During this time, there lived many Arabic poets who competed among themselves to produce the most eloquent and the most popular poetry.
And then the Quran came with a challenge:
“And if you are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (Quran) to our slave (Muhammad), then bring a surah (chapter) equal to it (in eloquency), and call your witnesses (and helpers) besides God if you are truthful. But if you can’t do it, and you will never be a able to do it, then fear the fire (hell) whose fuel is men and stones which is prepared for those who reject faith.” (Quran 2:23-24)
This is the shortest chapter in the Quran:
And yet, for more than 1400 years, not a single person has ever passed this challenge!
MeOW!
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