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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-sadiq His Miraculous Acts Indeed, Allah, the Exalted, has ordered His creatures to know Him and ta worship Him after they have known Him:” And I have not created the Jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.”’[1] His creatures indicate His existence. The pretty creation and the untied,. regulation indicate Hi1 Oneness. He has created a guide from their own selves to show them tha way to all things. This guide is reason.

However, reason by itself is unable to know the methods of the worship of Allah nor the qualities of I-hg obedience, for this reason Allah should teach His creatures how to worship and obey Him. As Allah has ordered His creatures to worship and to Him, then it is incumbent on Him to send someone to them to guide to what He has wanted and to make them know what He has ordered. It is not right for reason to believe in the person who Prophethood without a proof or a miracle.

So, it was incumbent on prophets to produce evidence for their missions. We do not regard the person as a sent prophet unless he has a strong proof. What is the Miracle? This question is worthy of care and thinking. That is because the correctness of Prophethood depends on the correctness of the proof. I thint that the answer of this is very easy, for there are many verses in tbe Glorious Koran about the prophets and the messengers.

For example, the miracles of MUsâ (Moses) were the white hand and the rod, the miracles of ‘Tsä (Jesus) were healing the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead to life. And the miracle of Mohammed, may Allah bless him and his family, was the Koran itself. When you consider these miracles carefully, you will know that the normal person is unable to bring something like them even if he has power and knowledge. Now, we may ask: Who has the ability and knowledge to make the fire comfort and peace?

Who has the ability and knowledge to cut the birds into pieces, put them on the mountains, and summon them to come as perfect birds before him? Who has the ability and knowledge to make his hand white without evil whenever he wants? Who has the ability and knowledge to make his rod walk and to eat what the magicians do? Who has the ability and knowledge to heal the blind and the leprous and to bring the dead to life?

Who has the ability and knowledto determine out of dust the form of a bird and to breath into it knowledge and to create a book like the Koran in all its characteristics?