Professor of Linguistics at Al-Azhar University, Dr. Muhammad Abdel Fattah Al-Khatib, says that the Qur’an was revealed in order to be read, and that it was recited by God Almighty.
He describes its rhythm as the first of His miracles because it is not possible to replace a comma (at the end of the verse) with another because this takes away the meaning. He cites this as evidence from the words of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Everyone who addresses the masses must speak in Arabic or Persian.