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then we will not believe in your ascent unless you bring
us down a book to read! ...” (Surat al-Isra’: 90-93)

But their desire to see miracles is not sincere; if they
experience a miracle, their hearts will not be satisfied and
they will not come to faith. They only want to see a miracle
to support their idea that the Prophet (saas) cannot per-
form miracles and, therefore, they are not obliged to
believe.
Even if We opened up to them a door into heaven and
they spent the day ascending through it, they would
only exclaim: “Our eyesight is befuddled! Or rather we
have been put under a spell!” (Surat al-Hijr: 14-15)
Even if We were to send down a book to you on parch-
ment pages and they were actually to touch it with
their own hands, the unbelievers would still say: “This
is nothing but downright magic.” (Surat al-An‘am: 7)
Another reaction of unbelievers is to reject what they
have been told and accuse the Prophet (saas) and the
believers of being liars. We will deal with these accusations
in chapter three.
Unbelievers who have grave doubts (Surah Hud) about
Islam have a materialist viewpoint and reject the reality of
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Harun Yahya