In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds; and peace and blessings be upon the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers; and upon his pure and chosen family; and upon his noble and righteous companions. To proceed: Al-Bukhari narrated in his authentic collection, from Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: It is said, "No prophet was sent except that he was given a miracle that testified to the truth of his prophethood. And the greatest miracle given to our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is the Quran. For this reason, it was singled out for mention above others, as if he, peace and blessings be upon him, was not given miracles except for its like. And the Hadith also indicates that this miracle is greater than the miracles of all the prophets. For this reason, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, hoped to have the most followers among the prophets."

And proceeding from this, there is no doubt that what Allah Almighty has deposited of secrets in this Book is for the manifestation of his prophethood, peace and blessings be upon him. For this reason, the Quran is greater than mere words that humans and jinn are incapable of imitating its linguistic style; rather, it is higher in status and more magnificent in importance than that, because it is the word of Allah Almighty, which has reached the utmost perfection in everything. And at the head of these secrets is the numerical miraculousness, to which Allah Almighty alluded in His saying: "And there is not a thing but that with Us are its stores, and We do not send it down except in a known measure." (Al-Hijr: 21).

And among the forms of manifestation of this counting is what is indicated by His saying: "Indeed, We have sent it down in the Night of Decree. And what can make you know what the Night of Decree is? The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months." (Al-Qadr: 1-3). Allah, Glorified and Exalted, has undertaken the preservation of the Quran, and among that are its methods of writing and arrangement, and how it is recited, as He Almighty said: "Indeed, it is upon Us to collect it and to recite it. And when We have recited it, follow its recitation." (Al-Qiyamah: 17-18). So, for every Surah, and every verse, and every word, and every letter of it, there is a special writing, a determined number, and an established arrangement.

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