according to the holy qur'an, human life is intermingled with trials, having a mutual relationship with man's perfection and elevation. as objective models of divine trials, prophets are chosen and reported intelligently in the qur'an. the central issue in this research is to draw a revealed pattern of the trial of prophets and analyze its components, emphasizing on the story of ...

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...