REPLY TO THE DOUBT – WHY DID AMEERUL MOMINEEN (A.S.) NOT USE THE POWER OF MIRACLES TO OVERPOWER HIS ENEMIES

A doubt might be instigated by Satan in our minds, that if Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) possessed Wilayat and authority over all creations and whatever he wished would have transpired, then why did he not use this power to overcome his enemies.

To reply to this doubt, we present below the reply of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) himself, when few hypocrites witnessed some his miracles and then said,

‘Look at this wonder! The one who has these signs and these miracles is frustrated from Muawiya and Amr Bin Aas and Yazeed!’ Allah caused this conversation of theirs to reach the blessed ears of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.),

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) shouted: ‘O Angels!, bring to me Muawiya, and Amr and Yazeed’.

The hypocrities looked towards the sky and they saw three angels and each one of them suspended one person. The angels came to his presence, the three were Muawiya, Amr bin Aas and Yazeed.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) told the hypocrities, ‘Come and look at them. If I desire, I can kill them all, but I am giving them a respite, just as Allah, the Almighty

gave respite to Iblees upto the appointed hour. The way you see me act (with them), is not due to frustration, but it is a test from Allah for all of you to see how you react!

Then if you taunt Ali (a.s.) today, then know that certainly the disbelievers and hypocrities taunted Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) before you.

They said, ‘The one (referring to Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) who travelled in one night the kingdoms of the skies and the Gardens, how come he had to flee in the night of migration, enter a cave and then completed the journey from Mecca to Medina in eleven days?

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) continued, ‘whenever Allah, the Almighty desires, He show you the power (through miracles) that you recognize the truthfull of the Prophets (a.s.) and their successors (a.s.). And whenever He desires, He tests you with what you dislike in order to see how to react and to complete His authority upon you”.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol 42, Chp 116, Trad 8 ↩