During and after the time of the Prophet there have been those who denied that the Quran is a Divine book. Some of these people even went so far as to claim it was the Prophet himself who had written it. Yet, this was a grave error and a manifest slander.

The Quran is the word of God and contains many miracles and superior wisdom the like of which no human being could ever conceive of. The Prophet reminded people of this and announced that the Quran had been sent by God. This fact also appears in the Quran.

Say: ''The One Who sent it down is He Who knows all hidden secrets in the heavens and Earth. He is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'' (Surat al-Furqan:6)

Those who allege that the Quran was written by a human being are unaware of the Miracles that contains and that its wisdom comes from God.

Our Prophet was commanded to reveal this truth to his people.

Say: ''If both men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Quran, they could never produce anything like it, even if they backed each other up.'' (Surat al-Isra':88).

In another Hadith the Prophet stated that the Quran was the word of God.

''Honesty descended from the Heavens and settled in the roots of the hearts of men (faithful believers), and then the Quran was revealed and the people read the Quran, (and learned from it) and also learned it from the Sunnah. Both the Quran and Sunnah strengthened their (the faithful believers') honesty.'' (Sahih Bukhari)

Our Prophet had other most important advice. The Quran is the most important guide to salvation. This fact is set out as follows in the Hadith.

''Acquire the knowledge and impart it to the people. Learn the Quran and teach it to the people; for I am a person who has to depart this world.'' (Tirmidhi Hadiths, 279)