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Allah's will in order to call people to faith. However, a great
many people still refused to believe, despite these miracles.

On the contrary, they became arrogant and persisted in their
unbelief, as did Pharaoh and his court, who refused to be-
lieve, despite the Prophet Moses' (pbuh) miracles (e.g., turn-
ing his staff into a snake, and his hand becoming as white as
snow) by Allah’s grace. The people's response to these mira-
cles is revealed in the following terms:
They said: "No matter what kind of sign you bring us to be-
witch us, we will not believe in you." So We sent down upon
them floods, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood, signs, clear and
distinct, but they proved arrogant and were an evil-doing
people. (Surat al-A'raf:132-133)

Allah also reveals that, unless He wills otherwise,
those who refuse to believe will not change their minds
even if they witness great miracles:
Even if We sent down angels to them, the dead spoke to
them, and We gathered together everything in front of them
right before their eyes, they would still not believe unless
Allah willed. The truth is that most of them are ignorant.
(Surat al-An'am:111)

Therefore, regardless of the miracle performed, hu-
manity's environment of testing will never be eliminated.
The Prophet Jesus' (pbuh) second coming will be a means
through which sincere believers will be distinguished from
those who do not believe. With the reason, clear-sighted-