MIRACLE 28 – PHYSICAL STRENGTH OF AMEERUL MOMINEEN (A.S.) AND THE OBEDIENCE OF WIND

Abdullah bin Khalid bin Saeed narrates,

I was with Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) when he had out gone out from Kufa and crossed a plateau called al-Nakhla which is at two farsakhs away from Kufa. Fifty Jews came to Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and said, are you Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Imam?

He (a.s.) replied in the affirmative.

Then they said to us, ‘there is a rock mentioned in our Books which contains names of six Prophets. We are searching for that rock but are not able to find it. If you are truly an Imam, then find the rock for us. Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) asked them to follow him.

Abdullah Bin Khalid (the narrator) said, ‘The group travelled behind Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) until they reached before a large sand dune.’ He (a.s.) ordered the wind, ‘O wind! clear away the sand from the rock, by the right of the Magnificent Name of Allah!’

It was not even a moment that the sand was cleared and the rock emerged. Imam Ali (a.s.) said: ‘This is your rock’.

They said, ‘based on our books the names of six Prophets should be on the rock, but we cannot see it’.

He (a.s.) said: ‘The names are on the facet which is on the ground, so turn it!’

A thousand men present there tried to move it but they were unable to turn it. He (a.s.) said: ‘move away from it’. Then he (a.s.) extended his hand towards it and overturned it. They found upon it the names of six of the Prophets, Hazrat Adam (a.s.), Hazrat Nuh (a.s.), Hazrat Ibrahim (a.s.), Hazrat Musa (a.s.), Hazrat Isa (a.s.) and that of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

A number of Jews confessed, ‘we testify that there is no god except Allah, and Mohammed (s.a.w.a.) is Messenger of Allah and that you are master of believers, chief of the successors, and Divine Authority of Allah in His earth. One who recognises you is fortunate and attains salvation, and one who opposes you strays and deviates and collapses to the boiling water. Your virtues are pulled away from the limitations, and the abundance of the impacts of your attributes are beyond counting’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 112, Trad 18 ↩