Mentioning the aspects of inimitability in the Qur'an.
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If someone asks, "What is the aspect of inimitability in the Qur'an? How did it baffle the people?" First, Allah the Exalted narrated the words of the prophets and messengers and those who opposed them. This narration recounts the words of the one about whom it is narrated, so the words of these people are inimitable. For example, Pharaoh said to Moses: [Ash-Shu'ara 26:29] Allah narrates this from Pharaoh, so whose words are they? They are Pharaoh's words. How was Pharaoh's speech inimitable? Is inimitability not the speech of Allah the Exalted?
The answer to the first question is: In what way was it inimitable? It was inimitable in all aspects of its inimitability, in terms of style, eloquence, and clarity, and the fact that it does not become tedious to read. A person reads the Qur'an morning and evening, and perhaps completes a recitation in two or three days, and he is never bored of it at all. But if he were to repeat a text from the books of jurisprudence as he repeats the Qur'an, he would become bored. Second: It is inimitable in such a way that whenever a person reads it with reflection, he finds in the second reading what did not appear to him in the first reading, and this is for the one who truly reflects.
If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
لئن اتخذت إلها غيري لأجعلنك من المسجونينThe answer to the first question is: In what way was it inimitable? It was inimitable in all aspects of its inimitability, in terms of style, eloquence, and clarity, and the fact that it does not become tedious to read. A person reads the Qur'an morning and evening, and perhaps completes a recitation in two or three days, and he is never bored of it at all. But if he were to repeat a text from the books of jurisprudence as he repeats the Qur'an, he would become bored. Second: It is inimitable in such a way that whenever a person reads it with reflection, he finds in the second reading what did not appear to him in the first reading, and this is for the one who truly reflects.