Those who tend to play down the supernatural character of such signs or miracles, and who try to explain them in terms of natural laws of causation, in fact attempt to build a mid-way house between believing and disbelieving in the statements of the Qur'an | For clearly miracles do not fit in with their concept of God and the universe |
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Italiano - Piccardo : Stese la mano ed ecco che apparve bianca agli astanti• English - Sahih International : And he drew out his hand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers• Or does He still hold the reins to His realm in His owns Hands so that His command is enforced every moment, and He does retain the power to alter the shape of things and the normal course of events - either partially or fully, - as and when He wills? On the one hand, they are not inclined to believe in a Book which abounds in narrations of a supernatural kind | Melayu - Basmeih : Dan Nabi Musa mengeluarkan tangannya tibatiba tangannya menjadi putih bersinarsinar bagi orangorang yang melihatnya• 中国语文 - Ma Jian : 他抽出他的手来,那只手在观众的眼前忽然显出白光。 Honesty demands that instead of indulging in far-fetched explanations of Qur'anic statements on miracles, such people should clearly declare that they do not believe in the Qur'an |
Such people are bound to reject the statement that Moses' rod changed into a serpent and later reverted to its original shape.
27On the contrary, if you are fully convinced that it is God's command alone which causes life to arise from lifeless matter, and that God has full power to confer whichever kind of life He wills, the transformation of the rod into a serpent and its subsequent reversion to its original state is no stranger than the transformation of any other lifeless matter into a living entity | For quite obviously the Qur'an is explicit, even quite emphatic in affirming the former concept of God |
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It is impossible for those who respond in the affirmative to the first question to accept the idea of miracles | On the other hand, being born followers of their ancestral religion, they are not inclined to reject the Book which carries supernatural narrations |