The book Belief in the Miraculous Nature of the Qur’an: Based on a Novel Approach to Evaluating Theological Propositions has been published, authored by Dr. Alireza Talebpour, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Shahid Beheshti University; Dr. Farzaneh Rouhani Mashhadi; and Dr. Mostafa Moradi, Assistant Professors at the Interdisciplinary Qur’anic Studies Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University.
This book was first published in 2025 (1404 SH), in 213 pages (standard size), through a joint effort by Shahid Beheshti University Press and the Center for Computer Research of Islamic Sciences in Isfahan. It is available for purchase at the price of 1,900,000 IRR.
The book Belief in the Miraculous Nature of the Qur’an presents the outcome of sixteen years of interdisciplinary and extrinsic research on the Qur’an’s miraculous aspects using scientific methods. The findings reveal that there are numerous examples of the Qur’an’s miraculous nature across various dimensions. While not every instance may be 100% definitive due to competing hypotheses, the accumulation of such examples can, through a mathematical method based on the spectrum of human belief and confidence, yield near-certainty—similar to the concept of “summary tawātur” in Hadith studies, where the consistency of numerous narrations leads to confidence in the core message. In summary, the methodology presented in this book offers a quantitative, extrinsic approach to proving the Qur’an’s miraculous nature and has the following features:
1. Minimal influence from personal bias or intent.
2. An extrinsic (non-theological) perspective, not relying on religious assumptions.
3. Quantitative analysis that calculates the degree of miraculousness.
4. Resistant to the invalidation of results due to minor doubts in key variables.
5. Enables the accumulation of evidence, allowing belief to grow progressively with each added piece of proof.
Structure of the Book
The book is organized into seven chapters:
Chapter 1: An analysis of established theological methods and their defining features.
Chapter 2: An introduction to the Qur’anic miracle as a theological belief, aligned with relevant Qur’anic verses.
Chapter 3: A review of scholarly views on the miracle of the Qur’an in classical Islamic literature.
Chapter 4: A critique of existing methods for proving Qur’anic inimitability and an overview of contemporary approaches.
Chapter 5: Introduction of a new method for evaluating scientific miracles in the Qur’an, including a scoring system and belief-curve analysis to quantify certainty.
Chapter 6: Application of the proposed model to over forty case studies, with analytical results. Chapter 7: Summary and suggestions for future research.
Students and interested readers can purchase the book at the Scientific Publications Sales Office, located on the ground floor of the IT Building at Shahid Beheshti University, or place an order online via the university publishing website. The electronic version is also available through the Fidibo and Taghche platforms.