The object for which a miracle is performed must be a moral one, and chiefly to attest the truth of the statements made by the prophet. Although Muhammad makes, in the {158} Quran, no distinct claim to the power of working miracles,[151] his followers maintain that in this, as in all other respects he was equal to all and superior to some prophets, and produce various passages of the Quran in support of their view. Thus, according to Shaikh Jelal-ud-din Syuti, if to Adam was given the power of naming every thing, Muhammad also possessed the same power. Enoch was exalted on high, but Muhammad was taken to the 'Baqab-i-qausain,' the 'two bows' length,' where Gabriel, "one mighty in power," appeared to him. (Sura liii. 5-9). Ishmael was ready to be sacrificed, but Muhammad endured the splitting of his chest;[152] Joseph was to some extent handsome, but Muhammad was the very perfection of beauty; Moses brought water from the rock, but Muhammad produced it from his fingers. The sun was stayed on its course by Joshua and so it was by Muhammad. Solomon had a great kingdom, Muhammad a greater, for he possessed the keys of the treasuries of the earth. Wisdom was given to John the Baptist whilst yet a child, so also were wisdom and understanding granted to Muhammad at an early period of his life. Jesus could raise the dead, so also could Muhammad. In addition to all these, the special miracles of the Prophet are the splitting of the moon asunder, the Mi'raj, the coming of a tree into his presence, and above all the wonderful miracle of the Quran.[153] The splitting of the moon in sunder is referred to in, {159} "The hour of judgment approacheth; and the moon hath been split in sunder." (Sura liv. 1). Imam Zahid says that Abu Jahl and a Jew visited the Prophet, and demanded a sign from him on pain of death. The Prophet made a sign with his little finger, and at once the moon separated into two parts: one of which remained in the sky, the other went off to a long distance. The Jew believed in Islam forthwith. Abu Jahl ascribed the affair to magic, but on making enquiry from various travellers ascertained that they, on this very night, distinctly saw the moon in two parts.[154] Some, however, refer the passage to the future, as they consider the splitting of the moon to be one of the signs of the last day.