11-17-2006, 12:02 AM
Quote:Bismillah:
the miracles that were performed by the Prophets such as parting of sea by Prophet Moses (pbuh), giving life to the dead by Prophet Jesus (pbuh), etc. convinced the people of that time only, but these miracles cannot be analyzed and verified by us today.
Nicely convenient for those who would assert them without a single, verifiable shred of evidence and then demand those who don't believe must supply the negative proof.
Quote:However, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and final Messenger of God, sent for the whole of humankind and the message he delivered is for eternity, therefore the miracle of the last and final Messenger should also be everlasting, examinable and verifiable by people of all ages, after its revelation. Though Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) performed several miracles but he never emphasized them. Though we Muslims believe in these miracles <b>we only boast of the ultimate miracle given to him by Almighty God, which is the Qur’an. </b>
First, <i>all</i> is assumption in connection with written text as there are no original manuscripts to subject the material to inspection (the theist assumes gods, the materialist assumes logic). You believe as you do because you read it in a book. Given the plethora of gods throughout human history, none of which are open to any proof, yes, it is rational and logical to conclude that gods are invented to explain phenomenon. Unless you are willing to argue that any number of assertions of gods other than the one you selected as "true" doesn't illustrate this fact very clearly. I for one have a hard time imagining you supporting the Iroquois "lodge in the sky" god theories, which are obviously meant to "explain existence" and have no more or less authority than that of the conclusions of the moslem. I am not a mathematician, but given the history of human endeavor, we have time and again reached barriers of information within the rational (natural) world and we have gone further and found that there are reasons and explanations we had no yet been able to see. Ok, so now we have the knowledge that Newtonian physics breaks down -- but does that preclude the idea there is a unified theory as to why the result of chaos is patterns? I'll admit (as I have always admitted), it is possible for the whole thing to be answered by saying three words: "god did it", but so far, no matter which direction you go in, there is no evidence that "god did it" suffices. And, as noted earlier, if this is the answer, then humanity is precluded from truly ever knowing and understanding.
Quote:The Qur’an is the miracle of all times which proved itself to be a miracle 1400 years ago and which can be reconfirmed today and forever. In short, it is the Miracle of Miracles.
Salam
Wael.
There’s no such proof. The fact is, there’s nothing at all “miraculous” about the quran.