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Signs of Miraculousness is a commentary on Surat al-Fatiha and the first 33 verses of Surat al-Baqara the aim of which is to expound the miraculous nature of the Qur'an's word-order. For "the embroideries" of the positioning and arrangement of the Qur'an's words demonstrate one aspect of its inimitability or miraculousness. In doing this, its author, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, was emulating the great masters of Arabic, rhetoric, and eloquence, but in addition to applying these and other traditional sciences, he was concerned to demonstrate the conformity of the Qur'an with reason and the modern physical sciences. In this way, he hoped both to reply to questions and doubts that had arisen in the face of scientific advances, and to demonstrate that, as the reveaIed Word of God, the Qur'an has continuing relevance in contemporary life.

Employing all these sciences old and new in accordance with his own unique method, in a direct and engaging style, Said Nursi sets out also to prove the four main aims of the Qur'an, which form the basis of the religion of Islam: proof of the Single Maker, the sending of prophets or divine messengers, the resurrection of the dead and life of the hereafter, and justice. The work is structured around these four aims.

Thus, though composed in the early period of Said Nursi’s life, that of the Old Said, under testing conditions in 1913-1914, Signs of Miraculousness contains in concise form, the ideas and truths that he subsequently elaborated in the Risale-i Nur, and in many respects is of the greatest interest and importance for the people of the present.