The Miraculous Signs of the Prophet ﷺ

 

1.2 The Miraculous Signs of the Prophet ﷺ

1.   The Qur'an stands foremost among the Prophet’s signs, a divine text that, since its revelation, has consistently challenged the Arabs and all others, urging those who doubted its veracity to produce anything comparable. This challenge has persisted from the dawn of Islam to our present day and will continue to the end of time. Allah has rendered even the most eloquent orators incapable of meeting this challenge, and not even the jinn were permitted to attempt it. Allah says, "And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful" (Al-Baqarah 2:23), and further, "Or do they say, 'He invented it'? Say, 'Then bring forth a surah like it and call upon whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful'" (Yunus 10:38).

2.    When the Quraysh requested a miracle, Allah split the moon in Makkah, revealing, "The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split. And if they see a sign, they turn away and say, 'Passing magic'" (Al-Qamar 54:1-2).

3.    The Prophet displayed weighty miracles of provision, once feeding eighty men with just a few handfuls of barley and a small goat at Jabir’s house, and on another occasion feeding an even larger number from barley bread carried by Anas ibn Malik in his hand. At the battle trench, he miraculously fed nine hundred men from a few dates provided by the daughter of Bashir ibn Sa'd, all of whom ate to fullness, leaving leftovers.

4.    Water gushed from between his fingers, quenching the thirst of the entire army and providing for ablutions from a bowl so small it could not even fit his blessed hand. He poured his ablution water into the spring at Tabuk and the well at Hudaybiyyah, causing them both to overflow. At Tabuk, thousands drank until they were sated, while at Hudaybiyyah, fourteen hundred drank from what had been a dry well.

5.   During a journey, he instructed Umar ibn al-Khattab to feed four hundred riders from a mound of dates, the size of a camel’s hump, which provided enough for all while the supply remained undiminished.

6.   During a battle, he threw a handful of dust at the enemy, causing them to go blind. Allah records this moment in the Qur'an: "And you threw not when you threw, but it was Allah who threw" (Al-Anfal 8:17).

7.   With his arrival, Allah abolished fortune-telling, a practice previously widespread, which ceased altogether.

8.   A palm trunk the Prophet used for sermons groaned in longing when he began using a pulpit, a sound audible to all present until he embraced it, whereupon it calmed. This spot remains known.

9.  The Prophet challenged the Jews to wish for death, assuring them they would be unable to, which they indeed could not attempt, as Allah noted in the Qur'an.

10. He prophesied future events. Among these, he foretold that ‘Ammar would be killed by a rebellious faction, that ‘Uthman would face hardship but attain Paradise, and that his grandson al-Hasan would bring peace between two great Muslim groups—all of which occurred.

11. When pursued by Suraqah ibn Malik, the ground swallowed Suraqah’s horse hooves in smoke. Upon the Prophet’s prayer, they were released, and Suraqah was granted safety.

12. He prophesied that he would one day wear the bracelets of Chosroes, which was indeed fulfilled.

13.  On the night of al-Aswad al-Ansi’s, a false prophet, killing in Yemen, the Prophet announced his death, naming his assassin.

14. He informed his companions of the Negus' death, a devout follower of Islam across the salt sea, who was separated from them by days of travel by land. On the day of his passing, the Prophet, together with his companions, went to the Baqi’ cemetery to offer the funeral prayer for him, only for confirmation of his death to arrive shortly afterward.

15. On the night of his migration, he passed unseen through Quraysh men lying in wait, dusting their heads as he departed safely.

16.  A camel complained and bowed to him in submission, a gesture observed by his companions.

17.  The Prophet told a group of companions, "One of you will enter Hell with a molar the size of Mount Uhud." All died in Islam, except one, al-Rahhal al-Hanafi, who fought alongside Musaylima the liar and perished as an apostate.

18.  He informed another group that the last of them to die would perish in Hell, which came true when that man later fell into a fire and died.

19.  At his command, two trees united and then separated, in obedience to his word.

20.  Though of average height, he appeared taller when walking beside tall men.

21.  He invited Christians to a mutual prayer of cursing against falsehood, yet they declined, fearing the consequences, recognizing the truth of his words.

22. When ‘Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn Qays sought to assassinate him, Allah interceded, and both men perished afterward, 'Amir was afflicted with plague and Arbad was struck by lightning.

23. He foretold the death of Ubayy ibn Khalaf, later inflicting a light scratch upon him in the battle of ‘Uhud, which proved fatal.

24.  Having been poisoned, he survived for four years, while his companions died immediately, the meat speaking to warn him.

25. At Badr, he indicated where each Quraysh leader would fall, and each died precisely as foretold.

26. He prophesied that a group of his followers would undertake sea voyages, naming Umm Haram bint Milhan among them, who later joined a naval expedition.

27. The world was revealed to him, east and west, predicting the extent of Muslim dominion, which stretched across Sind and the Berber lands, which was realized as Muslim lands extended from Sind and the Turks to the eastern coasts of Andalusia and the Berber lands in the west.

28. To his daughter Fatima, he foretold that she would be the first of his family to rejoin him in death, which proved true.

29.  He predicted that the wife with the longest arm would join him in death first, referring to her charity; it was indeed Zaynab bint Jahsh.

30.  On multiple occasions, he blessed food, such as when he filled the udder of a sheep, leading to Ibn Mas’ud’s conversion.

31.  When Qatada’s eye was injured, the Prophet restored it, and it became his most functional eye.

32.  Ali’s sore eye was cured at Khaybar, and he later returned victorious without further ailment.

33.  His companions heard food glorifying Allah in his presence.

34.  He healed a companion’s injured leg with a touch.

35.  In a military campaign, he multiplied provisions, filling every container.

36. When al-Hakam mocked him, al-Hakam trembled until his death, fulfilling the Prophet’s curse.

37.  Rejecting a marriage proposal, he cursed a girl’s father, who implied she had a defect. She then became afflicted, fulfilling his word.

These events represent but a portion of his countless miracles, firmly attested and widely transmitted.