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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Spirituality of the Shi‘ism and Other Discourses Discourse Nineteen: Miracles Discourse Nineteen: Miracles [^1] The Holy Qur’an claims to be a miracle in many of its verses. This claim in fact is comprised of two claims. That, essentially, miracles exist in the world; That the Qur’an is one of these miracles. Obviously, if the second claim (that the Qur’an is a miracle) is proven, the first (that miracles exist in the world) will also be proven.

An important point in this discussion is that, basically, how can a miracle occur in the external world whereas they are contradictory to the laws of nature. A prevailing and constant law of nature is that every effect has a cause. This is a certain natural law that can never be violated. How can a miracle occur in the external world while simultaneously not harming the generality of this law, causing an exception in causality?

Therefore, the Qur’an must reveal two things: First, what is the essential truth of miracles and how it is possible for something to happen in the natural world against the laws of nature? Second, miracles exist and the Qur’an is one of them. Miracles according to the Qur’an There is no doubt in the fact that the Qur’an testifies to the occurrence of miracles in the natural world.

The miracles spoken of in the Qur’an do not necessitate the impossible which would negate an incontrovertible intellectual axiom.[^2] Some people who consider themselves scientists interpret the verses regarding miracles such that they conform to modern science. However, these endeavors are in vain and the belief is rejected.

I will explain the Qur’an’s definition of miracles in two parts: Part one: the Qur’an validates the general law of causality Just as reason, scientific discussion, and logical judgments prove the existence of causes for natural events, the Qur’an also confirms the general law of causality and considers all natural phenomena to have causes. In explanation, humans innately believe that every physical event has a cause which brought about the event.

Natural and other sciences also demonstrate events and their related phenomena as fitting causes distinct from them.[^3] What does cause mean? What I mean by cause is that wherever an event takes place there must be one or several things preceding it such that whenever those things transpire, another thing will surely come into being. This phenomenon that has come into existence is called an effect.