Do you not know that the present population of the world is...

Do you not know that the present population of the world is more three billion out of which only eight hundred million are Christians? Therefore, the remaining people of the world do not believe that Jesus is the son of God.” At this stage the women were silent because they had no counterargument to present.

Then I added, “Moreover, all Christians do not believe that Jesus is the son of God, but most of them believe that he was a human being.” Then one of those women asked whether I could say that millions of Christians including the great scholars, hermits, nuns and monks were telling a lie that Jesus was the son of God.

I put the same question to them as to whether they could similarly say that more than two billion of non- Christian people including great scholars, pious and learned people were telling a lie that Jesus was not the son of God. The women were silent for a while. Then they asked me to prove the prophethood of Muhammad, and on what grounds I am guiding them to the religion of Islam.

I said, “ brought miracles with him, claimed to be a prophet, and his claim was not contrary to reason, and therefore we believe in him.” She asked me to elaborate my three points, and I explained it to her thus: “the fact that Muhammad claimed to be a prophet is quite clear and needs no elaboration, as you too admit that he claimed so.” She confirmed my first point, 2.

“the Prophet of Islam showed miracles to prove his prophethood out of which the Holy Qur’an alone is sufficient, since it challenges the people of the world to bring even one chapter like any chapter of the Qur’an, but no one could do so.” She asked as to why the people of the world could not bring an example against the Qur’an.

I replied, “It was similar to Jesus who used to give life to the dead but none of the Jews had such power.” She observed, “The Qur’an is the word.” I replied, “Yes, of course, but this word is not like that of the people, it is something supernatural; and that is why the people of the world could not write a single chapter parallel to it. If Muhammad was not a prophet, he could not bring a book like the Qur’an which is beyond the human word.

Then I explained my third point to her saying, “His claim was not contrary to reason. Sometimes it is possible that someone may claim something and carry out some extraordinary tasks, but his claim is contrary to reason. The very reason that his claim was contrary to reason is the proof of his deed’s being not a testimonial from God.