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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
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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.
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
27
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.