Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 16
16 ers, they did not deny his miracles outright. On the contrary, they were so bewildered by what they saw, that when they went to the Byzantine and Persian Empires they proclaimed that the Holy Prophet sa was a man with magical powers. Thus they admitted the signs, albeit in their own way, and these af- firmations are to be found in the Holy Quran. They could not possibly have denied these manifest signs of the Holy Prophet’s sa Prophethood with such conviction, while they were so overawed by them. If they had indeed denied these miracles so forcefully, how could they have accepted Islam with such conviction that it became a small matter for them to shed their blood and sacrifice their lives for its sake. The assertion they frequently made during the time of their disbelief, and which is recorded in the Holy Quran, was that—owing to their lack of insight—they considered the Holy Prophet sa to be a magician. Allah says: 19 That is: And when they see a sign, they turn away and say that this is a feat of magic. He again says: 20 That is: They wondered that a warner had come to them from among themselves, and the unbelievers said that he 19 Al-Qamar, 54:3 [Publishers] 20 Sa d, 38:5 [Publishers]