This treatise describes more than three hundred miracles. And as it describes the messengership of Muhammad (PBUH), itself a miracle, so is it itself a wonder in three or four respects, proceeding from the miracle of his messengership.

T h e F i r s t : Although it is more than a hundred pages in length and is based on traditions and narra-tions, it was written in an unusual fashion-in the moun-tains and countryside, completely from memory, and without referring to any book. It was completed, moreover, in a few days by working two to three hours every day, for a total of twelve hours.