The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 395
Repeated Challenges. Manifestation of the Power of the Living God,. Honour of the Holy Prophet", and. Truth of the Holy Qur'ān 395. One of the powerful qualities of the Holy Qur'an is that its true follower is able to work miracles and manifest extraordinary signs in such large numbers that no one can match him in this respect. I too claim that if all my opponents from east and west come together and compete with me in the matter of signs and miracles, I will, by the grace of God Almighty, and through the power bestowed by Him, be supreme over all of them. This supremacy will not be due to any superior spiritual power of mine, but because God has desired that I should furnish proof of the great power of His Holy Word, the Qur'ān, and of the spiritual power and high rank of His Messenger Muḥammad, the Chosen One (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. ) He has of His grace, and not on account of any merit of mine, enabled me to follow His Glorious. Prophet and His Supreme Word and to love them both. I believe in the Word of God, the Holy Qur'an, which is a manifestation of Divine power. God Almighty has bestowed all this upon me in accordance with the promises held out in the Holy Qur'ān: 248 لهُمُ البُشرى فى الحيوةِ الدُّنْيَا * أَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحِ مِّنْهُ 249 يَجْعَل لَّكُمْ فُرْقَانًا 250 248 'For them [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 23, pp. 409-410] are glad tidings in the present life. 'Yūnus, 10:65 [Publisher] 249 Whom He has strengthened with inspiration from Himself. "―. Al-Mujādalah, 58:23 [Publisher] 250 He will grant you a distinction. '-Al-Anfāl, 8:30 [Publisher]