemers.
So Prophet Muhammad challenged the blasphemers in his time to author something similar and as eloquent as even the shortest surah in The Holy Qur’aan, even if they come together and put together their efforts towards this.
He told them that they would not be able to do so. He showed them their powerlessness in doing so. And all of them were very eloquent and knowledgeable about the Arabic language. Despite that they were all unable to author something similar.
The one who has knowledge in the Arabic language can identify this matter easily. He can identify that the Qur’aan is more eloquent than anything he ever heard or would hear. The one who does not know Arabic language can deduce from the fact that the very eloquent people in the Prophet’s time were unable to produce something similar to even the shortest surah.
Al-Bayhaqiyy and others narrated that Jubayr ibnu Mut^im (جُبَيْرُ بنُ مُطْعِم) said what means: “I came to the Prophet while I was still a blasphemer for a worldly matter. I heard him reciting Surat at–Tur ( الطُّور ). I felt that my heart was going to fly.”
Jubayr was extremely overwhelmed and then he embraced #Islam. He knew that this is something not authored by any human, especially that the style of Al-Qur’aan is a unique style. It is not like any style that the Arabs used to speak or use. It is not poetry, nor was it the style of the preachers or speakers. It is a unique style.