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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
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