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A Non-Muslim says "The Quran is a book by the aid of which the Arabs conquered a world greater than that of Alexander the Great, greater than that of Rome; by the aid of which they came to Europe as kings to hold up the light to humanity, while darkness lay around to raise up the wisdom and knowledge, to teach philosophy, medicine and astronomy, to stand at the cradle of modern science". It is the Holy book of God. In the words of Allama Iqbal it emphasizes deed rather than idea. It is full of truth, facts, wisdom, philosophy, beauty, grace and force. It is the record of those formal revelations or commands which where received by Prophet Muhammad (P-B-U-H) through the angel Gabriel as a message direct from God and which under Divine direction he delivered to those around him. It guides human beings to the right path. Its impressive and miraculous quality resides in its style and language which is so perfect attractive and lofty that neither men nor jinn could produce a single line similar to it .It was not send for Arabs alone but for the whole world without distinction of caste, color. It is divide into 30 Paras and 114 Surahs. Each Surah contains a different number of Verses (Ayat or signs). Out of 114 Surahs' 92 were revealed at Mecca and 22 at Medina. The Holy Quran contains 6,616 Verses, 77,934 words and 323,760 Letters or Arabic.
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