What Are the Miracles of the Prophet (PBUH)?
ما هي معجزات الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم؟
The Holy Qur’an: It is the miracle that remains until Judgement Day, and its wonders never run out. All the miracles apart from the Qur’an have ended and disappeared with the passing of their cause and time, and the Qur’an still astonishes the human soul with the scientific and legislative miracles it contains.
● The splitting of the moon, the moon split during the era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and this splitting was witnessed by many crowds of Quraysh.
● Israa and Miraj: It is the one in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was taken by night from Mecca to Jerusalem, then ascended to heaven, and then to Sidrat al-Muntaha. Allah the Almighty said:
( Glory be to the One Who took His servant ˹Muḥammad˺ by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.) Al-Israa
● Healing the blind, the leper and the sick: such as his healing of Qatadah’s eye when it fell onto his cheek, after which he saw with it better than with his other eye, and his healing of the eye of Ali ibn Abi Talib at the Battle of Khaybar.
● Understanding the language of animals: his understanding of what the camel said when he entered the garden of a man from the Ansar, as is established from Abdullah ibn Ja’far: (There was a camel, and when it saw the Prophet (ﷺ), it yearned and its eyes shed tears. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to it and wiped over the camel, and said: “Who is the owner of this camel? Whose camel is this?” A young man from the Ansar came and said: “It is mine, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Do you not fear Allah regarding this beast which Allah has given into your possession? It has complained to me that you keep it hungry and wear it out.”) Narrated by Abu Dawud (2549) and graded sahih by al-Albani.
Note: The earlier published wording named the narrator Ja’far ibn Abi Talib and gave the source as “narrated by al-Albani”. The hadith is in Sunan Abi Dawud (2549) from his son Abdullah ibn Ja’far, and al-Albani graded it sahih, so it was corrected.
● The mountain obeyed his command: when he stood on Mount Uhud with Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them, the mountain trembled, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Be firm, Uhud, for on you are only a Prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs” (narrated by al-Bukhari, 3675), and the mountain became firm.
Note: The earlier published wording gave the source of this hadith as “narrated by al-Albani”; it is in Sahih al-Bukhari (3675), so it was corrected.
● The abundance of food with the blessing of his prayers: As what happened during the invasion of Tabuk when there was famine, he ordered the companions to bring a rug to him and he spread it and put food on it and called on Allah the Almighty, to bless it, and the companions all ate until they were full and filled all their vessels from it.
● Telling about events that will happen in the future, as the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
(By Allah, the son of Mary will certainly descend as a just judge: he will break the cross, kill the swine and lay down the jizyah (abolish it); the young she-camels (that is, the camels) will be left and no one will go after them; spite, mutual hatred and envy will disappear; and he will call people to wealth, but no one will accept it.) Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim: 155.
القرآن الكريم: وهو المعجزة الباقية إلى قيام الساعة، ولا تنفد عجائبه، فكل ما سوى القرآن من المعجزات قد انتهى وزال بزوال السبب والزمن، وما زال القرآن يثير الدهشة في النفس البشرية بما تضمنه من الإعجاز العلمي والتشريعي
انشقاق القمر، انشق القمر على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشهد هذا الانشقاق جموع كثيرة من قريش
الإسراء والمعراج: وهي التي أُسري فيها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ليلا من مكة إلى بيت المقدس، ثم عرج إلى السماء، ثم إلى سدرة المنتهى قال الله تعالى:
(سبحان الذي أسرى بعبده ليلا من المسجد الحرام إلى المسجد الأقصى الذي باركنا حوله لنريه من آياتنا) الإسراء:1
إبراء الأكمه والأبرص والمريض: كمداواته لعين قتادة عندما سقطت على خده، فكان يبصر ويرى بها أفضل من عينه الأخرى، ومداواته لعين علي بن أبي طالب في غزوة خيبر
فهم لغة الحيوان: فهمه لكلام الجمل عندما دخل إلى بستان لرجل من الأنصار، فقد ثبت عن عبد الله بن جعفر: (فإذا جمل، فلما رأى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، حن وذرفت عيناه، فأتاه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فمسح على الجمل، فقال: من رب هذا الجمل، لمن هذا الجمل؟ فجاء فتى من الأنصار فقال: لي يا رسول الله فَقَالَ: أفلا تتقي الله في هذه البهيمة التي ملكك الله إياها؟ فإنه شكا إلي أنك تجيعه وتدئبه) رواه أبو داود (2549) وصححه الألباني.
ملاحظة: جاء في النص المنشور سابقا: (فقد ثبت عن جعفر بن أبي طالب)، وفي آخره: (رواه الألباني)، والحديث عند أبي داود (2549) من رواية ابنه عبد الله بن جعفر، وصححه الألباني، فصُحح.
انقياد الجبل لأمره: فعندما وقف على جبل أحد مع أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان، رضي الله عنهم؛ فارتجف الجبل، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: (اثبت أحد فإنما عليك نبي وصديق وشهيدان) رواه البخاري (3675)، فثبت الجبل.
ملاحظة: جاء في النص المنشور سابقا أن هذا الحديث رواه الألباني، والحديث في صحيح البخاري (3675)، فصُحح.
كثرة الطعام ببركة دعائه: كما حدث مع المسلمين في غزوة تبوك من المجاعة، فأمر الصحابة بإحضار بساط له فبسطه ووضع فيه الطعام ودعا الله تعالى، أن يبارك فيه، فأكل الصحابة حتى شبعوا وملأوا منه جميع أوعيتهم
الإخبار عن أمور ستقع بالمستقبل: لقول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: (والله لينزلن ابن مريم حكما عادلا، فليكسرن الصليب، ويقتل الخنزير، ويضع الجزية (يلغيها)، ولتتركن القلاص (وهي الإبل) فلا يسعى عليها، وتذهب الشحناء والتباغض والتحاسد، وليدعون إلى المال فلا يقبله أحد) رواه البخاري ومسلم: 155
1. The Supreme Eternal Miracle: The Noble Quran | معجزة المعجزات الكبرى: القرآن الكريم الخالد
The Prophet ﷺ said: “There was no prophet who was not given signs like which people believed, but what I have been given is revelation that Allah revealed to me, so I hope to have the most followers of them on the Day of Resurrection” (Sahih al-Bukhari 4981). Allah says that if all humans and jinn came together to produce the equivalent of this Quran, “they could not produce its equal, no matter how they supported each other” (17:88).
قُل لَّئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَىٰ أَن يَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِ (سورة الإسراء: 88)
قال النبي ﷺ: «ما من الأنبياء نبي إلا أعطي ما مثله آمن عليه البشر، وإنما كان الذي أوتيت وحيا أوحاه الله إلي، فأرجو أن أكون أكثرهم تابعا يوم القيامة» (صحيح البخاري 4981)، وقد تحدى الله الإنس والجن أن يأتوا بمثل هذا القرآن (الإسراء 17: 88).
2. Cosmic Signs: The Splitting of the Moon | المعجزة الفلكية المشهودة: انشقاق القمر بمكة
The people of Makkah asked the Prophet ﷺ to show them a sign, and he showed them the moon split in two, so that they saw Mount Hira between the two halves (Sahih al-Bukhari 3868). Surah Al-Qamar opens with it: “The Hour has drawn near and the moon was split ˹in two˺. Yet, whenever they see a sign, they turn away, saying, ‘Same old magic!’” (54:1-2). Ibn Kathir says that it happened in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as established by mutawatir hadiths with sound chains.
اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ (سورة القمر: 1)
سأل أهل مكة النبي ﷺ أن يريهم آية، فأراهم القمر شقتين حتى رأوا حراء بينهما (صحيح البخاري 3868)، وبه افتتحت سورة القمر: {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ * وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ} (القمر 54: 1-2). قال ابن كثير: قد كان هذا في زمان رسول الله ﷺ كما ثبت ذلك في الأحاديث المتواترة بالأسانيد الصحيحة.
3. Water Gushing and Food Multiplication | نبع الماء من بين أصابعه وتكثير الطعام القليل
At al-Hudaybiyah the people were thirsty, and the Prophet ﷺ put his hand in a small water vessel; the water began to gush out from between his fingers like springs, and they drank and made ablution. They were fifteen hundred, and Jabir said that even a hundred thousand would have had enough (Sahih al-Bukhari 3576). At the Trench, a sa' of barley and a young goat prepared by Jabir fed the army, who were a thousand, and the pot was still full (Sahih al-Bukhari 4102), and at Tabuk, after his supplication over what was left of their provisions, the army filled every vessel it had (Sahih Muslim 27).
عطش الناس يوم الحديبية، فوضع النبي ﷺ يده في الركوة فجعل الماء يثور بين أصابعه كأمثال العيون، فشربوا وتوضؤوا، وكانوا خمس عشرة مائة، وقال جابر: لو كنا مائة ألف لكفانا (صحيح البخاري 3576). وفي الخندق أطعم صاع من شعير وبهيمة داجن صنعها جابر أهل الخندق وهم ألف، وبقيت البرمة كما هي (صحيح البخاري 4102)، وفي تبوك دعا ﷺ على بقية أزواد الجيش بالبركة، فما تركوا في العسكر وعاء إلا ملؤوه (صحيح مسلم 27).
4. The Greeting Stone and the Weeping Palm Trunk | الحجر الذي كان يسلم عليه وحنين الجذع
The Prophet ﷺ said: “I know a stone in Makkah that used to greet me before I was sent; I know it now” (Sahih Muslim 2277). When a pulpit was made for him, the palm tree he used to stand by cried out like a child; he came down and held it to him while it moaned like a child being quieted, and he said that it wept for the remembrance it used to hear near it (Sahih al-Bukhari 3584).
قال النبي ﷺ: «إني لأعرف حجرا بمكة كان يسلم علي قبل أن أبعث، إني لأعرفه الآن» (صحيح مسلم 2277). ولما صنع له المنبر صاحت النخلة التي كان يقوم إليها صياح الصبي، فنزل ﷺ فضمها إليه وهي تئن أنين الصبي الذي يسكَّت، وقال: «كانت تبكي على ما كانت تسمع من الذكر عندها» (صحيح البخاري 3584).
Frequently Asked Questions | الأسئلة الشائعة
What is the greatest and most enduring miracle of Prophet Muhammad?
The Noble Quran. The Prophet ﷺ said that what he was given is the revelation Allah revealed to him, and he hoped to have the most followers on the Day of Resurrection (Sahih al-Bukhari 4981).
Did the moon literally split during the Prophet's lifetime?
Yes. The opening of Surah Al-Qamar mentions it (54:1), the people of Makkah saw Mount Hira between its two halves (Sahih al-Bukhari 3868), and Ibn Kathir says the hadiths on it are mutawatir.
How many companions drank from the water gushing from the Prophet's fingers at Hudaybiyyah?
Fifteen hundred, as Jabir reported; they drank and made ablution (Sahih al-Bukhari 3576).
Why did the dried palm trunk weep in the Prophet's mosque?
When the Prophet ﷺ moved to the new pulpit, it cried out like a child, and he said it wept for the remembrance it used to hear near it (Sahih al-Bukhari 3584).