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Quotes from Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad — Ali Dashti

1897–1982 Iran

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Mohammad believed in what he said; he believed that he was inspired by God.

Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad (1973)

In all fairness the Qur'an is a wonder. Its short suras of the Meccan period are charged with expressive force and persuasive power. Its style has no precedent in the Arabic language. Its effusion from the tongue of an illiterate man with no education, let alone literary training, is a phenomenon which, in this respect, can justifiably be described as a miracle.

Twenty Three Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad (1973)

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