Risale-i Nur/The Letters/The Nineteenth Letter/The Miracles Of Muhammad (PBUH)/Third Addendum (s:250)

.The Third Addendum body {font-family:'Thorndale AMT',serif;font-size:12.0pt} The Third Addendumto The Miracles of Muhammad (UWBP)[This is about the Messengership of Muhammad (UWBP) and is the answer, in concise index-like form, to the first of the three questions and difficulties in the Third Principle of the Thirty-First Word, about his Ascension.]Q u e s t i o n : Why is this mighty Ascension special to Muhammad the Arabian (Upon whom be blessings and peace)?T h e A n s w e r to your first difficulty: It has been analysed in detail in the first thirty Words, so here we shall set out a concise list briefly alluding to the perfections of Muhammad (UWBP), to the signs of his prophethood, and to the fact that he was the most worthy to make the Ascension. It is as follows.Firstly: Despite numerous corruptions in the texts of such Holy Scriptures as the Torah, Gospels, and Psalms, in recent times even, an exacting scholar like Husain Jisri found one hundred and fourteen allusions to Muhammad’s (UWBP) prophethood; these good tidings he set forth in his Risale-i Hamidiye.1Secondly: It has been proved historically that there were many predictions accurately forecasting Muhammad’s (UWBP) prophethood, like those of the two soothsayers Shiqq and Satih, which, a while previously to it, gave news of it and the fact that he was to be the prophet of the end of time.2Thirdly: There were hundreds of extraordinary happenings, famous in history, called irhasat, that is, signs forewarning men of a coming prophet. Among them were the idols in the Ka‘ba falling from their places on the night of Muhammad’s (UWBP) birth,3 and the famous palace of Chosroes the Persian being rent asunder.4Fourthly: History and the Prophet’s (UWBP) biographies show that he

Husain Jisrî, Risâle-i Hamidiye (Turk. trans.), 52-94.

Ibn Hisham, al-Sirat al-Nabawiyya, i, 124-7, 158, 190, 192; al-Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 126-30; Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 122-8.

al-Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 19; al-Suyuti, al-Khasa’is al-Kubra, i, 81.

al-Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 19, 126; Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 139.

Risale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Free Will and the Creation of Man’s ActionsRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 19-20: The Second Parable about the DissemblersRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Proofs of the HereafterRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Explanations of the Word-OrderRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/About Everlasting Life and Eternal HappinessRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Explanations of the Word-OrderRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Explanations of the Word-OrderRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 23-24: About the Prophethood of Muhammad (UWBP)Risale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Qur’an’s InimitabilityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 14-15: The Dissemblers’ Fourth Crime: MockeryRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Answers to Three Questions raised about the Qur’an, concerning the allegorical verses, its vagueness concerning science, and some of its literal meanings being apparently opposed to realityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Use of Metaphor in some VersesRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/About Sinfulness and MisguidanceRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 26-27: The Qur’an’s Challenging with its InimitabilityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Evidences for the End of the World and Bodily ResurrectionRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Use of Metaphor in some VersesRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Discussion about Allegorical Comparisons (parables) and the Use of Allegory in the Qur’anRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Qur’an’s InimitabilityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 9-10: Condemnation of the DissemblersRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/About Everlasting Life and Eternal HappinessRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 9-10: Condemnation of the DissemblersRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 28: About Life, Death, and the Resurrection of the DeadRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/About Sinfulness and MisguidanceRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Qur’an’s InimitabilityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Discussion about Allegorical Comparisons (parables) and the Use of Allegory in the Qur’anRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Explanations of the Word-OrderRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 30: Man’s Vicegerency and Proof of the AngelsRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The Answers to Three Questions raised about the Qur’an, concerning the allegorical verses, its vagueness concerning science, and some of its literal meanings being apparently opposed to realityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Evidences for the End of the World and Bodily ResurrectionRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Proofs of the Maker and His AttributesRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/An Introduction about Eloquence (Rhetoric)Risale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Allah’s Punishment of the DissemblersRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/The First Parable about the DissemblersRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Evidences for the End of the World and Bodily ResurrectionRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 31-33: The Teaching of the NamesRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 16: The Dissemblers Exchanging Error for GuidanceRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 26-27: The Qur’an’s Challenging with its InimitabilityRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Discussion about Allegorical Comparisons (parables) and the Use of Allegory in the Qur’anRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/About Everlasting Life and Eternal HappinessRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verses 21-22: The Question of WorshipRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/Verse 3: Characteristics of the Believers – Belief, Salat, ZakatRisale-i Nur/Signs of Miraculousness/Sura al-Baqara/An Introduction about Eloquence (Rhetoric)