A Response to Three Questions of a Christian — Page 35
Reply to the Third Question 35 blessings of Allah be upon him, and which has been talked about a great deal: S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:60 — َو اَم ۤاَنَعَنَم ْنَا َلِسْرُّن ِتٰيٰاْلاِب ۤاَّلِا ْنَا َبَّذَك اَهِب َنْوُلَّوَاْلا From this verse the deniers have come to believe that no mira- cle has been bestowed upon the Arab Prophet because they have understood it to mean that since the former peoples rejected miracles, Allah had therefore ceased sending miracles— but this notion of theirs is wrong. First, since mention of the occurrence of miracles and آيات — a y a t is abundantly present in the Noble Quran; those who deny the miracles of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, have been called wrongdoers, transgressors, and disbelievers because they deny a thing that is manifest and present. The word َّ ال اِ — ill a , which occurs in the verse under dis- cussion is also employed in the Arabic language—which is the language of the Noble Quran—by way of an addendum. Look at the following statement of Dhu’l Rummah: ً َّ مُنَاخـۃ ُّ إِال ماتنفـك حَراجیـج علی الخسف أو نرمی بھا بلدًا قفرا My tall she-camel remains sitting abjectly, Or I travel the plains of far-off arid places on her back. Note that, based upon this research, the meaning of the holy verse that the deniers of miracles put forth becomes: ‘And the rejection of those who came before did not prevent Us from sending Signs. ’ At the very least, this verse no longer remains a clear and manifest