Chapter XI: Living and Character of the Prophet (cont.)
God gave him these qualities though he was illiterate and had no education and lived always with the illeterate Arabs. Being illiterate, orphan and weak, how could he acquire such good character and conduct, such knowledge about God without worldly knowledge ? His true and correct knowledge about the earlier Prophet show that he is a true messenger of God, because he knew these truths by revelations . How could he know what was is beyond of man unless he received revelation ? His miracles prove that he is a true Prophet of God. I am narrating a few of his miracles without prolonging it.
(1 ) When the Quraish of Mecca told the Prophet to divide the moon into two parts, the Prophet invoked God who split the moon into two portions and it was clearly visible to the people present.
(2) At the time of the siege of Medinah by the allied armies for more than one month, the Prophet supplied provision to all the people.
(3) At another time, he satisfied eighty people with food with only four muds of maize and one little goat.
(4) Once the daughter of Basher had a few dried grapes with which the Prophet fed all his soldiers to their satisfaction and there remained also something in excess.
(5) Once water began to gush forth from the fingers of the Prophet, so much so that his soldiers drank to their hearts content and made also ablution therewith.
(6) Once there was no water in a well at Tabuk and it dried up. The Prophet threw a little water of his ablution to the well and immediately it gushed forth so profuse water that thousands of soldiers drank it to their satisfaction.
(7) At another time, there was no water in a well at Hudaibiyah. The Prophet threw the remaining ablution water into it which immediately gushed forth abundant water. Fifteen hundred men drank it to their satisfaction.
(8) Once the Prophet threw a handful of dust towards the faces of his enemies as a result of which they instantly became blind. Soon after this verse was revealed : When you throw, you did not throw, but God threw it.
(9) The Prophet used to deliver sermon standing on the trunk,
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of a palm tree in the mosque, when it was replaced by another, the trunk began to emit mild sound which was heard by all his companions. When he touched it with his hand, it became calm.
(10) Once the Prophet told the Jews to make Mobahala (that is whoever is a liar, he will die), but the jews gave the news next morning that they feared to make it for fear of their lives. This is mentioned in the Quran.
(11) The Prophet warned HazratOsman of a great danger as a result of which he would enter paradise. History bears testimony s that he was murdered in his very house while he was reading the Quran. The Prophet told Ammer that a rebellious party would kill Osman . It is true that they murdered him.