Cited to support the claim that Allah withheld signs from Muhammad because previous peoples had rejected them, which is used against later miracle reports.
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Quran 17:59
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59 Naught prevented Us from sending the signs but that the ancients cried lies to them; and We brought Thamood the She-camel visible, but they did her wrong. And We do not send the signs, except to frighten.
The host cited this verse to argue that Allah withheld signs from Muhammad, using it to claim Muhammad performed no miracles and was therefore less credible than Paul.
The host cited this verse to argue that, by the Qur'an's own account, Muhammad was not given miraculous signs because such signs had been rejected before.
Cited to argue the Quran says miraculous signs were withheld from Muhammad's audience, against later hadith claims that he performed miracles such as splitting the moon.
Quoted to argue that Allah withheld miraculous signs from Muhammad's generation, which the host used against claims that Muhammad performed miracles proving prophethood.