So many Miracles take place at the Durgah's. Isn't this the proof of their
being on the truth?
Answer.
1.Miracles are NOT the Criteria of determining truth from falsehood
A) The Example of Samiri who made the Idol of the cow "Moo"
We have the example in the Qur'an of Samiri who mislead the people of Moses as
given in Surah Taha 20:86-89
"86 So Moses returned to his people in state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O
my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise
seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your
Lord on you and so ye broke your promise to me?"
87 They said: "We broke not the promise to thee as far as lay in our power: but we
were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people and we
threw them (into the fire) and that was what the Samiri suggested.
88 "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: it
seemed to low: so they said: `This is your god and the god of Moses but (Moses) has
forgotten!' "
89 Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer) and that it
had no power either to harm them or to do them good? "
The cow image which came out had made a sound which convinced the children of
Israel that it is god. If Miracles are the final test of determining truth from
falsehood then Even the Children of Israel when they followed Samiri and
worshiped the idol of the cow were right!!
B) The Example of Dajjal
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized the coming of the Dajjal before the Day of
Judgement. He said:
Sahih Bukhari 5:685
"Allah did not send any prophet but that prophet warned his nation of Al-Masih Ad-
Dajjal. Noah and the prophets following him warned (their people) of him."
This Dajjal will be a very big test for the people who will exist that time.
Rasoolullah(pbuh) prophesized in great detail many things about him. Dajjal will be
given as a test many miraculous powers. He will do several miraculous things of
great magnitude. And he will claim that he is Allah!
Sahih Bukhari 3:106
Allah's Apostle told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things
he mentioned, was his saying, "Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for him
to pass through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty barren
areas (outside) Medina; on that day the best man or one of the best men will come
up to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same Dajjal whose description was
given to us by Allah's Apostle .' Ad-Dajjal will say to the people, 'If I kill this man
and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my claim?' They will say, 'No.' Then
Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and bring him back to life. That man will say, 'Now I
know your reality better than before.' Ad-Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I
cannot.' "
Sahih Muslim 7015
We said: Allah's apostle (peace be upon him) how quickly will he walk upon the
earth? Thereupon he said: Like cloud driven by the wind. He will come to the people
and invite them (to a wrong religion); they will affirm their faith in him and
respond to him. He will then give a command to the sky: there will be rainfall upon
the Earth and it will grow crops. Then in the evening, their pasturing animals will
come to them with their humps very high, their udders full of milk and their flanks
distended. He will then come to another people and invite them. But they will
reject him so he will go away from them; they will have a drought and nothing will
be left with them in the form of wealth. He will then walk through the desert and
say to it: Bring forth your treasures. The treasures will come out and gather
before him like a swarm of bees."
Again the question arises that if miracles are the criteria of determining the truth
from falsehood then even Dajjal should be considered right(Nauzobillah)!
So lets us Muslims develop this understanding that things which appear to be
miracles are not a proof for determining the truth from falsehood.
2.How do Miracles happen?
1. Illusions
Some things are just Illusions of the Eye and a deception. We have in the Qur'an
the Example of the magicians in the court of the Firaun at the time of Moses
(pbuh).
Al Qur'an 20:65-69
65 They (the magicians) said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first)
or that we be the first to throw?"
66 He said "Nay throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods so it
seemed to him on account of their magic began to be in lively motion!
67 So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
68 We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
69 "Throw that which is in thy right hand: quickly will it swallow up that which they
have faked. What they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician
thrives not (no matter) where he goes."
So again Illusions and magicians tricks are no proof of truth. Or else the magicians
of the Firaun were also on the truth!!
2. Simple scientific facts
Some so called miracles are simple scientific facts which can easily be explained
scientifically that there is nothing miraculous about them. However the layman
who would not have that scientific knowledge may think them to be miraculous. In
some cases when well informed people also cannot distinguish that it is these simple
scientific principles which cause a certain thing to happen and it is not a miracle.
This is because several people "switch off" their brains when we talk about
religion.
An example of this can be seen at the
Dargah of "Hazrat Pir Kamarali Darvesh"
There is a stone in the courtyard of the
Dargah which is said to weigh 90 kg, can
be made to rise on the index fingers of a
group of nine or 11 persons — who must
chant the saint’s name all the while. As
soon as even one of them stops chanting
Haji Kamarali Darvesh, the stone falls
down. The scientific fact behind this
"Miracle" is them same which is applied
by Karate when they scream "Aaa" etc.
while hitting. When they scream they are able to hit harder. Similarly when a
group of labourers are pulling a load they scream "Dum Lagake Hayya" and while
they scream they are able to pull better. Similarly when 7 or 9 persons lift up the
stone the same principle is being applied. Which means that even if any other name
is shouted the stone will get lifted up. The author of this answer had lifted up the
same stone at the mentioned Dargah with a total of 7 persons by yelling "Allah".
3. Through Jinns
We know that Allah has created the parallel world of Jinns and given them also a
free will like He has given humans. The Jinns have been given certain abilities by
Allah which we cannot even perceive. An example of what can be done by Jinns is
given in the Qur'an in Surah Naml 27:38-39
"38 He said (to his own men): "Ye Chiefs! which of you can bring me her (Queen of
Sheba's) throne before they come to me in submission?"
39 Said an Ifrit of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise from thy
Council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose and may be trusted."
Among the Jinns there are some who are believers and some who are disbelievers as
it is mentioned in the Qur'an in Surah Jinn 72:1-15 and in Surah Ahqaf 46:29-33.
The disbelievers from among the Jinns help humans do such fake miracles to cause
many people to stray from the straight path. The Jinns with their abilities can do
such things that appear incredible and miraculous to people who not know about the
world of Jinns and their abilities. They want to spread unbelief, Shirk and
misguidance and they are to a great extent successful with ignorant people. We
should firmly follow what has been given in point 1 above that such miracles are
not a criteria of determining the right from wrong. The people who take various
help from the Jinns regarding them the Qur'an says in Surah Jinn 72:6
"True there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the
Jinns but they increased them in folly."
3.Such Miracles are done even at Mandirs, Christian healing sessions and even by
several man-gods.
Such Miracles are done even at Mandirs, Christian healing sessions and even by
several man-gods so are they also on the truth? If we accept such miracles as the
criteria of judging truth from falsehood then we will even have to accept these
man-gods to be on the truth! If a person is not ready to accept them then this
appears like a double standard. Just because one is a Non-Muslim you will not
accept him and another is a Muslim you will accept him! Our criteria is the Qur'an
and the Sahih Hadith! What is proven from there we will accept and what is not
proven we will leave. The Qur'an and the Sahih Hadith prove to us that such
"miracles" are not the criteria of judging right from wrong.
being on the truth?
Answer.
1.Miracles are NOT the Criteria of determining truth from falsehood
A) The Example of Samiri who made the Idol of the cow "Moo"
We have the example in the Qur'an of Samiri who mislead the people of Moses as
given in Surah Taha 20:86-89
"86 So Moses returned to his people in state of indignation and sorrow. He said: "O
my people! did not your Lord make a handsome promise to you? Did then the promise
seem to you long (in coming)? Or did ye desire that Wrath should descend from your
Lord on you and so ye broke your promise to me?"
87 They said: "We broke not the promise to thee as far as lay in our power: but we
were made to carry the weight of the ornaments of the (whole) people and we
threw them (into the fire) and that was what the Samiri suggested.
88 "Then he brought out (of the fire) before the (people) the image of a calf: it
seemed to low: so they said: `This is your god and the god of Moses but (Moses) has
forgotten!' "
89 Could they not see that it could not return them a word (for answer) and that it
had no power either to harm them or to do them good? "
The cow image which came out had made a sound which convinced the children of
Israel that it is god. If Miracles are the final test of determining truth from
falsehood then Even the Children of Israel when they followed Samiri and
worshiped the idol of the cow were right!!
B) The Example of Dajjal
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) prophesized the coming of the Dajjal before the Day of
Judgement. He said:
Sahih Bukhari 5:685
"Allah did not send any prophet but that prophet warned his nation of Al-Masih Ad-
Dajjal. Noah and the prophets following him warned (their people) of him."
This Dajjal will be a very big test for the people who will exist that time.
Rasoolullah(pbuh) prophesized in great detail many things about him. Dajjal will be
given as a test many miraculous powers. He will do several miraculous things of
great magnitude. And he will claim that he is Allah!
Sahih Bukhari 3:106
Allah's Apostle told us a long narrative about Ad-Dajjal, and among the many things
he mentioned, was his saying, "Ad-Dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for him
to pass through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty barren
areas (outside) Medina; on that day the best man or one of the best men will come
up to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same Dajjal whose description was
given to us by Allah's Apostle .' Ad-Dajjal will say to the people, 'If I kill this man
and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my claim?' They will say, 'No.' Then
Ad-Dajjal will kill that man and bring him back to life. That man will say, 'Now I
know your reality better than before.' Ad-Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I
cannot.' "
Sahih Muslim 7015
We said: Allah's apostle (peace be upon him) how quickly will he walk upon the
earth? Thereupon he said: Like cloud driven by the wind. He will come to the people
and invite them (to a wrong religion); they will affirm their faith in him and
respond to him. He will then give a command to the sky: there will be rainfall upon
the Earth and it will grow crops. Then in the evening, their pasturing animals will
come to them with their humps very high, their udders full of milk and their flanks
distended. He will then come to another people and invite them. But they will
reject him so he will go away from them; they will have a drought and nothing will
be left with them in the form of wealth. He will then walk through the desert and
say to it: Bring forth your treasures. The treasures will come out and gather
before him like a swarm of bees."
Again the question arises that if miracles are the criteria of determining the truth
from falsehood then even Dajjal should be considered right(Nauzobillah)!
So lets us Muslims develop this understanding that things which appear to be
miracles are not a proof for determining the truth from falsehood.
2.How do Miracles happen?
1. Illusions
Some things are just Illusions of the Eye and a deception. We have in the Qur'an
the Example of the magicians in the court of the Firaun at the time of Moses
(pbuh).
Al Qur'an 20:65-69
65 They (the magicians) said: "O Moses! whether wilt thou that thou throw (first)
or that we be the first to throw?"
66 He said "Nay throw ye first!" Then behold their ropes and their rods so it
seemed to him on account of their magic began to be in lively motion!
67 So Moses conceived in his mind a (sort of) fear.
68 We said: "Fear not! for thou hast indeed the upper hand:
69 "Throw that which is in thy right hand: quickly will it swallow up that which they
have faked. What they have faked is but a magician's trick: and the magician
thrives not (no matter) where he goes."
So again Illusions and magicians tricks are no proof of truth. Or else the magicians
of the Firaun were also on the truth!!
2. Simple scientific facts
Some so called miracles are simple scientific facts which can easily be explained
scientifically that there is nothing miraculous about them. However the layman
who would not have that scientific knowledge may think them to be miraculous. In
some cases when well informed people also cannot distinguish that it is these simple
scientific principles which cause a certain thing to happen and it is not a miracle.
This is because several people "switch off" their brains when we talk about
religion.
An example of this can be seen at the
Dargah of "Hazrat Pir Kamarali Darvesh"
There is a stone in the courtyard of the
Dargah which is said to weigh 90 kg, can
be made to rise on the index fingers of a
group of nine or 11 persons — who must
chant the saint’s name all the while. As
soon as even one of them stops chanting
Haji Kamarali Darvesh, the stone falls
down. The scientific fact behind this
"Miracle" is them same which is applied
by Karate when they scream "Aaa" etc.
while hitting. When they scream they are able to hit harder. Similarly when a
group of labourers are pulling a load they scream "Dum Lagake Hayya" and while
they scream they are able to pull better. Similarly when 7 or 9 persons lift up the
stone the same principle is being applied. Which means that even if any other name
is shouted the stone will get lifted up. The author of this answer had lifted up the
same stone at the mentioned Dargah with a total of 7 persons by yelling "Allah".
3. Through Jinns
We know that Allah has created the parallel world of Jinns and given them also a
free will like He has given humans. The Jinns have been given certain abilities by
Allah which we cannot even perceive. An example of what can be done by Jinns is
given in the Qur'an in Surah Naml 27:38-39
"38 He said (to his own men): "Ye Chiefs! which of you can bring me her (Queen of
Sheba's) throne before they come to me in submission?"
39 Said an Ifrit of the Jinns: "I will bring it to thee before thou rise from thy
Council: indeed I have full strength for the purpose and may be trusted."
Among the Jinns there are some who are believers and some who are disbelievers as
it is mentioned in the Qur'an in Surah Jinn 72:1-15 and in Surah Ahqaf 46:29-33.
The disbelievers from among the Jinns help humans do such fake miracles to cause
many people to stray from the straight path. The Jinns with their abilities can do
such things that appear incredible and miraculous to people who not know about the
world of Jinns and their abilities. They want to spread unbelief, Shirk and
misguidance and they are to a great extent successful with ignorant people. We
should firmly follow what has been given in point 1 above that such miracles are
not a criteria of determining the right from wrong. The people who take various
help from the Jinns regarding them the Qur'an says in Surah Jinn 72:6
"True there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the
Jinns but they increased them in folly."
3.Such Miracles are done even at Mandirs, Christian healing sessions and even by
several man-gods.
Such Miracles are done even at Mandirs, Christian healing sessions and even by
several man-gods so are they also on the truth? If we accept such miracles as the
criteria of judging truth from falsehood then we will even have to accept these
man-gods to be on the truth! If a person is not ready to accept them then this
appears like a double standard. Just because one is a Non-Muslim you will not
accept him and another is a Muslim you will accept him! Our criteria is the Qur'an
and the Sahih Hadith! What is proven from there we will accept and what is not
proven we will leave. The Qur'an and the Sahih Hadith prove to us that such
"miracles" are not the criteria of judging right from wrong.
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