The Qur’an therefore says...

The Qur’an therefore says: "Tell people I am a human being like you, except that revelation comes to me” (41:6) “Say: God is transcendent and elevated. Am I more than a human being whom God has chosen as His Messenger?” (17:93) However, when people were seeking guidance and pursuing the truth, and the Prophets themselves wished to establish the truth of their mission, miracles took place, as is evident from many such instances in the case of Moses, upon whom be peace.

It is always possible for God to draw the attention of the human beings to a miracle in some spectacular way. For example, He can cause inanimate objects and plants to speak or do other remarkable things in order to establish the veracity of His religion. However, such miracles would not be conducive to the human being's freedom or his conscious choice and development.

Therefore, God has not acted in this fashion and He has not sought to guide the human being at the expense of his intellectual freedom. Those who turn their back on the truth will naturally come to experience the result of their deeds and the consequence of their behavior. It is thus that everything moves forward in this world in complete harmony.

If God were to punish all humans immediately because of their misdeeds, no one would be able to endure it, for if every wrongdoer were to be killed, the human race would inevitably come to an end. If those opposing the Prophets had no aim other than uncovering the truth, they would come to accept it both as a result of their own extensive and comprehensive reflections and of the manifest miracles displayed to them.

However, the manner in which they demand miracles indicates an evil intention on their part, and a tendency to make unjustifiable objections, not a real search for the truth. The basic concern of these obstinate persons whose hearts had died within them was denial and turning away from the truth, for considering the existence of clear miracles there was no need for them to be repeated. Even if they had been repeated, those deniers would still not have believed.

The Qur’an says: "When the Messenger of Truth was sent to them by Us, they said, ‘Why has he not been given what Moses was given’ But did they not disbelieve in what had been given to Moses?” (28:48) Many of their demands did not even accord with the conditions of a miracle. Thus, the Qur’an tells us that they proposed the following to the Prophet of Islam***:*** "...