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The Quran Does Not Say It Is A Miracle.
And what role do your doubts play in this?
Ruhaniyya
July 13, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes
Let me explain.
When I first started learning about Islam, my goal wasn’t to prove or disprove anything.
I was simply curious — curious about how Islam works.
How do we pray?
How do we fast?
What are the rules of nikkah?
What are the rulings on washing the dead?
Who were the Sahaba?
Who were the prophets?
I didn’t have a basic Islamic education — or at least, not enough of one.
I had to start from zero.
But I never had questions or doubts about Islam itself. I was completely in love with it.
As I learned more, I prayed more. I recited more. I started to understand things better.
And for the first time in what felt like forever, I felt deeply aligned with my fitrah.
It was refreshing.
It was freeing.
And I truly learned a lot during that time.
The more I learned about Islam, the more I fell in love with it.
Soon after, I experienced my first Ramadan where I managed to read the Qur’an twice that month.
But the day I finished reading it for the first time — it was in April, maybe the 16th or 19th — that day marked a turning point in my life.
Emotional.
Unbelievable.
Motivational.
I don’t know how to explain that sensation to you.
Being aligned with your fitrah is something else — no distractions, no desires, no evil thoughts.
Just peace.
If only I had stayed in my lane.
If only I had the right foundation in Islam.
If only I knew how to deal with setbacks.
If only I knew what I was reading.
If only I knew who I was praying to.
If only I knew why I was praying.
I think it could have changed the course of the most impactful years of my life.
Let’s dig deeper.
How Doubts Creep In
It never just starts.
Doubt doesn’t appear out of nowhere.
It walks a very clear path — one that’s often hidden beneath emotions, guilt, or even silence.
What does that mean?
It means that doubt usually has a reason.
It might look different for each person, but there’s often a pattern — a specific starting point, a particular trigger, a recurring thought.
It doesn't begin with a bold rejection.
It begins quietly.
With a moment of neglect.
A question brushed aside.
A sin left unrepented.
A guilt left unresolved.
A prayer missed — and then another.
And before you know it, the heart becomes cloudy.
And in that fog, doubts begin to whisper.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Let’s start from the beginning.
Where do doubts come from?
There are intellectual doubts and emotional ones.
Intellectual doubts usually look something like this:
“I don’t understand why Islam is the truth.”
“I do not agree with Islam’s definition of Allah’s existence.”
“I don’t know the proofs of prophethood.”
You get the idea. Intellectual doubts are usually based on misinformation or a lack of knowledge, but they can often be resolved when you seek out their answers.
This is why it is extremely important to study and learn your religion — the very basics of our deen: Aqidah.
Learning your Aqidah helps you understand the foundations of faith:
Who Allah is and everything about His existence
What we believe in and how we believe
The details of those beliefs
Within Aqidah, questions like not understanding the existence of Allah — or not knowing how Islam defines His existence — are addressed. And whenever Shaytan tries to shake you with these questions, you’re already grounded.
The same goes for topics like the proofs of prophethood.
Where this topic becomes more complex is when we talk about emotional doubts. They are, in a way, more complicated — not because of their nature, but because of the stubbornness of the human being in confronting them.
Many people who claim not to believe in Allah say their reason is the suffering in the world. Or because their dog died. Or something of that sort.
Personally, I feel like confronting intellectual doubts is much easier than emotional ones. Emotions block your view, your understanding, and your willingness to accept the truth.
In a sense, emotional doubts might sound like intellectual questions — but discussing them often reveals their broken foundation: they stem from pain, sadness, or frustration.
Modern psychology confirms that people often form beliefs based on emotion, and then search for logical justification. You can observe your own decision-making and see that.
But that’s not the only place doubts can creep in from.
In reality, there’s a very significant part of your life that impacts you deeply — often without you even realizing it.
The prophet warned us about that:
A man is upon the religion of his close friend, so let one of you look at whom he befriends.”
and even in the Quran, Allah depicts a very dark and regretful person that does not take the right person as a friend:
"And [warn of] the Day the wrongdoer will bite on his hands [in regret] and say, 'Oh, I wish I had taken with the Messenger a way. Woe to me! I wish I had not taken that one as a friend.'"
The word that Allah specifically uses is khalil.
Khalil isn’t just a friend, but a companion with a very intimate bond.
There is a German saying that goes:
Sag mir, wer deine Freunde sind, und ich sage dir, wer du bist.“
(“Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are.”)
Your friends say a lot about you.
What you like, what you tolerate, what you hate…
Literally, who you are.
There’s a reason why, in order to be successful in business, you need to find like-minded people who will help you reach your goals.
Friends, in a sense, foretell your future.
So choose them wisely.
The Biggest Miracle on This Planet
I very distinctly remember a picture of a cheetah and several dogs.
They wanted to see who was faster, so they made the dogs race against the cheetah.
But the reason why this image stuck with me is simple:
The cheetah didn’t move.
It just sat and watched the dogs compete with each other.
The caption read:
“Sometimes, trying to prove that you are the best is an insult.”
Probably one of the best things I’ve ever seen — and honestly, it’s timeless.
A similar comparison can be made with the Qur’an.
The Qur’an doesn’t need to argue that it’s a miracle.
It doesn’t need to convince you.
It simply declares the truth — and challenges the reader.
You, the one reading, the one claiming to be a seeker of truth —
You need to understand why the Qur’an is a miracle.
Look — if I want to show you that I’m good at something, or that I deserve something,
I don’t need to say it.
You’ll see it. You’ll know it.
Actions speak louder than words.
The Qur’an speaks through action — by challenging humanity.
Here are a few of those challenges:
“And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful.”
“Say, ‘If mankind and the jinn gathered together to produce the like of this Qur’an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants.’”
“This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah.”
“This is a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.”
“Were they created by nothing, or were they themselves the creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.”
“Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes. [We are] Able [even] to proportion his fingertips.”
The Qur’an teaches us several things through these āyāt:
1. Defend the truth boldly.
You know Islam is the truth — and if you don’t, then you’ve got serious work to do.
Understanding the truth should be your priority.
2. If you want something, seek it.
If you want to know the truth, then go seek it.
If you want to achieve something, go after it.
No, it won’t be easy. Yes, it will be tiring.
But that’s the path — and it’s always worth it.
3. You never have to prove that you’re good enough.
If you feel the need to constantly prove it — then maybe you’re not there yet.
Truth and strength speak for themselves.
Closing Remarks
Simply put, I wanted to tell you this:
When you start experiencing doubts, they don’t come from nowhere.
But on your path back to Allah, you need to realize something:
You have to actively work against your nafs in order not to lose yourself.
The Qur’an doesn’t say it’s a miracle — because it doesn’t need to.
It stands on its own.
And just like that, your doubts stand on their own too.
They have an origin.
And you can trace it back.
But to do that, you’ll need to be honest, raw, and truly willing to change something about your situation.
For me, there was no stronger why than the truth.
The truth about you.
The truth about me.
The truth about this universe — and the Hereafter.
Just like you’re not meant to live this life without purpose,
Go seek that purpose — in the only Book on this planet that boldly claims to hold the truth about everything.
And honestly?
I don’t know about you…
But I’d much rather belong to the family of the cheetah than the family of dogs.
I’m a cat person anyway.
Now that was a lot to take in - I know. Honestly I still have so many thoughts about this topic but I won’t bother you too much.
Don’t leave this opportunity to start learning and pondering about the Quran. As you know I have Tadabbur guides to help you on this way.
I will leave you with this for now and I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
Until then, Ill leave you
في امان الله (in the protection of Allah)
❦ Dunja ❦