The Truth Message – Part – 3.19
Miracles of Prophet Mohammad & others – A Comparison
More than three thousand miracles were shown by our master the Holy Prophet (saw) and his innumerable prophecies not only present the truth of the past and seeing the light of the day but are also the blue-print of the future and end of this world. His words also present a picture of the hereafter.
When a person arrives at this exalted stage (as Mohammad), he sometimes performs acts which appear to be beyond human power and have the colour of Divine Power in them. For instance, during the battle of Badr, the Holy Prophet (saw) threw a handful of gravel at the opposing force not accompanied by any prayer, but with his own spiritual power, which affected the opposing force in such an extraordinary manner that everyone’s eyes were struck by the gravel and they were rendered sightless and began to run around in confusion and helplessness. This miracle is referred to in the verse:
…And thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but it was Allah Who threw… (Ch.8:V.18)
…meaning that it was Divine Power that was working behind the scene and it did that which was not within the human power.
In the same way, another miracle of the Holy Prophet (saw) which was the splitting of the moon was displayed by Divine Power. It was not accompanied by any prayer as it happened merely by his pointing at the moon with his finger which was filled with Divine power. The disbelievers had themselves witnessed it with their own eyes. This miracle occurred in Makkah. Muslims continued to bear witness to it openly before thousands of people, and their evidence is found recorded in hundreds of thousands of books of that time of Christians, Arabs, Jews, and Magians, etc. it is clear proof that the opponents had witnessed the splitting of the moon and that there was no room left for contradiction.
I would like to add that the event of the splitting of the moon is recorded in the reliable books of the Hindus as well.
Vyasa Ji has recorded in the Mahabharata that in his time the moon had been split into two and had again come together. He attributed this, without any proof, to Biswamtar as his miracle… It seems that this event was well known among the Hindus even at the time of the writing of the history of Farishtah, whose author has recorded in his eleventh discourse, on the authority of the Hindus, that the Raja of Dharka, which was a town situated on river Phanbal in Malwa and is perhaps now known as Dhara Nagri, was sitting on the roof of his palace and he saw that the moon had suddenly split into two and had then come together. On investigation the Raja discovered that it was a miracle of the Arabian Prophet (saw) and he became a Muslim. (Surmah Chashm Arya, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 2, pp. 122-127)
The holy book Quran records it this way:
“The Hour has approached, and the moon is rent asunder; but whenever they see a sign, they turn away and say, ‘This is evident magic (an oft-repeated sorcery)’. (Al-Qamar, 54:1-2)
There are many other miracles which the Holy Prophet (saw) worked purely with his power and which were not accompanied by any prayer, like…
On many occasions, he multiplied water so much by dipping his fingers into a cup of water that the whole host and their camels and horses drank of it and yet the original quantity of the water was not diminished.
On many occasions, by putting his hand upon three or four loaves of bread, he satisfied the hunger of thousands.
On some occasions, he blessed a small quantity of milk with his lips and a company of people drank from it and were filled.
On other occasions, he healed severely wounded people of their injuries by placing his hands upon them.
During the wars, he replaced the eyeballs of people which had fallen out in consequence of some injury received in battle and healed them with the blessings of his hand.
And many more…
In this way, he did many other things by his personal power behind which worked the Divine Power.
If the philosophers of today and the followers of nature of today refuse to accept these miracles, they are to be excused for they cannot recognise the station at which a human being is endowed with Divine power by way of reflection. If they laugh at these things they are also to be excused for they have not progressed beyond their childish condition and have not reached any degree of spiritual maturity. Their condition is far from perfect and they are happy that they should die in that imperfect condition.
I should warn them however: I might ignore and forgive their mocking but the Almighty God might not! Remember the Almighty Lord whenever you think to mock this prophet or his Book! Let nothing deceive you.
Let’s compare Mohammad (saw) & Jesus Christ (as):
One can now compare the case of the followers of Christ, who having heard of some similar, but of a lower degree of events, in the life of Jesus (as), put them forward as an argument in support of the divinity of Jesus (as) and allege that the reviving of the dead by Jesus (as) and the healing of paralytics and lepers by him was by his own power and not by any prayer, and that this is proof that he was truly – the son of God and even God himself.
It is a pity that they are unaware that if a human being could become God by performing such exploits then our master, the Holy Prophet (saw) was much more entitled to such divinity for he performed mightier miracles than were displayed by Jesus (as).
Not only did the Holy Prophet (saw) work these extraordinary miracles himself, but he left a legacy of a long series of them among his followers till the Day of Judgement, which has been in evidence always in all ages and will continue to be in evidence till the end of the world. The impress of Divine power which has been experienced by holy souls among the Muslims is difficult to match from among other people.
Then you should think what folly is it to believe in someone as God or as the son of God, on account of these extraordinary events? Let me tell you, if a man can become God by performing such feats, there would be no end to the number of gods! (A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’ain, Vol.5, pp.65-67)
The signs that were bestowed by God Almighty to our lord and master the Holy Prophet (saw) were not confined to his time, but will continue till the Day of Judgement. The Holy Prophet (saw) has been bestowed this special honour as he is Khatamul-Ambiya; one, because he achieved the climax of all the excellences of Prophethood; and, secondly, because there will be no Prophet after him who would bring a new law, nor any Prophet who is not His follower.
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Let’s praise the Lord and His Holy Prophet:
Join me to say:
Naraa-e-Takbeer… Allahuakbar (God is The Greatest)
Hazrath Mohammad Mustafa… Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam
(Peace & Blessings of Allah be upon him) Zindabaad
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And our last observation is: ‘All praise is due to God, the Sustainer of the Universe’.
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Read further and know: The Character & Personality of Prophet Muhammad (saw)
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