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A page of the Qur'an,16th century: "They would never produce its like not though they backed one another" written at the center. In Islam, ’i‘jāz (Arabic: اَلْإِعْجَازُ, romanized: al-ʾiʿjāz) or inimitability [citation needed] of the Qur’ān is the doctrine which holds that the Qur’ān has a miraculous quality, both in content and in form, that no human speech can ...
2:117– He is the One Who has originated the heavens and the earth, and when He wills to (originate) a thing, He only says to it: 'Be', and it becomes.; 3:47– Mary submitted: 'O my Lord, how shall I have a son when no man has ever touched me?'
"Dunya" is an Arabic word that means "lower or lowest", [1] or "nearer or nearest", [2] which is understood as a reference to the "lower world, this world here below". [3] The term "dunya" is employed to refer to the present world "as it is closest to one’s life as opposed to the life of the Hereafter". [4]
Tunku Abdul Rahman (first Malaysian prime minister) was a founder of the International Quran Recital Competition. [4] The program was started on 9 March 1961 at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur and 7 countries took part in this competition including Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sarawak and Malaya.
A 16th-century Quran opened to show sura (chapter) 2, ayat (verses) 1–4. An āyah ( Arabic : آية , Arabic pronunciation: [ʔaː.ja] ; plural: آيات ʾāyāt ) is a "verse" in the Qur'an , one of the statements of varying length that make up the chapters ( surah ) of the Qur'an and are marked by a number.
(These ten Ayat are) four from the beginning, Ayat Al-Kursi , the following two Ayat and the last three Ayat." Verse 255 is " The Throne Verse " ( آية الكرسي ʾāyatu-l-kursī ). It is the most famous verse of the Quran and is widely memorized and displayed in the Islamic world due to its emphatic description of God's omnipotence in Islam.
256 Let there be no compulsion in religion, for the truth stands out clearly from falsehood. So whoever renounces false gods and believes in God has certainly grasped the firmest, unfailing hand-hold.
But it is also used to mean "evidence," "sign", "Quranic verse", (religious obligations are ayat taklifiyyah). In Islam in general ayah is often used to a mean Quranic verse, but there is overlap in meaning: ayat /verses are believed to be the divine speech in human language presented by Muhammad as his chief miracle, [ 1 ] and miracles are a ...