Mirror of Charm and Beauty — Page 91
This most positive and clear stand SO disconcerted the Christians in question that they fell altogether silent over it. They had issued the bold challenge themselves, but they had to flee from the field in great consternation. As stated in the Holy Quran (An'am, verse 109), it is true that the Prophets of. God, in themselves, have no knowledge of the Unseen and the Unknown; but it is also true, and it forms part of the eternal sunnat of God, that, in His wisdom and discretion, He reveals secrets of the future to His Prophets, so that the true religion should be strengthened by such Signs. . It is to be carefully noted here that the reply given by the Promised Messiah to this challenge, that the people in question shall have to accept. Islam, if he correctly revealed the contents of a sealed piece of writing, was not an ordinary and a formal reply. It was undoubtedly an extraordinary and a very clear proof of the truth of his claim. Those entrusted with a. Divine mission do nothing that is useless and vain ; it is far from the dignity of their mission that they should go about showing tricks like jugglers. Their sole purpose is to lend support to the truth, and to call the people to it they do not interest themselves. in anything, and they do not put their hand to any task, except where they have reason 91