Prophet Musa’s staff had such incredible power that it could...

Prophet Musa’s staff had such incredible power that it could swallow the snakes created by the magicians through their magical spell. This event proved the prophethood of Prophet Musa (as) and the very same magicians accepted him as the true Prophet. Prophet ‘Isa (as)’s period was the time when the art of treatment of the sick was at its peak. Expert physicians were living in that area those days. Therefore Allah gave to Prophet ‘Isa (as) the miracle of curing serious ailments.

For example he could bring back the dead to life and give eyesight to congenital blind persons. Prophet ‘Isa (as) performed all these miracles and therefore the people accepted him as the Prophet of Allah. During the times of our Prophet (S), the Arab scholars and poets were at the height of their erudition. The poets used to vie with each other in composing poems of great quality and hanging them on the door of Kaaba for people to read and give their learned comments on them.

Therefore Allah provided to the Prophet (S) the Book that rendered all those scholars and poets helpless who claimed, “ maa haada kalaam al bashr” , this is not the work of any human being! Despite all this they prepared to confront and fight with the Prophet. Ibnal Sakeet said, “No doubt you have said the right thing. Now, kindly tell me who is the Vicegerent ( hujjat al-Khuda ) of the time?” The Imam (as) replied, “Allah has provided you intelligence.

Make use of this intelligence, think and search the one who is disseminating the word of Allah to the people and showing to them the right path. Also use your intelligence to recognize those who are Allah’s enemies.

If you really use your intelligence, you will definitely identify the hujjat al-Khuda.” Besides this there are innumerable miracles of the Prophet (S), for example: The breaking of the moon, A tree coming to the Prophet and speaking with him and returning back to its original place on his orders, Water gushing forth from his fingers that was sufficient to quench the thirst of his men and animals, The pebbles in his hands speaking, Small quantity of food sufficing for a large gathering, The Jins accepting his suzerainty, The sun emerging back immediately after setting, The camel protesting about its master to him, Despite not receiving any formal education the Prophet (S)’s knowledge of things present and past, Giving correct news about things to happen.