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In this Quranic verse we read of a vulnerable person, a blind man whose name is Abdullah Ibn Um Maktoum (d. 637 CE/15 AH), approaching Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) while he is attending the affluent and powerful Meccan leaders hoping that they will embrace Islam, but the Prophet frowns and ignores the blind man. Muslim scholars cite this verse in polemical discourses as a proof for Muhammad’s prophet-hood and the Qur’an being the revealed word of God, for if the Qur’an were the Prophet’s own creation, he would not have included such an event.
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Sway, M. (2014). Human Vulnerability in Islam. In: Tham, J., Garcia, A., Miranda, G. (eds) Religious Perspectives on Human Vulnerability in Bioethics. Advancing Global Bioethics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8736-9_9
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