Page 51 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 49

Making Trouble by Demanding Miracles
The unbelievers also demand that the prophets perform mira-
cles. Thinking that they will be unable to meet this demand, they
hope to put the prophets in a difficult position and demean them in
the peoples' eyes:
They said: "You are merely someone bewitched. You are
nothing but a human being like ourselves. We think that
you are a liar. So make lumps from heaven fall down on us,
if you are telling the truth." He [Shu‘ayb] replied: "My Lord
knows best what you are doing." They denied him, and the
punishment of the Day of Shadow fell upon them. It was
indeed the punishment of a terrible Day. (Surat ash-
Shu‘ara', 185-189)
Those who do not believe ask: "Why has not a sign been
sent down to him from his Lord?" (Surat ar-Ra‘d, 27)
The main reason behind these demands is the unbelievers' per-
verted conviction that they are superior to Allah's chosen messen-
gers and prophets. Therefore, they impudently treat these great men
with hostility and rejection. In the Qur'an Allah describes these un-
believers' distorted mentality in the following terms:
They say: "We will not believe you until you make a spring
gush out from the earth for us; or have a garden of dates
and grapes from which you make rivers come pouring
through; or make the sky, as you claim, fall down on us in
lumps; or bring Allah and the angels here as a guarantee; or
possess a house built out of gleaming gold; or ascend up
into heaven – and even then we will not believe in your as-
cent unless you bring us down a book to read!" Say: "Glory