those of the two soothsayers Shiqq and Satih, which, a while previously to his prophethood, gave news of it and the fact that he was to be the final prophet. [^12]
[^12]:See, Ibn Hishām, al-Sīrat al-Nabawiyya, i, 124-7, 158, 190, 192; al-Bayhaqī, Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 126-30; Abū Nu‘aym, Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 122-8.
Thirdly: There were hundreds of extraordinary happenings famous in history, called irhasat, that is, signs forewarning men of a coming prophet, like, for example, on the night of Muhammad’s (UWBP) birth, [^13] the idols in the Ka‘ba fell from their places and the famous palace of Khosroes the Persian was rent asunder. [^14]
[^13]:See, al-Bayhaqī, Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 19; Suyūṭī, al-Khaṣā’is al-Kubrā, i, 81.
[^14]:See, al-Bayhaqī, Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 19, 126; Abū Nu’aym, Dalā’il al-Nubuwwa, i, 139.
Fourthly: History and the Prophet’s (UWBP) biographies show that he satisfied the thirst of an army with water flowing from his fingers, [^15] that in the presence of a large congregation in the mosque, the dry wooden support against which Muhammad (UWBP) was leaning moaned like a camel and wept on being separated from him when he ascended the pulpit, [^16] and that he was distinguished by close on a thousand miracles attested to by the verses of the Qur’an, such as,
[^15]:See, Bukhārī, Wuḍū‘, 32, 46; Manāqib, 25; Ashriba, 31; Muslim, Zuhd, 74; Faḍā’il, 4-6; Tirmidhī, Manāqib, 6
[^16]:See, Bukhārī, Manāqib, 25; Jumu‘a, 26; Tirmidhī, Manāqib, 6; Jumu’a, 10; Nasā’ī, Jumu‘a, 17.
And the moon split,(54:1)
referring to the splitting of the moon, [^17] and verified by those who investigated them.
[^17]:See, Bukhārī, Manāqib, 27; Manāqib al-Anṣār, 36; Tafsīr, 54:1; Muslim, Ṣifāt al-Munāfiqīn, 43-8.
Fifthly: Anyone who considers the facts and is fair and just cannot hesitate to agree that, as is unanimously agreed by friend and foe alike, he possessed good moral qualities at the highest degree, and that, in accordance with the testimony of all his dealings and actions, attributes and character of the greatest excellence were apparent in the way he performed his duties and proclaimed Islam, and, in accordance with the fine qualities and conduct enjoined by the religion of Islam, laudable virtues of the highest order were found in the law he brought.
Sixthly: As is alluded to in the Second Indication of the Tenth Word, it is a requirement of wisdom that Divinity be manifested. And this desire of Divinity to be manifested was met at the highest level and most brilliantly