الْفَصْلُThe chapterالرَّابِعُfourth
The fourth chapter
فِيinوُجُوهِthe aspectsالْإِعْجَازِof inimitabilityفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe Quranالْكَرِيمِthe noble
On the aspects of inimitability in the Noble Quran
كَثْرَةُThe abundanceوُجُوهِof aspectsالْإِعْجَازِof inimitabilityفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe Quranالْكَرِيمِ:the noble:
The abundance of aspects of inimitability in the Noble Quran:
لَوْIfسَأَلْنَا:we ask:
If we ask:
مَاwhatهُوَisوَجْهُthe aspectالْإِعْجَازِof inimitabilityفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe Quranالْكَرِيمِ؟the noble?
what is the aspect of inimitability in the Noble Quran?
نَقُولُWe sayالَّذِيthat whichتَحَقَّقَhas been establishedعِنْدَنَاwith usأَنَّis thatوُجُوهَaspectsالْإِعْجَازِof inimitabilityفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe Quranكَثِيرَةٌ.are many.
We say that which has been established with us is that the aspects of inimitability in the Quran are many.
[إِعْجَازُ[The inimitabilityالْأُسْلُوبِ:]of style:]
[The inimitability of style:]
مِنْهَاAmong themالْأُسْلُوبُis the styleالْمُعْجِزُinimitableالْبَدِيعُ،and marvelous,
Among them is the inimitable, marvelous style,
وَلَقَدْand indeedكَانَتْthere wereلِلْعَرَبِfor the Arabsعِدَّةُseveralمَيَادِينَfieldsيَرْكُضُونَin which they runفِيهَاin themجَوَادُthe steedبَلَاقَتِهِمْof their eloquenceوَبَيَانِهِمْ،and expression,
and indeed the Arabs had several fields in which the steed of their eloquence and expression ran,
وَيَتَسَابَقُونَand they raceفِيهَاin themمَعَwithأَقْرَانِهِمْtheir peersوَهِيَand they areالْقَصَائِدُ،the poems,وَالْخُطَبُ،and the speeches,وَالرَّسَائِلُand the epistlesوَالْمُحَاوَرَاتُ،and the dialogues,
and they raced in them with their peers, and they are the poems, the speeches, the epistles, and the dialogues,
وَلَمْand they did notيَكُونُواknowيَعْرِفُونَother thanغَيْرَstylesأَسَالِيبِof theseهَذِهِfourالْأَصْنَافِcategories,الْأَرْبَعَةِ،and nor did they
and they did not know other than the styles of these four categories,
وَلَاand norكَانَتْwasعِنْدَهُمْwith themقُدْرَةٌabilityعَلَىuponإِبْدَاعِinventingغَيْرِهَاother than itمِنَfromالْأَسَالِيبِ،the styles,
nor did they have the ability to invent other styles besides them,
فَكَانَso wasإِبْدَاعُthe inventionأُسْلُوبٍof a styleجَدِيدٍnewيَخْتَلِفُdifferingعَنْfromأَسَالِيبِهِمْtheir stylesعَلَىuponلِسَانِthe tongueنَبِيٍّof a prophetأُمِّيٍّunlettered- عَلَيْهِ- upon himأَفْضَلُthe bestالصَّلَاةِof prayersوَالسَّلَامُ -and peace -إِعْجَازاًan inimitabilityقَائِماًstandingبِرَأْسِهِ.on its own.
so the creation of a new style differing from their styles upon the tongue of an unlettered Prophet - upon him be the best of prayers and peace - was an inimitability standing on its own.
إِعْجَازُThe inimitabilityالْإِخْبَارِof informingعَنْaboutالْكُتُبِthe booksالسَّابِقَةِ:previous:
The inimitability of informing about previous books:
وَكَانَAnd it wasمِنْfromهَذِهِtheseالْوُجُوهِaspectsإِخْبَارُthe informingالْقُرْآنِof the Quranالْكَرِيمِthe nobleعَنِaboutالْقَصَصِthe storiesالْمَاضِيَةِpastوَأَحْكَامِand the rulingsالشَّرَائِعِof the lawsالسَّابِقَةِpreviousعَلَىinوَجْهٍa manner thatيُصَدِّقُconfirmsالْكُتُبَthe booksالسَّابِقَةَpreviousوَيُهَيْمِنُand dominatesعَلَيْهَاover themمِنْwithoutدُونِtakingأَخْذٍfrom itعَنْهَاand learningوَتَعَلُّمٍfrom it.
And among these aspects was the Noble Quran's informing about past stories and the rulings of previous laws in a manner that confirms the previous books and dominates over them without taking from them or learning from them.