ABSTRACT
Prophecy defines the attributes of the necessary Being and does so adequately in satisfying man’s need of knowledge. By Al-Risalah, or prophetic message, is meant in general the sending of apostles to bring to us doctrines and ordinances from God, the creator of men, who gives to them, as to other creatures, what they need for the fulfilment and satisfaction of their being in all its aspects. When the messenger claims prophethood and demonstrates it by this Mu’jizah or surpassingness, it becomes obligatory to accept his message and mission. The miracle of matchlessness in the Qur’an is inevitably involved in challenge and controversy where there are claims to prophethood. For the pretender will assert that it is there, discernible and confirmatory, in his deliverances. The prophet will rely on it to sustain his claim to be bona fide a messenger from God—a claim which will be vindicated by God’s affording the mu’jizah to him at that time.
