So what is the difference between us and the Prophets? Why can't we all perform miracles with the help of Allah? Why can't we receive revelations like the Prophets? Is our knowledge equal to that of the Prophet? If not, in what way is it different? Why should we obey the Prophet if he is only human like us?
good question brother meherali, but i think you dint read my previous post, i said all the prophets were divinely inspired. Are we divinely inspired ?? a prophet[as] is a human being just like you and me and allah send 1,24,000 prophets to different tribes so that they can teach and warn people about allah and having faith in him in their
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a miracle is a divine act which defies and transcends universal norms and laws, which Allah grants to his messengers and apostles in order to convince people of the truth of their message. With this heavenly support mundane laws and natural phenomena are caused to yield in such an overwhelming way that all attempts at rational explanation are defeated.
knowing that His messengers would inevitably be challenged to perform such miracles,
Allah bestowed upon them this power. Thus was Abraham[as] able to withstand burning by the fire; Jesus[as] restored sight to the blind and raised the dead; and Moses[as] parted the Red Sea. The miracle of Muhammad (saw) was the Quran itself.
A true miracle defies all natural laws established by Allah, which could not be violated or suspended, except by His Will. The exact object of each Messenger’s miracle was a challenge to particular traits of each of the groups of people to whom they were sent.
A miracle would be futile if it did not achieve its desired effect on its witnesses. For it to have full impact, it should relate to an area of knowledge in which its intended audience are well versed. For example, if the people for whom a Messenger has been sent excel in medicine, sorcery or philology, the miracle should also concern these fields.
Divine miracles are not limited to challenges they present to the people before whom they occur, but are also designed to provide them with the capacity to perceive them as signs of His power over all things in the Universe.
This was illustrated by the miracles in which Allah protected Abraham from the burning fire, and caused Moses the infant to be rescued from drowning in the Nile. In both these miracles, the laws of nature were suspended, through the will of Allah and their physical properties neutralised.
Abraham’s miracle was designed to challenge the idolators who by burning him alive sought revenge against him after he had insulted their idols. This punishment, besides being a challenge to Abraham’s God, and a demonstration of the power of their idols was meant to serve as a warning to anyone tempted to defy the idols.
One may ask, why would Allah leave His servant Abraham to go through this horrifying experience? Why did He not inspire him to flee his tormentors? Had Allah helped Abraham to escape this the idolators would have had reason to continue believing in the superiority of their idols, over the power of Allah. At the same time, they would have persisted in believing that Abraham was incapable of escaping their idols’ wrath. Abraham’s ordeal by fire was necessary for this miracle to take place in order to demonstrate to the idolators the falsity of their idols. Any heavenly assistance to Abraham before actually being forced into the fire would have deprived the miracle of its full impact. The idolators would have them been able to attribute their idols’ inability to destroy Abraham, to such an intervention. But Allah wanted the whole act to be carried out in order that the full impact of the miracle be comprehended. Thus, when Abraham was hurled into the fire Allah caused its nature to burn to be suspended, enabling Abraham to stand within the flames unharmed as a challenge to the idolators.
The purpose behind this miracle was not to save Abraham from his fate per se. If this had been Allah’s wish, He would not have enabled the idolators to capture him. He actually wanted them to watch Abraham standing in the burning fire unscathed, in defiance of their idols. This proved that the idols were incapable of inflicting harm on the apostle who had insulted them. Only in this way could the idolators be convinced of the falsehood of their idols and of the truth of Abraham’s God. Of this miracle Allah says: [in the Quran:]
“We said: O fire, be coolness and peace for Abraham.” (al-Anbiya’ 21:69)
i told you brother meherali, allah[swt] is all wise and all powerful
plus there are some maharaja/guru in hindu cult who claim that they are lord or allah[nouzbillah] by performing magic , heres what allah[swt] said in holy quran :
“And the magicians fell down prostrate, crying: We believe in the Lord of the worlds, the Lord of Moses and Aaron.” (al-Araf 7:120-2)
most of allllllllllllll brother meherali our holy rasool[saw] was an illiterate , the Quran with its literary inimitability was all the more astonishing because Muhammad himself was illiterate when the Quran was revealed to him. When the Arabs failed to match the language of the Quran, they accused Muhammad of sorcery and even of being insane.
The miraculous features of the Quran are not confined to its linguistic inimitability. Indeed, it is filled with miraculous signs that will remain a challenge to mankind for eternity. One of the miraculous features of the Quran lies in the ever-expanding nature of the meanings contained in its verses and their inexhaustible capacity to accommodate even the most recent scientific discoveries.
A miracle can transcend the laws of nature or defy the characteristics of natural phenomena without posing a specific challenge to man. In this kind of miracle, Allah does not seek to challenge mankind, but to show His domination over the universe and man’s incapacity to understand such occurrences in terms of cause and effects. Consequently, a true believer should always be prepared to attribute those happenings which he cannot find an accountable cause to the will of Allah.
hope i answered your question brother