Miracle 10: The Geese Greet Imam Ali (a.s.)

‘A flock of geese passed by in the sky flying over the head of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). They quacked and shouted. Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) said to Qanbar: ‘They have greeted unto me and you all!’

The hypocrites winked at each other.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) asked Qambar to call out to the Goose, ‘O you goose! Do you love Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and the brother the Messenger of Lord of the world?’’

Qambar called out with that, and there, the birds fluttered over the head of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.). He (a.s.) said: ‘Tell them to descend’. When he said to it, I saw the geese and they struck the ground with its chest until they came to be in the courtyard of the Masjid, upon one spot. Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) went on to address them in a language we did not understand, and they were listening to him (a.s.) with their necks towards him (a.s.) and quacking.

Then He (a.s.) said to them: ‘Speak, by the Permission of Allah, the Almighty the Mighty, the Subduer!’ And they were talking in clear Arabic tongue, ‘The greetings be unto you, O Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and caliph of Lord of the worlds!’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 111, Trad 12 ↩