Do reports of such miracles suggest an ancient text is rubbish?
This usually depends on the attitude and faith of the believer. Some people might find the whole claim of the metamorphosis of people to animals to be no more than a fairy tale, and if the Quran contains such suggestions this must be a proof that it cannot therefore be true, or truly God’s word. This would be problematic for Muslims who do accept that Allah may act as He wills, even bringing about highly improbable things simply by His command. The same issue is faced by Christians who find it impossible to believe that Jesus could have walked upon water or turned water into wine, etc, and therefore would reject the Gospels (or selected parts of them) as not being true, or truly God’s word. Some Christian commentators and scholars (eg Bultmann) would demythologize the entire New Testament, on the simple grounds that miracles are impossible – while other Christians devoutly believe in them with no questions, as acts of faith. There is an alternative view – Some scholars suggest that the
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