This article examines the Mu‘tazilite Qādī ‘Abd al-Jabbār’s views on the denotation of miracles according to his own particular methodology. Despite his acceptance of the celebrated method of the theologians in the denotation of miracles with respect to the authenticity of prophets, i.e., resorting to divine wisdom, Qādī ‘Abd al-Jabbār instead proposed the issue within the structure of conven...

hand, they have made forecasts of the future where fancy has been allowed to reign in attempting to foretell what is likely to happen in our department, and to depict, in eloquent and fascinating descriptions, the anticipated improvements which our successors will achieve either by their own efforts or by building on the foundations of their predecessors. Truth, however, surpasses fiction in ma...

What is essential for the future development of probability considerations, as for the development of science in general, is that trained minds play upon its problems freely and that those engaged in discussing them illustrate in their own procedure the characteristic temper of scientific inquiry—to claim no infallibility and to exempt no proposed solution of a problem from intense criticism. S...

While most traditional works on the life of Prophet Muḥammad focus how his ostensible teachings and actions can be used as a template for human conduct, thirteenth-century Sufi thinker, Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī (d. 638/1240), turns attention to spiritual significance inner reality Muḥammad. Ibn argues that seal prophets, was not only given Qur’an, which incorporated elements from previous revela...