The Qualification “by God’s permission” Regarding All Miracles

The report of the unseen by Jesus (a.s.) about what the Children of Israel had stored in their houses or what food they had eaten: “and I will tell you what you have eaten and what you have stored in your houses” is not qualified with “by God’s permission.” However, in addition to the fact that the context of the verse indicates that the omission of “by God’s permission” in the last phrase is based on its mention in the previous phrases and follows the principle of “permissibility of omitting what is known,” if we consider the verse under discussion as the minor premise and the verse “and an messenger may not bring a sign except by God’s leave”(403) as the major premise of the syllogism, it becomes clear that reporting the unseen - meaning his report about what the Children of Israel had stored in their houses and the food they had eaten - must also be qualified with “by God’s permission,” because according to the aforementioned verse, no prophet can bring a sign except by God’s permission.

The expression “sign” (āya) shows that this act was not from Jesus himself nor from any other prophet, just as the general principle “I have certainly brought you a sign from your Lord” indicates that the instances mentioned in the verse under discussion are the details of that summary and the explanation of that text. Therefore, each of these miracles is a sign from God, not from Christ himself.