Masters in Education from Nottingham University in the UK. Also studied Masters in Islamic Studies and Islamic Banking & Finance. Political activist with interests in Geopolitics, History and Phil ...
This response to the Qur'anic challenge seems to have misunderstood what the challenge is asking and what the Qur'anic miracle is.
The Qur'an took the Arabic language and created a new form of discourse, eloquent, majestic, meaningful and rhythmic to mention a few qualities and aspects. It was a unique phenomenon - it transcended anything out there, something unique, never seen before, in a totally different league. Everyone agreed.
Take relatively recent examples like the matrix or star wars - they were unique as phenomenon... They took their genres to a level not seen before. Everyone agreed.
The challenge then wasn't for someone to copy the Qur'anic style and vary it a little. Anyone can do that if they have good Arabic. The point is to produce a unique phenomenon like the Qur'an or any of its surahs.
Copying Star Wars or Matrix or producing movies similar to them does not result in a new extraordinary phenomenon that is as good as they were or better. It results in a tacky copy, a "been there, seen it" response in the audience. It is what the false prophet Musaylamah did when he produced similar verses to surah feel 1300 years ago.
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