Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 2
2 proves that he was in doubt about the Holy Quran and his own Prophethood. Hence he is not a Prophet of God. Question No. 2 Had Muhammad sa really been a Messenger, he would not have responded so helplessly to questions put to him, and would not have said, 'Only God knows'; which implies that he did not know. Nor would he have lied about the number of A sha b-e-Kahaf, 3 nor would he have said that the Sun sets in a murky pool, for the Sun is 90 million times larger than the earth and it can not possibly hide in a pool of murky water. Question No. 3 Muhammad sa was never granted any miracles, as is stated in S u rah Al-‘Ankab u t: 'They say why were not a few signs sent down to him from his Lord. ' (That is to say, 'Why was not a single sign sent down to him,' for, the expression ' L a ' in this verse is a universal negative, and it implies the nega- tion of a class as a whole. ) Then, in S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, we read, 'And We did not send signs because people had re- jected them before. ' Which means that God did not give him any miracles. If he had been given even one miracle, he would not have been in doubt about [his own] Prophethood, nor about the Quran. 3 People of the Cave. [Publishers]