How can one respond to non-Arabic speakers who believe they cannot savor the sweetness and miraculousness of the Quran because it is in Arabic, and that translations do not suffice?
It refutes the words of those who doubt the miraculousness of the Quran from two perspectives:
1. The miraculousness of the Quran is not limited to eloquence and rhetoric; rather, it encompasses scientific miracles, prophecies of the unseen, and its preservation, all of which are aspects understood by Arabs and non-Arabs alike.
2. The inability of eloquent Arabs to produce anything like the Quran, despite their eagerness to oppose it, is proof of its truthfulness and that it is not the word of humans. This inability stands as an argument against others, just as the argument was established against Pharaoh by the magicians' inability to replicate Moses' miracle.
Learning the Arabic language is not difficult in this era; many non-Arabs have learned it and excelled in it. The people of Sham, Iraq, Egypt, Persia, and Africa benefited from the Quran when they embraced Islam, and language did not hinder them.
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