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What is the truth regarding the alleged linguistic errors in the Holy Quran?

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The Quran was revealed in a clear Arabic tongue, and it challenged the Arabs to produce its like, and none of them found fault with its language. In response to linguistic ambiguities: - Verse 196 of Surat Al-Baqarah: "تِلْكَ عَشَرَةٌ كَامِلَةٌ" (that is ten complete) is grammatically correct because the number is feminine with the masculine counted noun "أيام" (days). - Verse 160 of Surat Al-A'raf: "اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا" (twelve tribes) is correct because "أَسْبَاطًا" here means tribes, so the number is feminine. - Verse 162 of Surat An-Nisa: "وَالْمُقِيمِينَ الصَّلَاةَ" (and those who establish prayer) is correct, and the accusative case here is for praise. - Verse 69 of Surat Al-Ma'idah: "وَالصَّابِئُونَ وَالنَّصَارَى" (and the Sabeans and the Christians) is correct, and the nominative case is based on anticipation and postponement. - Verse 10 of Surat Al-Munafiqun: "وَأَكُنْ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ" (and I would be among the righteous) is correct with the jussive mood, being an anacoluthon to the implied "فأصدق" (so I may give charity). - Verse 59 of Surat Al-Imran: "كُنْ فَيَكُونُ" (Be, and it is) is correct, as the future can be in the place of the past. - Verse 130 of Surat As-Saffat: "سَلَامٌ عَلَى إِلْ يَاسِينَ" (Peace upon Eliasín) is correct, as "إلياسين" (Eliasín) and "إلياس" (Elias) are one name with different inflections. - Verse 2 of Surat At-Tin: "وَطُورِ سِينِينَ" (and Mount Sīnīn) is correct, as "طور سينين" (Mount Sīnīn) and "طور سيناء" (Mount Sinai) are one and the same place. - Verse 19 of Surat Al-Hajj: "هَذَانِ خَصْمَانِ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي رَبِّهِمْ" (These two adversaries dispute concerning their Lord) is correct, as the dispute is between two parties, and the pronoun takes into account its meaning indicating a group. - Verse 3 of Surat Al-Anbiya: "وَأَسَرُّوا النَّجْوَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا" (And those who wronged concealed their private counsel) is grammatically correct, and the explicit noun is a substitute for the pronominal subject.

These ambiguities are unfounded, and their instances conform to the rules of Arabic language and rhetoric.

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