Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafi'ee

A beautiful work that expounds on the miraculous nature of the Qur'an and the various facets of its inimitability, especially dealing with its miraculous nature from the point of view of language: its lofty choice of words and expressions, its flow, rhythm, and the harmony between its words and letters, and so on. The author also expounds on the eloquence of the Prophet Muhammad Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and how his style and speech -- while different from the Qur'an -- surpassed that of his contemporaries, despite him being unlettered -- a clear pointer to the fact that this too was divinely inspired. With an introduction by Muhammad Rasheed Rida.

A beautiful work that expounds on the miraculous nature of the Qur'an and the various facets of its inimitability, especially dealing with its miraculous nature from the point of view of language: its lofty choice of words and expressions, its flow, rhythm, and the harmony between its words and letters, and so on. The author also expounds on the eloquence of the Prophet Muhammad Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and how his style and speech -- while different from the Qur'an -- surpassed that of his contemporaries, despite him being unlettered -- a clear pointer to the fact that this too was divinely inspired. With an introduction by Muhammad Rasheed Rida.

The first book written on the history of Arabic literature, this was originally published in 1911.