Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه وسلم ministry was supported by physical miracles that were witnessed and reported by a generation of superb moral integrity. This chapter will feature some of the most authentically transmitted miracles, after assessing the utility, plausibility, and provability of miracles in the first place.

While the Qur’an is the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم greatest miracle, and certainly sufficient on its own as a miracle, this does not negate that God gave him many other miraculous signs along with it.345

In other words, conviction in the prophethood of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is not dependent on his performance of miracles, but historically reliable reports of these miracles make their occurrence undeniable and a powerful cultivator of conviction. Of course, the believer is always encouraged to pursue higher states of conviction through contemplation, seeking knowledge, and purifying their heart until they can witness the Truth through the message of Islam itself. However, we should not underestimate the fact that some people’s psychospiritual makeup better orients them to traverse the “miracles avenue” to the gates of faith. As Ibn al-Qayyim writes, “The paths to guidance are diverse, as a mercy and kindness from God to His servants, due to the variation in their intellectual, mental, and spiritual insights.”346 He then proceeded to give examples of how some are guided by recognizing the truth in the message itself, due to the purity of their own nature, such as Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq , and some recognized the truth through the impeccable character of its bearer صلى الله عليه وسلم, such as Khadījah bint Khuwaylid . A third segment of humanity was brought to faith by God through miracles, while a fourth was impressed by the triumphs and successes of the Prophet’s lifetime, and a fifth group simply followed its leaders who joined the fold of Islam.