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The fact that Prophet Muhammad would be illiterate is also mentioned in Isaiah
29/12: "And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, 'Read
this,' he says, 'I cannot read.'" (RSV) In Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree, hadeeth no. 3, we
read the following about the first revelation to Prophet Muhammad: He was in the cave
when the truth descended upon him. The angel came to him and said, "Read." He said,
"I cannot read." The Prophet, narrating the incident later, said, "So the angel held me so
forcefully that I felt exhausted, then he let go of me and said, 'Read.' I said, 'I cannot
read.' He held me again so forcefully that I felt exhausted, then he let go of me and said,
'Read.' I said, 'I cannot read.' He held me so forcefully for the third time, then he let go
of me and said, "'Read in the name of your Lord who created – created man from
a clot [of blood]. Read and your Lord is the most Generous.'" (Qur'an 96/ 1-3)
The Qur'an (7/157) also states: "Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered
prophet whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the
Gospel..."
The prophesy of Jesus and his predecessors was fulfilled in Arabia in the year 571 CE.
The Comforter was born amongst the Children of Ishmael,[4] who were polytheists and
idolaters. Muhammad stood out among his people due to the purity of his character, his
love for truth, and his compassion for the poor and the weak. He came to be known as
'as-saadiq' (the truthful) and 'al-ameen' (the trustworthy) amongst his people. He was
chosen by Almighty Allah at the age of forty to be His last messenger and prophet to all
humankind. He preached the belief that Allah, the Creator and Sustainer of the whole
universe and all that it contains, is One and that He alone deserves to be worshipped.
God supported Prophet Muhammad with numerous miracles that were confirmed by
eyewitnesses. These include the splitting of the moon (Qur'an 54/1) and the hurricane
that God sent to counter a full-scale assault by the enemy on Madeenah. (Qur'an 33/9)
Such miracles were mentioned in the Qur'an after their occurrence, and the unbelievers
of the time, eager to find faults in the Qur'an, did not find any contradiction whatsoever
between the Qur'an accounts and the actual events. While these miracles strengthened
the believers' faith, it prompted many unbelievers to embrace Islam. Many other miracles
were also mentioned in the hadeeth, such as the flowing of water from between the
fingers of Prophet Muhammad, the increase in the amount of food during the digging of
the trench around Madeenah, and the foretelling of some future events which Allah
revealed to him. However, the Qur'an remains the greatest and eternal miracle of the