Page 206 - The Miracles of Our Prophet (saas)

The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)

They have sworn by Allah with their most ear nest oaths
that if a Sign comes to them, they will be live in it. Say:
"The Signs are un der Allah's con trol alone." What will
make you re al ize that even if a Sign did come that they
would still not be lieve? We will over turn their hearts and
sight, just as when they did not be lieve in it at first, and We
will aban don them to wan der blind ly in their ex ces sive in -
so lence. Even if We sent down an gels to them, the dead
spoke to them, and We gath ered to geth er ev ery thing in
front of them right be fore their eyes, they would still not
be lieve, un less Allah willed. The truth is that most of them
are ig no rant. (Surat an-An'am: 109-111)
As Allah pro claims, those with out faith who in sist on see -

ing mir a cles do not re al ly want to be lieve; rath er, they want to
test the pro phets by mak ing things dif fi cult for them. In their
own shal low minds, they want to show that the pro phets are
liars so that they can ex cuse their own re bel lious ness. Such peo -
ple do not be lieve even in a mir a cle when they see one; they
sim ply in crease their ac cu sa tions that they have been be -
witched.

When they see a Sign they on ly laugh with scorn. They say:
"This is just down right mag ic." (Surat al-Saffat: 14-15)
If they see a Sign, they turn away say ing: "There is no end
to this witch craft!" (Surat al-Qamar: 2)
It is a grace from Allah that many peo ple have their faith

strength ened by mir a cles. But peo ple of con science and in tel li -
gence be lieve in Allah be cause of the ex traor di na ri ness of cre a -
tion, and thus do not ex pect a spe cial mir a cle from the pro -
phets. If the Lord man i fests Himself in cer tain mir a cles, they
see such events as bless ings that stir up ea ger en thu si asm

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