The Quran alone has survived as the completely preserved utterances of the Almighty. Nevertheless, preserving the Quran was a laborious task requiring remarkable skill and dedication. As such, it was the most extraordinary undertaking of the age. This feat is essential when seen in the loss of authority of previous texts that were not maintained in their pristine state.
God made arrangements to preserve His guidance for future generations as a special blessing to man. That is how—by the special succour of God–the Prophet and his companions were victorious in their long tussle with the transgressors, thus ushering in a new era in world history.
They succeeded in replacing the old world with a new world which, with its unassailable fidelity to truth, afforded an eternal guarantee for the preservation of the Quran.
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It is important to understand that the Quranic teachings are not system-based: they focus on the individual. They cover his thinking, his speech, his behaviour, his everyday dealings and his spirituality. The study of the Quran tells us that the actual target of the Quran is to change the thinking of the individual. The Quran aims at bringing about an intellectual revolution in every human being. All its teachings are therefore spiritual in nature. All its verses address the human mind, their main thrust being to promote contemplation, for which the Quranic word is al-taffakur. The Quran, in effect, strives to promote spiritual behaviour and peaceful conduct in national as well as international life.
Source: Quran: An Abiding Wonder
The Quran, relatively speaking, is a modest book and its language is also very simple. To appreciate the Quran, you don’t need to understand it from A to Z. Although there is a comprehensive theme that covers all the chapters of the Quran, at the same time every single verse of the Quran has an independent meaning.
The verses of the Quran total approximately six thousand three hundred. These are arranged in the form of one hundred and fourteen chapters, some long, some very short. Every chapter, except one, begins with the words: “In the name of God, Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” All the statements of the Quran relate to God Almighty, sometimes directly and sometimes indirectly. In the Quran, God Almighty directly addresses man saying: ‘O man! This is your God addressing you. Listen to Me and follow it. This is the path of success for you.’
One special aspect of the Quran is that at any moment its reader can consult its Writer, put his questions, and receive answers, for the Writer of the Quran is God Himself. He is a living God. As man’s Creator, He directly hears and answers man’s call. The Quran stresses the importance of man’s discovery of God at the level of realization, maarifah (5:83).
Source: Quran: An Abiding Wonder
When you read the Quran, you will repeatedly find it stated that it is the word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad over 23 years from 610 till 632 AD. The Quran is no new heavenly scripture. It is only an authentic edition of the previous heavenly scriptures. The Quran, the Book of God, enshrines the teachings which were basically the same as were to be found in previously revealed scriptures. But these ancient scriptures are no longer preserved in their original state. Later additions and deletions have rendered them unreliable, whereas the Quran, preserved in its original state, is totally reliable. When a believer in the previously revealed scripture turns to the Quran, it does not mean that he is rejecting his own belief, but rather amounts to his having re-discovered his own faith in an authentic form. This is because the original text is preserved in Arabic and its translation is available in all the major languages, including English.
The Quran is the preserved version of the book sent by the Lord of all creation. It is a book for all human beings because it has been sent by that Divine Being who is the God of all of us. In this respect, the Quran is a book for all human beings, of all nations. It is the expression of God’s mercy for one and for all. It is a complete message sent by God for every one of us. The Quran is a light of guidance for all the world just as the sun is the source of light and heat for all the world.
Source: Quran: An Abiding Wonder