Islam Under the Khalifs of Baghdad

they clothed the revelations they had received in their own language. And, consequently, in the style of these books there is nothing miraculous. But not so in the case of the Koran. The actual text of the Korancame to the Prophet through the ear, as is shown by the following, among other passages :? ' Move not thy tongue in haste to follow and master this revelation; For we will see to the collecting and the recital of it; But when we have recited it, then follow thon the recital, And verily afterwards it shall be ours to make it clear to thee.' Sura Ixxv. 16?19. " These verses were communicated to the Prophet to quiet the anxiety he manifested to fix by constant repetition the words of the Koran in his memory. There are many other like passages which clearly show that the Koran was made known to the Prophet under the form of a reading delivered in a high voice; and thus every line of the Koran is a miraculous revelation of Divine eloquence surpass... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.