Praise be to Allah.
The miracles of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) were many, over a thousand, as was stated by the great scholar Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in Ighathat al-Lahfan (2/691). These miracles include some that occurred and are finished, and one of them is that which will continue for as long as Allah, may He be exalted, wills. It is the greatest miracle and the greatest sign of the prophethood of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). It is the Holy Quran, the sign that will remain and continue, that cannot be subjected to change or alteration. It is miraculous in many ways, including its wording, for Allah challenged the most eloquent of the Arabs to produce a single soorah like it, and they were unable to do that.
It is miraculous in what it contains of the foretelling of future events which came to pass as it foretold, such as the passage in which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
{Alif, Lam, Mim.
The Byzantines have been defeated
In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome
Within three to nine years}
[ar-Rum 30:1-4].
It is miraculous in what it contains of perfect legislation; humanity could not produce such legislation by themselves.
It is miraculous in what it contains of knowledge and information about the secrets of this universe, which modern science is still discovering, day after day, more of these secrets.
With regard to the miracles which happened and ended, they are many, as we noted above. The most famous of them include:
1.. The miracle of the Prophet’s Night Journey and Ascent to Heave (al-Isra’ wa’l-Mi‘raj). The Quran mentions the night journey clearly and refers to the ascent to heaven. And there are authentic hadiths in the Sunnah which describe the ascent to heaven and what happened during it.
2.. The miracle of the splitting of the moon, which is mentioned in the Quran, and there are many hadiths transmitted by many narrators which speak of it, as Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) said. The Muslims are unanimously agreed on that.
3.. The increase of small amounts of food at the hands of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), so that the army who were with him could eat, and there would still be food left over. There are hadiths which speak of this in al-Bukhari and Muslim, and other books of hadith.
4.. The springing forth of water from between the fingers of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and the increase of water so that the entire army could drink from it and do wudu’ with it. There are hadiths which speak of this in al-Bukhari and Muslim.
5.. The Prophet’s foretelling of matters of the future unseen, which then came to pass as he foretold. Many things that he foretold came to pass and we still see things happening that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) foretold.
6.. The grieving of the date palm trunk when he stopped preaching beside it and began to use the minbar. The hadith concerning that is in Sahih al-Bukhari.
7.. The rock greeting him with salaam when he was in Makkah. The hadith concerning that was narrated by Muslim.
8.. Healing the sick. There are many hadiths which speak of that in al-Bukhari and Muslim, and elsewhere.
As we stated above, his miracles were many, and this is just a glimpse of them. The scholars have compiled many books listing the miracles of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), such as Dala’il an-Nubuwwah by al-Bayhaqi, A‘lam an-Nubuwwah by al-Mawardi, and the book of ‘aqidah (creed) are filled with mention of his miracles under the heading of belief in the messengers.
And Allah knows best.
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