خرید و دانلود فایل پاورپوینت کامل The Qur àn Counts Miracle as a Proof of the Truth of the Claim of Prophethood

بخشی از متن فایل پاورپوینت کامل The Qur àn Counts Miracle as a Proof of the Truth of the Claim of Prophethood :

Question: What is the connection between miracle and veracity of the claim of prophethood
Reason fails to see any binding relation between the two. But the Qur’àn time and again asserts this concomitance, as may be seen in the stories of various prophets, for example, Hùd, Sàlih, Mùsà, ‘Isà and Muhammad (peace of Allah be on all of them!). The Qur”àn narrates that no sooner did they announce their claim than they were asked by their people to bring some miracle to prove the truth of their claim; and they responded to it by showing the miracle.
Not only that. Some of them were given their miracle even before their nations had asked them for it. Allah told Mûsà (a. s.) at the start of his mission: Go you and your brother with My signs and be not remise in remembering Me (20:42). And He says about ‘Isà (a.s.): And (will make him) an apostle to the children of Israel: “7hat I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I create for you out of dust like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with Allah’s permission and I heal the blind and the leper, and bring the dead to life with Allah’s permission and I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your house; most surely there is a sign in this for you, if you are believers” (۳:۴۹).
The same is the position of the Qur’àn which was given to the Prophet right at the start of his mission. Reason does not see any connection whatsoever between the truth of the message of an apostle or a prophet on one hand and his ability to show a super-natural sign on the other.
Moreover, the beauty of the principles expounded by the apostles and the prophets, strengthened as it is by irrefutable proofs, dispenses with the need of any miracle – for an intelligent and knowledgeable person. That is why it is said that miracles are needed for convincing the simple-minded people, because they cannot understand a learned discourse; but knowledgeable persons do not need them.
Reply: The prophets had not brought the miracles to prove any principle of religion, like belief in Oneness of God and the Day of Resurrection etc. – the truth of which could be realized by intellect and reason. They always proved such things with reasoning and logical arguments. For example, Allah says regarding the existence of the Creator: Their apostles said: “Is there doubt about Allah, the Master of the heavens and the earth (14:10); and He says about resurrection: And We did not create the heaven and the earth and what is between them in vain; that is the opinion of those who disbelieve; then woe to those who disbelieve on account of the fire. Shall We treat those who believe an and do good like the mischief-makers in the earth Or shall We make those who guard (against evil) like the wicked (38:27-28).
Why were, then, the apostles asked to show miracle, and why did they bring it about It was to prove that they were in fact sent by Allah; it was meant to authenticate their claim.
The prophets claimed that they were sent by Allah, that He had revealed His message to them – either directly or through an angel. It was an assertion of a super-natural event; a claim of a reality beyond the physical senses and mental cognization of their people; a fact above the level of man”s perception. If that claim was right, it would be a special metaphysical disposition reserved for the prophets only. The difficulty was that the prophets were like any other human being in their humanity and in its characteristics. How could they be favoured for this especial relationship with the world beyond nature
The disbelievers, therefore, resorted to two methods to disprove the prophets’ claim:
First Method: They tried to refute it through such “arguments” as the following:
a) They said: “You are nothing but human being like us; you wish to turn us away from what our fathers used to worship” (۱۴:۱۰). The apostles were like all other men; and other men do not receive such divine revelation as was claimed by the apostles. If they could be given revelation from God, why could not others get it as well Were not all of them alike in their humanity
The apostles replied to it in these words: Their apostles said to them: “We are nothing but human beings like yourselves, but Allàh bestows (His) favours on whom He pleases of His servants…” (۱۴:۱۱). They accepted that they were like all men in their humanity, but showed that apostleship was a very especial favour of Allah, and He bestows it on whom He pleases. It is not difficult to see that being alike does not preclude some of them from being reserved for some especial favours. Of course, if Allàh had pleased, He could have bestowed it on anyone among them, but He chose for this favour whom He pleased. The same was the thrust of their protest against the Prophet: “Has the reminder been revealed to him from among us” (۳۸:۸)
b) Of the same nature, but with added sarcasm, were the following remarks of the polytheists of Mecca: And they say: “Why was not this Qur’àn revealed to a man of importance in the two towns” (۴۳:۳۱) And they say: “What sort of apostle is this that he eats food and goes about in the marts; why has not an angel been sent down to him so that he be a warner with him Or a treasure be thrown down to him, or be for him a garden from which he may eat!” (۲۵:۷-۸)
What they wanted to say was this: If the Apostle (of Islam) really has been chosen by God to receive divine revelation, then he must be someone above all the mortals. Then why does he require food to e, and why is he obliged to go about in the markets to earn his livelihood If he is truly a representative of God, he should have been accompanied by an angel to assist trim in his work, or he should have been given a treasure to save him the trouble of earning his livelihood in the mar