representative of each people, who acclaims him and bids him welcome in his own language; so too when the supreme Lieutenant of the Monarch of PreEternity and PostEternity honoured the universe by coming as an envoy to the inhabitants of the earth, and brought with him the light of truth and spiritual gifts sent by the Creator of the universe, which were connected to the truths of the whole universe, each species of creation from water, rocks, trees, animals and human beings to the moon, the sun and the stars each welcomed him and acclaimed his prophethood, each in its own language, and each bearing one of his miracles.

Now it would require a voluminous work to mention all his miracles. As punctilious, investtigating scholars have written many volumes concerning the proofs of his prophethood, here we will briefly point out only the general categories into which fall the miracles that are definite and accepted as accurate reports.

The evidences of the prophethood of Muhammad (Upon whom be blessings and peace) fall into two main categories:

T h e F i r s t is called irhasat and includes the paranormal events that happened at the time of his birth, or before his prophetic mission.

T h e S e c o n d group pertains to all the remaining evidences of his prophethood, and contains two subdivisions:

The first are those wonders that were manifested after his departure from this world in order to confirm