SOME NATIONS' DEMANDING MIRACLES
Those who do not believe say
[to Mohammed]: "If only a Sign could be
sent down to him from his Lord!" You are
only a warner. Every people has a guide.
(Qur'an, 13:7)
They say: "We will not believe you until
you make a spring gush out from the ground
for us; or have a garden of dates and grapes
that you make rivers come pouring through;
or make the sky, as you claim, fall down
on us in lumps; or bring God and the angels
here as a guarantee; or possess a house
built out of gleaming gold; or ascend up
into Heaven-and even then we will not believe
in your ascent unless you bring us down
a book to read!" Say: "Glory be to my Lord!
Am I anything but a human messenger?" (Qur'an,
17:90-93)
New Testament
"Unless you people see miraculous signs
and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will
never believe." (John 4:48)
So they asked him: "What miraculous sign,
then, will you give that we may see it and
believe you? What will you do?" (John 6:30)
PROPHETS ACCUSED OF BEING POSSESSED
Equally, no Messenger came
to those before them without their saying:
"A magician or a madman!" Did they bequeath
this to each other? Indeed, they are an
unbridled people. (Qur'an, 51:52-53)
New Testament
When his family heard about this, they
went to take charge of him [Jesus], for
they said: "He is out of his mind." And
the teachers of the law who came down from
Jerusalem said: "He is possessed by Beelzebub!
By the prince of demons he is driving out
demons." (Mark 3:21-22)
PROPHETS DO NOT SPEAK FROM WHIM
Your companion is not misguided
or misled; nor does he speak from whim.
It is nothing but Revelation revealed, taught
him by One immensely strong. (Qur'an, 53:2-5)
...[Khidr said,] I did not do it of my own
volition… (Qur'an, 18:82)
New Testament
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only
as I hear, and my judgment is just, for
I seek not to please myself but Him Who
sent me. (John 5:30)
And we have the word of the prophets made
more certain, and you will do well to pay
attention to it, as to a light shining in
a dark place, until the day dawns and the
morning star rises in your hearts. Above
all, you must understand that no prophecy
of Scripture came about by the prophet's
own interpretation. For prophecy never had
its origin in the will of man, but men spoke
from God as they were carried along by the
Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:19-21)
Old Testament
I will raise up for them a prophet like
you from among their brothers; I will put
My words in his mouth, and he will tell
them everything I command him. (Deuteronomy
18:18)
THE IMPERMANENCE OF THIS LIFE
The life of this world is
nothing but a game and a diversion. The
abode of the Hereafter-that is truly Life,
if they only knew. (Qur'an, 29:64)
Old Testament
We are aliens and strangers in your sight,
as were all our forefathers. Our days on
Earth are like a shadow, and there is no
abiding. (1 Chronicles 29:15)
THE UNBELIEVERS WILL BE RESURRECTED BLIND
Those who are blind in this
world will be blind in the Hereafter and
even further off the Path. (Qur'an, 17:72-73)
But if anyone turns away from My reminder,
his life will be a dark and narrow one,
and on the Day of Rising We will gather
him blind. (Qur'an, 20:124)
Old Testament
I will bring distress on the people and
they will walk like blind men, because they
have sinned against the Lord. (Zephaniah
1:17)
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