I'm Only Human
In this post we shall be looking at passages in which the founder of Islam says that he's only human.
S 17:93 Or do you have a house of gold or do you ascend into the sky? And we shall not believe in your ascension until you bring down upon us a book we can read. Say: Praise be to my lord! Was I but a man, a messenger?
The Meccans have been asking him to provide miracles to prove his messengerhood. As he says: "Was I but a man, a messenger?", is he saying that as he is human and a messenger he cannot perform miracles? Isa is supposedly merely human and is a messenger (S 4:171) but he performed miracles. In S 3:183 he agrees that a messenger is to produce a sacrifice consumed by fire from heaven.
S 18:110 Say: I am only a human being the like of you. He inspires me that your god is one god. So he who was hoping for the meeting of his lord, let him do a righteous deed and not associate anyone with the worship of his lord.
S 41:6 Say: I am only a man the like of you. I am inspired that your god is one god, so be upright towards him and ask him for forgiveness. And woe to the mushrikun,
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