如果《古兰经》是真主的言语，并且是证明穆罕默德先知（愿主赐福并使他平安）为先知的一项神迹，那么我们就必须仔细审视这部经典，并毫无疑问地确立它的真实性。众所周知，穆罕默德先知（愿主赐福并使他平安）所处时代的多神教阿拉伯人是伟大的诗人和阿拉伯语作家。当时，他们常常前往沙漠学习阿拉伯语，并创作诗歌和散文，以便彼此娱乐。他们极其推崇阿拉伯语，珍视其流畅、丰富与深邃的表达力。

If the Qur'an is the word of God, and a miracle proving the Prophet-hood of Muhammad (pbuh) we must look carefully at this book and establish without doubt its authenticity. It is well known that the pagan Arabs of the time of Muhammad (pbuh) were great poets and writers of the Arabic language. It was common at the time for them to go into the dessert to study Arabic and write poetry and prose with which to entertain each other. They held the Arabic language with all its fluidity and depth of expression in great esteem.

当穆罕默德ﷺ年满四十岁时,启示开始降临于他,那种语言风格使这一启示有别于此前的任何言辞,乃至此后的任何言辞。

When the revelation started to come to Muhammad in his fortieth year it was the style of language which set the revelation apart from anything that had been before or indeed since.

《古兰经》作为真主之言的真实性之无可动摇的证据，在于其语言风格。从第一节经文开始便是如此：

The unshakable proof of the authenticity of the Qur'an as the word of God is in its style of language. From the first verse:

读:以你创造者的名义,祂创造了人,用凝血块造人。读:

"Read: In the name of thy Lord who createth, Createth man from a clot. Read:

"你的主是最慷慨的，祂曾教人用笔写字，教人知道他所不知道的东西"（96:1-5）

and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teaches by the pen, Teaches man that which he knew not" (96:1-5)

through to；"今日我已为你们完善了你们的宗教，完成了我对你们的恩典，并且为你们选择伊斯兰作为宗教。"（5:3）

through to ; "This day I have perfected your Deen (way in life) for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as Deen Al-Islam." (5:3)

《古兰经》在修辞、辞藻与连贯表达上始终保持着最高的卓越水准。它浑然一体，通篇的文风犹如一句话，结构完美，文字坚实而清晰。其中所用的表达方式，是当时以及此前的阿拉伯人所不曾知晓的，许多含义也是前所未有的感受，无法以既有的言辞表达。当时一位持不信立场的阿拉伯诗人瓦利德·本·穆吉拉在听完《古兰经》后说道：

The Qur'an remains completely at the height of eloquence, rhetoric, and coherent expression. It acts as one complete piece, with the style the same as if it is one sentence, with perfect arrangements and strong plain text. The expressions brought were not known to the Arabs at the time or before that time, and matters cannot be expressed that have not been previously felt. One of the disbelieving Arab poets of the time Walid ibn Al Mughirah said after hearing the Qur'an:

"以主发誓:你们中没有人比我更精通诗歌、优美的颂词和歌谣,以主发誓,我从未听过与他所说的任何相似之物。它是如此甜美,如此优雅,以至于它屹立于巅峰,无物能够超越。"《古兰经》的文体是任何人都无法企及或匹敌的。阿拉伯人无法与其文体相媲美,而这正是主在《古兰经》中所提出的挑战。

"By God: None of you is more conversant than I with poetry, melodious hymns, and songs, and by God never did I hear anything similar to which he says. It is so sweet, and so graceful that it remains at the summit with nothing to surpass it." The Qur'an is in a literary style that no human can approach or match. Its style the Arabs cannot match, and it is this challenge which God has set forth within the Qur'an.

"说：即使人类和精灵联合起来，要创造出像这部《古兰经》一样的经文，他们也创造不出来，即使他们彼此互相帮助。"[17:88] "如果你们对我们降示给我们的仆人（穆罕默德ﷺ）的经典有所怀疑，那么你们就试着写出一章与它相似的经文，并且除真主之外，召唤你们的证人，如果你们是诚实的。"[2:23] "他们说：他捏造了它吗？你说：那么，你们就试着写出一章与它相似的经文，并且除真主之外，凡你们能召唤的，都可以召唤，如果你们是诚实的。"[10:38] 正是这一向所有怀疑者发出的挑战，在一千四百多年来始终没有人能够应战。

"Say: verily though mankind and the Jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like there of though they were helpers one of another"[17:88] "And if ye are in doubt concerning that which we reveal unto our apostle (Muhammad), then produce a Surah of the like thereof, and call your witnesses beside Allah if you are truthful"[2:23] "Or they say: He has invented it? Say: then bring a Surah like unto it and call (for help) on all ye can besides Allah if you are truthful"[10:38] It is this challenge to all that doubt that has remained unanswered in over 1400

……年过去了，这一启示至今未变。无论穆斯林还是非穆斯林，没有一位阿拉伯语学者能够写出哪怕一小章或一段与《古兰经》同样文体的阿拉伯语文字。阿拉伯人要么能够模仿《古兰经》的文体，要么不能。如果能够模仿，那么这部经典显然就是与他们一样的人所作。如果不能，那么除此之外，只有两种可能的来源：穆罕默德ﷺ，或者真主。

years since this revelation. Not one scholar of the Arabic language either Muslim or Non-Muslim has been able to write even one small chapter or paragraph in the same style of Arabic to that of the Qur'an. The Arabs are either able to imitate the style of the Qur'an or not, if they could then the book is clearly the work of men like them. If not then there are only two other possible sources Muhammad, or God.

穆罕默德(ﷺ)是阿拉伯血统、说阿拉伯语的人,但他从未声称自己是《古兰经》的作者。事实上,从来没有人质疑他是其作者,这从大量的圣训穆塔瓦提尔(即经逐字确证、可以肯定的圣训)中可以清楚看出,这样的圣训有数百条之多。这些圣训显示,穆罕默德(ﷺ)的言语风格与《古兰经》的风格有很大差异。无论一个人如何努力,都不可能在前后一致的情况下彻底改变自己的说话风格,更不可能在《古兰经》降示的23年间做到这一点。针对穆罕默德(ﷺ)的唯一指控,是他从一个名叫贾伯尔的基督徒少年那里得到了它。

Muhammad (pbuh) was of Arabic blood and tongue but never claimed to be the author of the Qur'an. In fact he was never challenged as its author, it can be seen clearly from Hadith Mutawatir (definitely confirmed sayings of Muhammad - narrated word for word) of which there are many hundreds that the style of language in Muhammad's speech and the Qur'an are very different. And no matter how hard one tries, one's style of speech cannot be completely altered consistently, and certainly not over a period of 23 years in which the Qur'an was revealed. The only accusation ever leveled at Muhammad (pbuh) was that he received it from a Christian youth called Jaber.

针对这一指控，真主降示了如下经文：

As a response to this allegation God revealed:

"我们确知他们说：'教他的只是一个人。'他们所暗指的那人的语言是外国话，而这却是清晰纯正的阿拉伯语。"[16:103] 既然《古兰经》的奇迹在于阿拉伯语的文体，那么不懂阿拉伯语的人如何能够确认这一事实？正如外语学生要通过英语学者来研读莎士比亚，讲英语的人也应当请教阿拉伯语学者，以真正确认《古兰经》语言的卓越与文体的高妙。这门语言历经世代，始终是一种持续的见证；而其一贯的文体，也保证了《古兰经》不曾被增添任何内容。真主已应许保护这部经典，而现存最古老的抄本，与今日所有的抄本在每一个字母上都完全一致。

"We know indeed that they say, 'It is a man that teaches him.' The tongue of him they wickedly point to is notably foreign, while this is Arabic, pure and clear."[16:103] Since it is the style of the Arabic language that is the miracle of the Qur'an, how can the non-Arab speaker confirm this fact? Just as the foreign student studies Shakespeare from the English language scholar, so too should the English speaker refer to the scholars of Arabic for the true confirmation of the height of eloquence and style of the Qur'an. The language serves as a constant reminder over the ages, and also the consistent style has ensured that nothing could be added to the Qur'an. Indeed God has promised that the book would be protected, and there are copies of the most ancient manuscript which are letter for letter the same as all copies today.

"Lo! We, even We, reveal the reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian"[15:9] "If it had been from other than Allah thy would have found much incongruity"[4:82] 《古兰经》是真主的启示，是降给人类的一切事务的指引。它受到保护，并且通篇完全一致。因此，《古兰经》所明确提及的任何内容，都可以毫无疑问地视为真理。 天堂与火狱的存在无法通过理性证据推导出来，因为我们目前尚无法感知它们。对它们的信仰是通过传承的方式获得的。然而，对它们的信仰是建立在一个经由理性推导出的信念之上的，而这一信念证明了《古兰经》的神圣来源。这被称为运用转述性证据（al-dalil al-naqli）。

"Lo! We, even We, reveal the reminder, and lo! We verily are its Guardian"[15:9] "If it had been from other than Allah thy would have found much incongruity"[4:82] As the Qur'an is the word of God, sent to mankind as a guide for all affairs, and as it is protected and completely consistent throughout, then anything the book refers to can be taken as a complete truth. The existence of paradise and hellfire cannot be derived from rational evidence as we cannot as yet perceive them, to believe in them comes in a traditional way, however belief in them is based upon a rationally derived belief which proves the divine source of the Qur'an. This is referred to as use of transformative evidence. Therefore all that the Qur'an definitely refers to can be taken as truth without any hesitation.

{"我们派你(穆罕默德啊)来，只是作为报喜者和警告者，给全人类；但大多数人并不知道。"}[34:28] 《古兰经》和圣训（先知的道路与方向）构成伊斯兰教中沙里亚（神圣法）的根源。由于它们是经过理性确认的神圣律法来源，人类有义务在一切细节上遵从它们。这一根基就是信仰或教义，人生中的一切行为都应以此为依据。

"And we have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind, but most of mankind know not"[34:28] The Qur'an and the Sunnah (path and direction of the Prophet) act as the source of Shariah (divine law) in Islam, as rationally confirmed sources of God's law mankind is obliged to follow them in all details. This basis is the creed or doctrine upon which all actions in life should be referred.