The Miracle of the Qur’an’s Shortest Chapter in Under 3 Minutes

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The speaker is summarizing the linguistic and surgical miraculous nature of the Quran, including the use of multiple words and phrases, the production of a whistles of words with optimal meanings, and the use of multiple lines and sections in each paragraph. The speaker emphasizes the importance of creating a whistles of words that are unique and not used again in the book, and the need for formal training in proper rhrasing to achieve the desired effect.

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Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim in Alhamdulillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah Assalamu alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. Brothers and sisters and friends, welcome to this video, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon every single one of you. In this video, I'm going to be summarizing the linguistic and literary miraculous nature or the linguistic and literary inevitability of the Quran, its shortest chapter al Kalfa that abundance.

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Here is a challenge. Take 10 words in any language, formulated into three lines or verses, and add any proposition or linguistic particle you see fit, produce at least 27 rhetorical devices and literary features. At the same time, and short it has a unique structure is timelessly meaningful, and relate to themes within a book that it is part of the size of which is over 70,000 words. Make sure four of its words are unique and never used again in the book and short. Each line or verse ends with a rhyme created by words with the most optimal meanings. Make sure that these words are used only once in the three lines and not used anywhere else in the book, and show that the three

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lines concisely and eloquently semantically mirror the chapter before it and they must formulate a profound response to an unplanned set of circumstances. You must use 10 letters in each line. And you can use them many times but only 10 letters. And you must only use 10 letters once in the entire three lines throughout the whole piece. Make sure you produce a semantically orientated rhythm without sacrificing any meaning. Do all of the above publicly in one attempt without revision or amendment in absence of any formal training in eloquence and rhetoric? Impossible as this may seem, this is exactly what the Quran miraculously achieved in its shortest chapter al cow thought the

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abundance and it was expressed through Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam, who was not known to have composed any poetry, nor cultivated any special rhetorical gifts for more detail, and references. Go to my essay that can be found on the sapience Institute website and the link can be found in the description below. Make sure you forward and share this video and you read the essay