And if incapacity, persecution, death, and what resembles that enters upon him, then it falls only upon the human, fleshy, bloody veil from which the Eternal (al-Qadīm) spoke so that they might understand His command and prohibition from Him.

And the Christians and the Muslims have agreed that Jesus revived the dead, healed the born blind and the leper, created a bird from clay, and spoke to the people in the cradle; and no one from the creation has power over this.

And the Christians have agreed that Simon (Sham'ūn) revived the dead, and did many things like these. So is it within the capability of a human to revive a human like himself? And that Jesus, when he healed the leper who was at the door of the synagogue of the Jews.

He said to him: "Stand up!"

So he said to him: "How shall I stand up when I have been crippled for thirty-eight years?"

He said to him: "I am the Father of Humanity (Abū al-Bashar); stand up."

So he stood up. Then he said to him: "Carry your bed," and he carried it.