Baqarah 118
118- AND THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW SAY: “WHY DOES ALLAH NOT SPEAK TO US OR SEND US A SIGN?”, SO DID THOSE BEFORE THEM SPEAK SIMILARLY, THEIR HEARTS ARE SIMILAR. WE MADE THE AYAHS CLEAR FOR THOSE OF FIRM FAITH.
The disbelievers asked of Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him what the Jews asked Of Moses peace upon him, to see Allah the Highest Manifestly as a condition for believing, or a clear sign or a miracle “O MOSES, WE WILL NOT BELIEVE FOR YOU UNTIL WE SEE ALLAH MANIFESTLY”. (S: 2 A: 55)
Allah the Highest showed the people of Moses and the disbelievers at the time of Mohamed prayer and peace upon him a great deal. Indeed Allah the Highest sent a great deal of signs, but they did not believe easily, they called it magic and called Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him Magician.
Let us look at few of such signs to give examples:
1- The Prophecy of Mohamed prayer and peace upon him himself was a clear sign for the Jews who expected him.
2- The Quran, which the challenges to compose any thing the like of, even a single short Sorah was and still is a clear sign. Allah the Highest said: “AND IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT WHAT WE SENT DOWN UPON OUR SLAVE, THEN PRODUCE A SORAH OF THE LIKE THEREOF, AND CALL UPON YOUR HELPERS OTHER THAN ALLAH IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL”. (S:2 A:23)
3- Splitting the Moon. “When the people in Makah asked the prophet prayer and peace upon him to show them a miracle, he showed them the moon splitting asunder”.
(B:Manaqeb Al-Ansar; 34,36 & M:Monafeqeen;46)
Concerning this sing and miracle, Allah the Highest sent Quran mentioning it, saying in Sorah Al-Qamar: “THE HOUR (OF JUDGEMENT) APPROACHED AND THE MOON SPLIT ASUNDER * BUT WHENEVER THEY SEE A SIGN THEY TURN AWAY AND SAY: ‘THIS IS AN ONGOING MAGIC”. (S: 54 A: 1, 2)
Magic is what the disbelievers claim all the miracles and signs shown to them to be.
4- Allah the Highest sending strong wind which blow away the 10,000 men strong army which besiege the Medina for a month. This wind did not blow away the Muslims camp or affect it, and it was just few meters away, on the other side of the trench.
5- Before Migration to Medina, an Idolater said to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him that if shows him a miracle, he will believe. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him called a tree, and the tree moved towards him, then he sent it back to its place, and it went back. The man called this Magic. (Ibn Is,haq) The same miracle happed on several other occasions.
6- Before migration, the strongest man in Makah told Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him that he will believe if Allah’s messenger defeats him in wrestling. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him overpowered him easily. When the man asked for a second chance, Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him overpowered him again. The man said that this was magic.
The space is not big enough to mention all of Allah’s messenger’s miracles. These are just few of them.
Allah the Highest sends these signs and miracles to:
1- Proof their prophecy, and that they are messengers of Allah.
2- To support the prophets and the believers, particularly at times of great distress, like when the Medina was seized.
3- To give the believers comfort, and remind them that Allah the Highest did not abandon or forget them.
4- Or to show that a believer has a special status with Allah the Highest.
Allah the Highest still performs miracles to this day on the hands of people He chooses.
B: Bukhari M: Muslim Mal: Malek A: Ahmed D: Abu Dawood
Da: Daremy Ma: Ibn Magah N: Nesae T: Termezi
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