Such requests were rooted in obstinacy and enmity and were...

Such requests were rooted in obstinacy and enmity and were due to reasons other than finding the truth (refer to al-An’ām:35,124, Tāha:33, al-Ssaffāt:14, al-Qamar:2, al-Shu’arā’:3-4,197, al-Isrā’:59, al-Rūm:58). Therefore, God’s Wisdom didn’t necessitate responding to them. To provide further explanation, it should be stated that the reason for presenting miracles, which have been exceptional to the rules governing the universe, have sometimes provided responses to the people’s requests (e.g.

Sāleh’s (a) camel), and were at other times incidental (e.g. Jesus’ (a) miracles), were to introduce God’s prophets and provide the people with the means for such an introduction. However, miracles were not employed to force the people to accept the prophets’ invitations, neither were they used for people to compulsory submit to them. Furthermore, miracles were not a means to entertain the people by violating the rules of causality for usual events.

Such an objective does not necessitate responding to all the requests. In some cases responding to certain requests would be unwise and contradict the ultimate aim of the miracle. For example, there were requests, which would restrict the people’s choices and enforce them to accept the prophets’ invitations, or cases where the requests were due to enmity and obstinacy.

Moreover, if all the requests received a positive response, triteness would occur and people would see miracles as entertainment, and they would gather around the Prophet (s) for their personal benefit. In addition, testing people for their faith and providing them with the freedom in decision making would be impossible and they would accept the obedience of the Prophets aversely or forcefully. In both cases such an acceptance would be against both wisdom and the real aims of the miracle.

However, in other cases where Divine wisdom necessitated, the Prophet (s) would accept such requests. There are many miracles, which have been attributed to the Prophet of Islam (s); and most have been verified through successive traditions, however his ultimate miracle is the eternal miracle of the Holy Qur’an. More explanation will be provided about the Holy Qur’an in its due place. Can miracles be accepted as intellectual or convincing evidence?

Since miracles are performed according to God’s specific permission, they can indicate a particular relationship between Almighty God and the performer of the miracle, who has been provided with such permission.