Muslims consider the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as the word of God and a miracle.[1]. The Qur'an claims that it has been created miraculously as a revelation from Allah (God), as a perfect copy of what was written in heaven and existed there from all eternity.[2] Therefore the verses of the book are referred to as ayat, which also means "a miracle" in the Arabic language.[3] It is believed that the Qur'an as we know it today, is the same as was revealed to Muhammad in the year 610. [4] The Qur'an itself gives an open challenge for anyone who denies its claimed divine origin to produce a text like it.
Critics believe that Muhammad was influenced by older Jewish and Christian traditions, and therefore included many of the wonders known from the Bible in the Qur'an.[6] On the other hand, the Qur'an states that Muhammed was illiterate and neither read a book nor wrote a book [Qur'an 29:48] and that he did not know about past events.
The miracles in the Qur’an can be classified into three distinct categories: inimitability, scientific miracles and prophecies.
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