the way of Allah (God) Almighty in sending revelations throughout the ages. The wayof Allah (God) Almighty can be summarized in that Allah (God) Almighty sends arevelation like for example the Torah, Injeel, and Noble Qur’an in which there isguidance and mercy for people. Allah (God) Almighty strengthens the revelation withmiracles out of mercy and these miracles are something that have a direct link withthe general trend of people in the time of the revelation so that people wouldunderstand and be certain that it is a miracle and that they would believe in theguidance of Allah (God) Almighty since the objective is guidance and not punishment.For example, in the time of Prophet Moses peace be upon him (PBUH) the generaltrend of people was magic. Thus the miracles that Allah (God) Almighty gave ProphetMoses (PBUH) which included the transformation between the plant and animalkingdoms were something directly linked to the general trend of the people at Moses(PBUH) time. In the same time the miracles were superior to the trend of the people atthe time of the revelation such that people at Moses (PBUH) time knew what magiccan and can not do. Thus due to the knowledge of people about the limitations of magic they knew that the thing that Moses (PBUH) came with was something fromthe creator Allah (God) Almighty and that magic can’t produce something like it.In the time of sending down the revelation that Jesus (PBUH) came with the generaltrend of people was medicine. Thus the miracles that Allah (God) Almighty gaveJesus (PBUH) like for example raising the dead and healing of the leopard weresomething linked directly with medicine but dominant over it and so people realizedthat these are miracles from the creator Allah (God) Almighty since they know thelimitations of medicine and that medicine can not raise the dead.The miracles that Allah (God) Almighty gave Jesus (PBUH) were not because Jesus(PBUH) was more than a prophet but it was because the general trend of people at thetime required such miracles and thus if any other prophet was send at that time and for the same people then Allah (God) Almighty would have given him the same miraclesHe gave Jesus (PBUH).The way of Allah (God) Almighty continues with Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Inthe time of sending down the revelation of the Noble Qur’an the general trend of people was linguistic eloquence with using the Arabic language. Thus the miracle thataccompanied the Noble Qur’an at the time of the revelation was a linguistic eloquencethat can not be produced by humans, which is something linked directly with the
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