Islam As It Is
Prophethood
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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
