PROPHETHOOD

Prophethood ~ 48 ~ PROPHETHOOD Certain non-Muslims once came before the Prophet Muhammad, may peace be upon him, and asked him for proof that he was a true prophet. They pointed out that Moses, one of God’s prophets, had come before the world with the miracles of the Staff and the White Hand – clear proof of his being a genuine prophet. Jesus, they added, had made the blind see and had healed lepers, again proving by these miracles that he was a prophet of God. Other prophets, too, had been given the power to perform miracles, and they had not hesitated to display this power as a proof of their prophethood. “Tell us,” they said, “what miracle have you brought as proof of your prophethood?” The Prophet listened in silence to what they had to say, then he read out these concluding verses of the third chapter of the Quran: In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are signs for men of sense; those that remember God when standing, sitting and