In this blog post, we continue with a section from the book "What is Islam?"

In addition to all of that, Allah provides His messengers with

special signs—something out of the ordinary to demonstrate that the

individual is truly being sent by the Lord. This is all due to Allah’s

complete justice, mercy and goodness. He chooses and sends

messengers in such a way that only the obstinate will refuse to accept

the truth of the message. Hence, not only is the content of the

message completely in accord with human nature, the messengers

who come with the message are sent in such a way that there is again

no excuse for humans not to accept them as messengers of God.

These special signs that God bestows on the messengers are

referred to as “miracles.” Of course, in this age of “science,” people

today tend to be skeptical about the recorded miracles in the past.

However, there is nothing inherently illogical about such occurrences.

Starting from the fact that God has created this universe, a fact that is

defensible about her (as previously mentioned), it can also be understood

that God has complete control over the workings of this universe and

may alter its workings at whatever time for whomever He wills. To

this day one still repeatedly hears of medical miracles or miraculous

recoveries from disease—things that simply cannot be “rationally

explained”. No one can deny these “inexplicable” events.

In the past, there were miracles such as the parting of the Red Sea for Moses and the healing

of the sick and blind by Issa , peace be upon them. These were all signs supporting the claims of

these prophets that they were supported and guided by God. However, these signs were only fully

perceived by those present. Thus, over time, people either began to doubt these stories and claims,

or the impact of these miracles began to fade. But as long as other prophets came to revive the

message, this was not a major problem.Thus, when God sent His final prophet to all of humanity

until the Day of Judgment, He sent him with a completely different kind of miracle—a miracle that

clearly demonstrated its divine origin but possessed eternal appeal. The great sign and miracle of

the Prophet Muhammad was the Quran.The Prophet Muhammad himself was illiterate. Still Allah

chose him to be His messenger, as his illiteracy was not a deficiency in his case. It was further

evidence that this illiterate Arab living just six centuries after Jesus could not have produced this

book. For example, Allah revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) the

stories of the earlier prophets. The Prophet was not living in an environment wherein he would have

had much access to the teachings of the Jews or Christians. However, the stories of the prophets

of old are given with precise accuracy. Actually, the case is even more astonishing. Today, many

people recognize that the current Bible contains statements that are historically impossible or that

are anachronisms. The Quran, though, is free of all such problematic material—another sign that it

is not the product of a mere mortal. In an extensive work, Fatoohi and al-Dargazelli produce many

examples of Biblical errors of a historical nature not found in the Quran, although the same stories

and incidents are touched upon. For example, among their many conclusions is the following, If the

Holy Quran was derived from the Bible [as some people falsely claim, then] those many Biblical

errors would have passed into it. Why, for instance, would the Holy Quran describe the Israelites as

a small nation when the Bible claims that they were 2-3 million, an enormously inflated number

that no scholar would accept?... Why did the Holy Quran not go along the Biblical, and indeed logical

belief that Pharaoh was swallowed by the sea, to state instead that Pharaoh’s “body” was rescued?

And why would the Holy Quran say t his about Pharaoh in particular but not about other people who

were also destroyed by Allah?...

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

Sources :-

A book for calling people to Islam in English is the

book .

"What is Islam?" by Jamaal Zarabozo .

A piece of advice and an invitation from a well-wisher

for you .

I invite you, my dear brother, to Islam and to believe in

God Almighty. He alone is worthy of worship. The

purpose of our creation is to worship God alone,

without any partners.