Scripture: The Book About Itself
The Quran's testimony to its own nature: its structure, its language, its narrative, and its preservation.
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The Symmetrical Structure of Al-Baqarah
"And thus We have made you a middle nation, that you may be witnesses over mankind."
The Challenge No One Has Met
"And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our servant, then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. But if you do not, and you never will, then fear the Fire."
The Book That Promised to Guard Itself
"Indeed, it is We who sent down the Reminder, and indeed We will be its guardian."
Five Things No One Can Know
"Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour. And He sends down the rain. And He knows what is in the wombs. And no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow. And no soul knows in what land it will die."
The Best of Stories, Told in One Sitting
"We relate to you the best of stories through what We have revealed to you of this Quran."