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of scholars disagree with you?‟ Would that I knew what answer you will give!
Will you reply by saying, `My Imam is established by the very words of
Scripture?‟ Who will believe this claim to have a scriptural basis, when he has
not heard the words from the Messenger? All that he has heard is your claim,
and the unanimous judgment of scholars that it is an invention and to be
disbelieved.”
Let us suppose, however, that this scriptural claim is granted. Yet the man
may still have doubts on the subject of prophethood; he may say, `Grant that
your Imam adduces as proof the miracle of Jesus; that is, he says, `The proof
of my truthfulness is that I will bring your father to life‟; he actually restores
him to life and says to me that he is performing what he promised.
How do I know that he is truthful? This miracle has not brought all mankind to
know the truthfulness of Jesus. On the contrary, serious objections can be
raised against it, which are only to be repelled by detailed rational
considerations. Rational considerations, however, are not to be trusted,
according to your view. Yet no one knows the argument from miracle, to
truthfulness unless he knows magic and the distinction between that and
Will you reply by saying, `My Imam is established by the very words of
Scripture?‟ Who will believe this claim to have a scriptural basis, when he has
not heard the words from the Messenger? All that he has heard is your claim,
and the unanimous judgment of scholars that it is an invention and to be
disbelieved.”
Let us suppose, however, that this scriptural claim is granted. Yet the man
may still have doubts on the subject of prophethood; he may say, `Grant that
your Imam adduces as proof the miracle of Jesus; that is, he says, `The proof
of my truthfulness is that I will bring your father to life‟; he actually restores
him to life and says to me that he is performing what he promised.
How do I know that he is truthful? This miracle has not brought all mankind to
know the truthfulness of Jesus. On the contrary, serious objections can be
raised against it, which are only to be repelled by detailed rational
considerations. Rational considerations, however, are not to be trusted,
according to your view. Yet no one knows the argument from miracle, to
truthfulness unless he knows magic and the distinction between that and