Our Creed
Proof for the Prophet a
By Dr. Maulana Mateen A. Khan
The truthfulness of the Prophet Muhammad a is supported
by an overwhelming amount of proof. It is a topic well
beyond the capabilities of this writer. However, I will write
a few things which will, inshallah, serve as a platform for
further reading and thought.
In this article, we return to a statement from an earlier article
in this series titled “On Knowledge & Knowing”:
The astute reader will now realize that the deen rests
entirely on the shoulders of a single, true transmitter
from Allah. He a was one aided by many miracles,
which prove whatever he narrated to us must be true by
virtue of divine confirmation of his prophethood.
The strongest rational evidence for his prophethood and
truthfulness is his miracles. Simply put, miracles (al-
mu‘jizah) are events that happen against the laws of physics.
In other words, these are events for which no explanation
exists other than the Creator causing them to happen.
What we witness as nature or physical laws are no more
than the customs or Sunna of Allah. Nothing occurs except
that Allah brings it into existence. No object moves or holds
still, unless He wills it. It is through these signs most of us
recognize Allah, and through which He interacts with His
creation moment to moment. When something occurs
against the natural norm, we know only Allah could have
done so. If this is coupled with a person’s claim to prophethood,
it is equivalent to Allah signaling, “This man tells the
truth.” We then know his claim to be truthful.
Imams al-Bukhari and Muslim narrate that the Prophet a
said, “There was not a single prophet who was not given a
miracle by which people believed in him. I was given the
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