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Why didn't the Qur'an show a physical miracle?

The claim: "The Prophet showed no physical miracle like a staff-to-snake or raising the dead. So he had no real proof."

The Qur'an's answer: the proof is the Book itself

An honest limit

The Qur'an treats its own challenge (bring its like — 2:23; 17:88) as the "standing miracle"; it deliberately does not rest on a physical display. How convincing this approach is varies from person to person — whether a text counts as a "miracle" is a matter of evaluation / interpretation. We present the Qur'an's own position: the proof is not a display but the text itself and the signs in nature (41:53).

Source: Qur'anic verses (M. Okuyan meal). Presented soberly and respectfully, with a text/interpretation distinction.

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