Reply to the Third Question

First Rebuttal

The noble verses that the critic has cited, and from which he has argued that the Holy Prophet, the Guide of Islam, showed no miracles, do not include the word ‘miracle’ at all. Therefore, how do those verses prove that the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, did not perform any miracle?

Second Rebuttal

What is the word from which the critic was led to believe and say, ‘from this, it is clearly evident that God did not give him any miracle’; whereas the translation written by the critic himself similarly lacks the word ‘miracle’.

Third Rebuttal

If the critic thinks that the words —āyat [Sign] or —āyāt [Signs, meaning miracles] prove that no miracle was shown at the hand of Hazrat Khātamul-Anbiyā’ [the Seal of the Prophets] and Sarwar-e-Asfiya’ [the Leader of the Pure], the critic should ponder and ponder well because things appear to be the opposite in Surah al-‘Ankabut and Surah Bani Isra’il, to which the critic has referred. Both Surahs emphatically establish the existence of miracles.

First, there are these verses—preceding the verse identified by the critic—in Surah al-‘Ankabut:

—Surah al-‘Ankabut, 29:48

And in like manner have We sent down the Book to you; the People of the Book who have knowledge do believe in it; and of these Makkans also there are some who believe in it. And none but the disbelievers deny Our Signs (miracles).

—Surah al-‘Ankabut, 29:49

And before this time you were not able to read or write; had it been so, these liars would have doubted.

What does this mean? It is that now they are not denying due to doubt; it is sheer stubbornness, obstinacy, and enmity that causes them to deny.

—Surah al-‘Ankabut, 29:50-52

Without a doubt it (the Quran) is a collection of clear Signs for those who are given knowledge. And indeed none but the great wrongdoers deny Our Signs. And they say, ‘Why are not Signs sent down to him from his Lord?’ Say, ‘The Signs are with Allah, and He is the One who sends them and certainly I am a clear Warner.’ Is it not enough for them by way of Signs that We have sent down to you the Book which is recited to them?

O fair-minded Christians! If the word —āyat means ‘Sign’, and the meaning of the plural of this word,—āyāt, is ‘miracle’, then the Noble Quran proves miracles in many places and informs that those who deny Muhammad’s miracles—which are called —āyāt —are disbelievers, transgressors, and wrongdoers. Reflect upon this.

—Surah al-Baqarah, 2:100

And surely, We have sent down to you manifest Signs, and no one disbelieves in them but the disobedient.

—Surah al-‘Ankabut, 29:50

Without a doubt, it is a collection of clear Signs in the hearts of those who are given knowledge. And none but the wrongdoers deny Our Signs.

—Surah Bani Isra’il, 17:98–99

The deniers of Arabia are commanded in Surah Bani Isra’il that their abode would indeed be Hell; every time its fire abates, We shall increase its flame; that is their recompense because they rejected Our Signs.