Re: Islamic Quiz Competition (Q&A)
Narrated Anas:
There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran, and he used to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to say: "Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him." Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and took his body out of it because he had run away from them." They again dug the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is an
act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it, for he had run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).
(Volume 4, Book 56, Number 814)
Quran’s answer to accusations of Forgery
This hadith does, however, clearly illustrate the tolerance practiced by the Holy
Prophet and his companions towards critics who accused him of forgery. Addressing such
critics for all times the Holy Qur’an repeatedly puts forward this challenge:
“Say they: He (the Prophet) has forged it? Say: Then bring a chapter like it, and invite
whom you can besides Allah, if you are truthful. (10:38)
This challenge was repeated at four different places in the Holy Qur’an (2:23, 24; 10:
38; 11:13 and 17:88).
“Say: if men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Qur’an, they
could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others." (17:88)
“Then produce a chapter like it, and call on your helpers (Shuhada) besides Allah if you
are truthful. But if you do it not - and you can never do it -then be on you guard against
the fire whose fuel is men and stones; it is prepared for the disbelievers." (2: 23, 24)
This challenge has stood unanswered ever since it was proclaimed fourteen centuries ago. The opponents of Islam, particularly the Christian missionaries have written volumes of books against Islam and its Holy Founder, but none of them, and for that matter no other human being has so far been able to meet and answer this Divine challenge. This conclusively proves that the Holy Qur’an is truly the word of Almighty God and not a fabrication of the Prophet.
