Following the argument about Qurän's miraculous greatness and limitless wonders, reference is made to some of the flimsy pretexts, and foolish excuses of the heathens and idolaters. In order to accept the prophetic mission of the Messenger of God, they proposed six request as follows:ِ

1- Make a spring for us to gush out of the land.

2- Have a garden of date-palm and grapes well-watered.

3- Make the sky to fall down upon us, as you threaten.

4- Bring Allah and his angels down and face them with us.

5- Have a beautiful house adorned with gold.

6- Ascend to the sky and bring down to us a book.

      At the end, Allah instructs His Messenger to answer the pagans with the following words:ِ

      ``Am I anyone other than a human Messenger?''

      The Arabs were a thirsty people dwelling in a hot dry land in which vegetation and plants was very rare. To this effect, finding another spring of water like ZAMZAM, meant a great bounty to them, and the most valuable miracle too. They of course, did not know what does crude oil and petroleum mean, and in the lands that seas of oil exist, springs of water are rare. To them having a house adorned with gold and silver, and a fruitful garden well-watered was a sign of felicity and prosperity. A disbeliever is usually secular minded, and can only think of physical and material profits. He forgets or ignores all about the spiritual matters. Their ridiculous demands like seeing God, face to face, the God who has not a visible face at all; or the fall of sky and stones from overhead; ascension to the sky and bringing down a book to be read, are all the signs and symptoms of their materialistic ideas.

      On the other hand a Messenger's duty is only to convey his message, and can do nothing other than following what he is ordered to. So the Messenger of God would say nothing except that with which he was inspired. He was not sent to satisfy the mean fancies, and vain desires of some foolish unbelievers.