A Response to Three Questions of a Christian — Page 39
Reply to the Third Question 39 stoppage of miracles. However, the evidence of not stopping them is provided by the verses which contain proof of the Signs. ُ ً وَالۡقُرۡاٰن ق ُ بَعۡضُہ‘ بَعۡضا ِّ ُصَد ي ۡ مُتَشَابِھًا اَي —the verses of the Noble Quran are mutu- ally supporting; that is, one verse supports the truth of the other and does not oppose or contradict it. الۡعٰلَمِیۡن. ِّ ۡضًا بِتَأْيِیۡد ِ رُوۡح ِ الۡقُدُس ِ وَالۡحَمۡد ُ ل ِِّٰ رَب ي ھٰذَا اَ [This (explanation) too, is through the help of the Holy Spirit, and all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. ] Fifth, because some such miracles were asked about by the Jews, Christians, and the people of Makkah at the instigation of the People of the Book, which were totally opposed to the prophecies and glad tidings regarding the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The opponents used to ask for such mir- acles, thinking that if they were manifested in contradiction to the [prophesied] glad tidings, then they would raise objections against the Holy Prophet based on these prophecies and glad tid- ings which the Prophets had made in sacred texts in favour of the Holy Prophet. And if such miracles end up not being shown to us due to [their being in contradiction to] these glad tidings, then they would condemn him for not showing miracles. For example, it is said in a glad tiding concerning the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, that the Word of God that would descend upon this Prophet would not descend upon him in the form of a book all at one time, but rather, that the Word of God