 Boyle does not deny that the style could have been miraculous, and indeed he runs a formally similar argument concerning the Apostles and the miracle of Pentecost: the Apostles’ “Hearers … knew it was &lt;not&gt; naturally possible, that uninspir’d Persons, and especially illiterate Fishermen, should &lt;grow&gt; able, in a trice, to make &lt;weighty&gt; discourses to many differing Nations, in their respective Languages” (BP 7:99, BOA §3.6.29, p. 390). Boyle accepts, and indeed uses, the form of the Koran argument: it is the premise he disputes.