Letters ( revised ) | THE NINETEENTH LETTER | 115
(111-259)
Since He will speak to mankind,  surely He will speak to  the most perfect of mankind and those most worthy of address. Since He will speak to those who are most perfect, most worthy of address, highest in morality, and who will guide humanity; He will certainly speak to Muhammad, who, as friend and foe alike testify, is of the highest disposition and morality, who is obeyed by one fifth of humanity, to whose spiritual rule half of the globe has submitted, with the radiance of whose light the  future  of  mankind  has  been  illumined  for  thirteen  centuries,  to  whom  the believers, the luminous segment of humanity, renew five times daily the oath of allegiance, for whose happiness they pray, for whom they call down God’s blessings and bear admiration and love in their hearts. Certainly, He will speak to Muhammad (Upon whom be blessings and peace) and indeed He has done; He will make him the Prophet,  and  indeed  He  has  done;  He  will  make  him  the  guide  for  the  rest  of humanity, and indeed He has done.

 

SECOND SIGN

 

God’s Most Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) declared his prophethood,  and  presented  to  humanity  such  a  decree  as  the  Qur’an  of  Might y Stature  and  such  manifest  miracles  as  number,  according  to  the  scholars,  one thousand. [2]  The occurrence of those miracles in their entirety is as certain as the fact that  he  declared  himself  prophet.  In fact,  as  is shown  by the  words  of  the  most obstinate unbelievers quoted in various places of the Wise Qur’an, even they could not deny his miracles so called them – God forbid! – sorcery, in order to satisfy themselves or to deceive their followers.

The miracles of Muhammad (UWBP) have the certainty of confirmation by consensus to the hundredth degree. The miracle is the confirmation by the Creator of the cosmos of his declaration of prophethood; it has the effect of the words, “You have spoken truly!” Suppose that you said in the assembly of a ruler, while being observed by him, “The ruler has appointed me to such-and-such a position.” Should you be asked for a proof of your claim, the word “Yes” uttered by the ruler would be sufficient to support you. Or, if the ruler changed his usual practice and attitude at your request, this would confirm your claim even more soundly and more definitely than would the word “Yes.”

In the same way, the Noble Messenger  (Upon whom be blessings and peace) claimed: “I am the envoy of the Creator of the universe. My proof is that He will change His unbroken order at my request and my prayer.

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[2] al-‘Asqalani, Fath al-Bari, vi, 454; Nawawi, Sharh Sahih Muslim, i, 2.

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