The miracles of Prophet Nuh (P.B.U.H.)
The people of Nuh (P.B.U.H.) rejected Allah’s Message, they thus troubled him and gave him a hard time. He rose his hands and prayed.
Allah says:
“And Nuh (Noah) said: ‘My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!”(Surat Nuh 26)
Allah says:
“Then he invoked his Lord (saying) “I have been overcome, so help me”.
So we opened the gates of the Heaven with water pouring forth. And we caused springs to gush forth
from the earth. So the waters (of the Heaven and earth) met for a matter predestined. And we carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails.
Floating under Our Eyes: A reward for him who has been rejected. And indeed, we have left this as a sign.
Then is there any that will remember (or receive admonition)?”( Suraul Qamar 10-5)
When Prophet Nuh (Noah) prayed, Allah answered his prayer. He sent down heavy rains that caused floods which submerged the land and mountain, the only living thing that survived was
what was carried in the ship that Nuh (P.B.U.H.) built.
The same situation befell Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) in Taif, where they stoned him (P.B.U.H.) severely.
Allah then sent the Angel of the Mountain and ordered them to be obedient to him. The Angle asked the Prophet whether he should destroy that town, the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) chose to be patient instead of punishing them, hoping that from their offspring there would come those who will believe in him (P.B.U.H.).
When the people of the past Prophets (P.B.U.T.) used to think of them as being incompetent and mad, the Prophets (P.B.U.T.) used to respond to such comments themselves but as for Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) it is Allah Himself who used to respond for him.
Allah the Exalted says:
“And they say. “O you (Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)) to whom the Dhikri (the Qur’an) has been sent down! Verily, you are a mad man!”.
“Why do you not bring angels to us if you are truthful?”.
We do not send the angels down except with the truth (i.e. for torment) and in that case, they (disbelievers) would have no respite”.( Suratul Hijr 6-8)
The miracles of Prophet Hu’d (P.B.U.H.)
Abu Naim said: Allah the Exalted destroyed the people of Prophet Hu’d with strong winds while He saved the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) Muhammad with strong winds and dust the day of Al-Ahzab.
Allah says:
“O you who believe remember Allah’s Favour to you, when there came to you hosts and we sent against them wind and forces that you saw not [troops of angels during the battle of Ahzab (the Confederates)]. And Allah is Ever All-Seer of what you do”.(Suratul Ahzab 9)
He said: Ibn Abbas (R.A.) narrated that on the day of Al-Ahzab the south (wind) moved together with the north and Allah saved Muhammad and sent wind and dust which chased the enemies.( Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 16)
The miracles of Prophet Saleh (P.B.U.H.)
Abu Naim said: If it is said Prophet Saleh (P.B.U.H.) produced a camel from a rock and it was a miracle for his people. We say that Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) was given more than that.
For example, the camel which complained to him about mistreatment by its owner and stones and
trees that greeted him.
The miracles of Prophet Ibrahim (P.B.U.H.)
When Ibrahim (Abraham) (P.B.U.H.) was thrown in the grand fire made by King Namrod,
the fire declined to bum Ibrahim (P.B.U.H.) by Allah’s command.
Our Sheikh Abu Al-Maali Al-Zamkani said:
Some men in the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) have also been thrown in fire and were never bunt too because of Allah and the blessings of our Prophet (P.B.U.H.).
He said:
Al-Khulani was thrown in a fire in Yemen because of his being a Muslim and the fire declined to bum him. When he came back to Medina the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) had already past away and Abu Bakr was the Caliph.
Umar saw him and recognized him, he asked: Are you He who was thrown in fire and never got burnt.
He said: Yes by Allah I am the one. On hearing this Umar kissed his forehead and took him to
Abu Bakr and said: Praise be to Allah He who has shown us what was done to Ibrahim (P.B.U.H.) at
the time of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.).
The Clear Signs and miracles given to Prophet Musa (P.B.U.H.)
Prophet Musa (P.B.U.H.) was given many signs but the Greatest of them were nine, which
are mentioned in the Qur’an:
“And indeed we gave Musa (Moses) nine clear signs. Ask them the Children of Israel, when he came to them, then Firaun (Pharaoh) said to him: ‘0 Musa (Moses) I think you are indeed bewitched’”.( Suratul Isra 101)
He also divided the Red Sea and the children of Israel walked through, when Allah ordered him to do so.
He prayed against the people of Pharaoh when they disbelieved in him and Allah sent them floods, locust, lice, frogs, blood and others. Musa’s stick could turn to a snake and his hand bright as if it was a piece of the moon.
Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) like Musa (P.B.U.H.) was given a sign too of, the cleavage of the moon, stones used to supplicate on his hands and the rock in Mecca that used to greet him.
Among his companions Alaa Ibn AlHadhramy (R.A.) and Abu Ubaid Al-Thaqafi (R.A.) were soldiers who used to walk on water. If no one but Musa (P.B.U.H.) spoke to the Allah directly, we say Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) spoke to Allah directly in a place where even Jibril (Gabriel) has never reached at Sidrat AlMuntahah which is above the seven skies in the night of Miraj.
If it is said that Musa (P.B.U.H.) struck a rock with his stick and twelve fountains of water splashed out, we say Muhammed (P.B.U.H.) had a miracle just like him or more wonderous; water sprung out from his fingers.
May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon all of them
Yusha’ Ibn Nun stops the sun from setting
Yusha’ was a Prophet among the Prophets of the Children of Israel after Musa (P.B.U.H.).
He is the one who took out the children of Israel from the wilderness and led them in to Bait-ulMaqdis (Jerusalem) after a battle.
It was on Friday evening, the war was at its climax and they were almost winning but the sun was just about to set. So Yusha’ stood and faced the sun and said:
“Indeed you have your orders and I have mine …then he said: O Allah stop it (sun) from setting for me…”
Allah stopped it from setting until they conquered their enemy, then He let it set.
Imam Ahmad relates that Abu Hurairah (R.A.) said that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:
“Indeed the sun has never been barred for anyone except Yusha’ the night he entered Bait-ulMaqdis”.
What was given to both Prophet Idris (P.B.U.H.) and Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
Abu Naim said: Prophet Idris was given a high rank.
Allah the Exalted says:
“And mention Idris (Enoch) in the Qur’an, Verily he was a man of truth (and) a Prophet. And We raised him to a high station”
The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) was given more than this. Ibn Jarir relates from Anas Ibn Malik that: The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) said:…….
O Lord, You have honored all the Prophets who came before me, You made Ibrahim (P.B.U.H.)
your Al-Khalil (Allah’s bosom friend) and Musa (P.B.U.H.) Al-Kalim (spokesman of Allah), and
Daud (P.B.U.H.) you made the mountain subservient to him and You gave Prophet Sulaiman (P.B.U.H.) powers to control the wind and the Jinn, and Issa (P.B.U.H.) You gave him powers to resurrect the dead, so what have You blessed me with?
He said (Allah):
Did I not give you what was better than all of that?
I am not mentioned without you being mentioned with me(Dalial Al-Nubuwah)
What was given to Prophet Daud (P.B.U.H.) was given to Prophet Muhammad
Allah the exalted says:
“Be patient (0 Muhammad SAW) of what they say, and remember Our slave Daud (David) endued with power. Verily, he was ever oft-returning in all matters and in repentance (towards Allah). Verily, We made the mountains to glorify Our Praises with him [Daud (David)] in the As-hi (after midday till sunset) and Ishraq (from sunrise till midday)”.(Suratul Sad 17-8)
Allah the Exalted says:
“And indeed we bestowed grace on Daud (David) from us (saying); O you mountains. Glorify (Allah) with him! And you birds (also)! And we made the iron soft for him”.( Suratul Saba 10-2)
Prophet Daud (P.B.U.H.) was given a nice voice by which he praised Allah. His voice was so nice that the birds and mountains used to praise Allah with him. We have mentioned that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) also used to be greeted by trees, and rocks and stones used to supplicate Allah on the Prophet’s hands.
He used to eat from the work of his hands and so did our Prophet (P.B.U.H.). In the Sahih, Imam Al-Bukhari narrates that Ibn Mas’ud said:
We used to hear the food that the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) ate praising Allah.
What was given to Prophet Issa Ibn Maryam (P.B.U.H.) and Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
Allah created Adam (P.B.U.H.) from dust, without a father and a mother and created Hawa from a man without a woman and created Prophet Issa (P.B.U.H.) from the Word (be and he was), which was blown by Jibril to Mariam, he created him from a woman without a man.
Prophet Issa ascended to the sky just like the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) Muhammad went from Masjid Haram to Bait-ul-Maqdis then ascended to the sky.(Tirmidhy Chapter 59)
Miracles of Prophet Issa (P.B.U.H.)
The miracles of Issa son of Mary (P.B.U.H.) were the resurrection of the dead, restoration of sight and the curing of leprosy.
Our scholar Ibn Zamlakani analyzed the miracles of the our Prophet (P.B.U.H.) as follows:-
Firstly, he resurrected a part of an animal. Secondly, he resurrected a part of an animal separated from the rest of it.
Thirdly, he resurrected an animal, gave it back its life, brain and instincts.
Glossary of initials
P.B.U.H Allah’s Peace and Blessings be Upon Him.
P.B.U.T Allah’s Peace and Blessbe Upon Them.
r.a Radhi Allahu Anhu/ Anha/ Anhum – may Allah be pleased with him/ her/ them.
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