ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some of the implications that follow from the views regarding the justifiability of Islamic belief. In the Sunni Muslim community, a well-known hadith that provides a useful reference in thinking about what constitutes Islamic belief. The 'Hadith of Gabriel' presents a summary account of what constitutes the religion of 'Islam' –practice, faith, and the perfection of faith. It is possible that a person who subscribes to a religious position such as Islamic theism can maintain that this position is rationally defensible while allowing that positions that are different from, and perhaps even inconsistent with, it are also rationally defensible. The classical Islamic argument in support of the Qur'an's status as a miracle has two parts to it. First, there is the hermeneutical component. The second part of the classical Islamic argument in support of the Qur'an's status as a miracle – its stylistic inimitability was said to constitute Muhammad's miracle.
