A WONDERFUL MIRACLE

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Verse 111VERSE NO. 110

A WONDERFUL MIRACLE

      There is a gripping narrative about one of our prophet's miracles, which is narrated by Hazrat IMAM Ali (AS) in his famous book, (NAHJOLBALطGHEH) in the Sermon No. 234, as follows:

      ``I was standing besides the prophet when a group of the heathenish GHORAISHcame to visit him.

      They said: ``O, Mohammad! you claim of something so great, that none of your family have ever sought to obtain the like of it! We have come to ask you for some miracle. If you do it as we want, we shall know that you are indeed the Messenger of God as you claim it. But if you fail to do so, we shall be sure that you are no more than a wizard, and a liar magician.''

      The prophet said to them: ``What is your request?'' They said: ``We want you to tell that tree which is standing there, to root out of its place, and come forth to stand in front of you!''

      The prophet said: ``My Lord is able to do anything; but if I ask Him to do that, will you believe in Him and His Messenger truthfully?''

      They answered: ``Yes, Of course!''

      The prophet said again:

      ``Soon I shall ask my Lord to do that for you, but I know that you are all liars and will not believe! For I see a man among you who fall dead in the well! (This wasABUJAHL, who later fought against the prophet in the battle of BADR; he was killed and his carcass was thrown in a well, dug in that battle field!) There I see another man among you (ABUSOFYAN) who will gather forces, and will wage wars against me!''

      Then the prophet addressed that tree and said to it:

      ``O, TREE! If you do believe in God and in the Resurrection Day, and if you know that I am the Messenger of God; then get up with your roots, and come forth and stand before me.''

      Hazrat IMAM Ali (AS) continues his narration thus:

      ``I swear by the Lord God, who Has sent prophet to us in truth, that I saw the tree, getting up at once from root, and while it uttered a strange sound like that of the birds, came forth, and then it stood in front of the Messenger of God! The longest branch of the tree spread its shade over the head of the prophet and lower branch of it touched my arm for standing at the right side of the Messenger of God!''

      When the influentials of GHORAISH observed the amazing movement of the tree, with pride and vanity they said to the Messenger of God:

      Let half of the tree stay here with you, and the other half turn back to where it was at first.''

      The prophet ordered and the tree obeyed! It cleft asunder in two parts with a strange noise. One part stood firm in front of the prophet, and the second half of the tree went back to its previous place!

      Once again with vanity and balsphemy, they said to the prophet: ``Command both part of the tree to join together and become a whole tree as it was!

      The prophet ordered so and the tree obeyed again!

      Hazrat Ali (AS) ends his story thus:

      When I saw that amazing miracle of our prophet, I loudly exclaimed: `there is no God but Allah! He is the only God worthy of worship! I am the first one to believe in your prophet hood!''

      Then all the heathens who had seen the miracle indifferently said to our prophet:

      What a great wizard are you!? You are no more than a liar magician and the most expert in magic! No one will ever believe in your sorcery except this young boy (Imam Ali). They left the prophet unbelievers!''   TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

FROM: NAHJOLBALAGHA - SERMON N0. 234

 

 

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