9. Why language as a medium for the miracle ?

 

Language enables the communication of ideas. In the case of a messenger bringing a message, it enables the message itself to be preserved for future generations after the messenger has departed. A miracle of language  therefore allows the message it carries to be kept pure from tampering and corruption for all of time. There is no need for future messengers to confirm the message from God - as long as humans can still use language to communicate!

Contrast this with a miracle in a different form- that would mean that the message that a prophet brings would only be confirmed whilst the miracle and prophet exist- possibly a few generations who may be able to confirm through multiple independent witnesses the original witnessing of the miracle. However any message could still be corrupted by those future generations because what is witnessed and transmitted is the knowledge of the existence of a miracle but the message itself is a separate entity. Hence there would be a need for recurring prophets to correct the misguided transmission of any message amongst the people.  

 

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