Life of Ahmad — Page 222
VISIT TO ALIGARH as 222 It is clear from this that only those signs are withheld which were shown to previous peoples and rejected. But these words do not mean a general negation of signs. Then Ahmad as explains how various kinds of signs were actually shown. Unbelievers were punished. The lives of believers were transformed. The Quran is a miracle in itself. Again, he says that the miraculous influence of the Quran can be demonstrated by the fact that by following it man can become the recipient of the word of God even today. 3. If Muhammad (sa) were a Prophet, he would not have confessed ignorance and he would not have made a wrong statement about the number of the people of the Cave and he would not have said that the sun sets in a bog. To answer this objection Ahmad as explained that the assertions were all based on misunderstanding. According to Islam, a Prophet of God is not Omniscient. He knows only that which God reveals to him. To say that the number of the people of the Cave given in the Quran is wrong is a mere assertion. No reason has been given; so it does not prove anything. The setting of the sun in a bog is not a statement of actual fact. It is only a description of what one sees, and it cannot be denied that the sun does really appear sometimes to set in a bog according to the lie of the land. There is nothing wrong in it. In view of this objection; how will Christians explain the falling of the stars and the darkening of the sun and the moon which are mentioned in their scriptures as the signs of