الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسُ فِي مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ﷺ
Chapter Five: The Prophet's Miracles
A vivid enumeration of the physical miracles of the Messenger ﷺ—trees walking at his command, clouds shading him beneath the scorching sun, the weeping palm trunk yearning for his touch, water springing from his blessed fingers, and healing ailments with his touch and prayer.
Chapter Five: The Prophet's Miracles
الْفَصْلُ الْخَامِسُ فِي مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ﷺ
Theme & Spiritual Context • The Miracles of the Prophet ﷺ
A vivid enumeration of the physical miracles of the Messenger ﷺ—trees walking at his command, clouds shading him beneath the scorching sun, the weeping palm trunk yearning for his touch, water springing from his blessed fingers, and healing ailments with his touch and prayer.
مَوْلَايَ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“Mawlāya ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman abadā 'Alā ḥabībika khayril khalqi kullihimi”
O my Master! Send blessings and peace continually and eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of all creation.
The sacred refrain traditionally chanted between verses across the Muslim world.
جَاءَتْ لِدَعْوَتِهِ الأَشْجَارُ سَاجِدَةً تَمْشِي إِلَيْهِ عَلَى سَاقٍ بِلاَ قَدَمِ
Transliteration
Jāʾat li daʿwatihil ashjāru sājidatan Tamshī ilayhi ʿalā sāqin bilā qadami
English Meaning
Trees came prostrating to him when he called, Walking towards him on trunks without feet
كَأَنَّمَا سَطَرَتْ سَطْرًا لِمَا كَتَبَتْ فُرُوعُهَا مِنْ بَدِيعِ الْخَطِّ بِاللَّقَمِ
Transliteration
Ka annamā saṭarat saṭran limā katabat Furūʿuhā min badīʿil khaṭṭi bil laqami
English Meaning
As though they had inscribed lines of splendid calligraphy With their branches along the path.
مِثْلَ الغَمَامَةِ أَنَّى سَارَ سَائِرَةً تَقِيهِ حَرَّ وَطِيسٍ لِلْهَجِيرِ حَمِي
Transliteration
Mithlal ghamāmati annā sāra sāʾiratan Taqīhi ḥarra waṭīsin lil hajīri ḥamī
English Meaning
Like the cloud that hovered over him wherever he went, Shielding him from the intense oven of the midday heat.
أَقْسَمْتُ بِالْقَمَرِ المُنْشَقِّ إِنَّ لَهُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ نِسْبَةً مَبْرُورَةَ القَسَمِ
Transliteration
Aqsamtu bil qamaril munshaqqi inna lahu Min qalbihi nisbatan mabrūratal qasami
English Meaning
I swear by the [Lord of the] moon that was split in two a true oath: it has truly a connection with his heart.
وَمَا حَوَى الغَارُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَمِنْ كَرَمِ وَكُلُّ طَرْفٍ مِنَ الكُفَّارِ عَنْهُ عَمِي
Transliteration
Wa mā ḥawal ghāru min khayrin wa min karamin Wa kullu ṭarfin minal kuffāri ʿanhu ʿamī
English Meaning
And by the goodness and nobility contained in the cave While the disbelievers’ every glance was blind to him.
فَالصِّدْقُ فِي الغَارِ وَالصِّدِّيقُ لَمْ يَرِمَا وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ مَا بِالْغَارِ مِنْ أَرِمِ
Transliteration
Faṣ ṣidqu fīl ghāri waṣ ṣiddīqu lam yarimā Wa hum yaqūlūna mā bil ghāri min arimi
English Meaning
Truthfulness and the True One in the cave wavered not While they said ‘No one who breathes is in the cave!’
ظَنُّوا الحَمَامَ وَظَنُّوا الْعَنْكَبُوتَ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ لَمْ تَنْسُجْ وَلَمْ تَحُمِ
Transliteration
Ẓannul ḥamāma wa ẓannul ʿankabūta ʿalā Khayril bariyyati lam tansuj wa lam taḥumi
English Meaning
They supposed that a dove would never perch, Or a spider would spin its web, for the Best of Creation
وِقَايَةُ اللهِ أَغْنَتْ عَنْ مُضَاعَفَةٍ مِنَ الدُّرُوعِ وَعَنْ عَالٍ مِنَ الأُطُمِ
Transliteration
WiqāyatuLlāhi aghnat ʿan muḍāʿafatin Minad durūʿi wa ʿan ʿālin minal uṭumi
English Meaning
Their protection by Allah absolved them of need for additional armour or for lofty fortresses.
مَا سَامَنِي الدَّهْرُ ضَيْمًا وَاسْتَجَرْتُ بِهِ إِلاَّ وَنِلْتُ جِوَارًا مِنْهُ لَمْ يُضَمِ
Transliteration
Mā sāmanid dahru ḍayman wastajartu bihi Illā wa niltu jiwāran minhu lam yuḍami
English Meaning
Never, when fate oppressed me, have I sought refuge in him but that I found sanctuary with him and was oppressed no more.
وَلاَ الْتَمَسْتُ غِنَى الدَّارَيْنِ مِنْ يَدِهِ إِلاَّ اسْتَلَمْتُ النَّدَى مِنْ خَيْرِ مُسْتَلَمِ
Transliteration
Wa laltamastu ghinad dārayni min yadihi Illāstalamtun nadā min khayri mustalami
English Meaning
And never have I sought wealth in both worlds from his hand Without receiving largesse from the best of givers.
لاَ تُنْكِرِ الْوَحْيَ مِنْ رُؤْيَاهُ إِنَّ لَهُ قَلْبًا إِذَا نَامَتِ العَيْنَانِ لَمْ يَنَمِ
Transliteration
Lā tunkiril waḥya min ruʾyāhu inna lahu Qalban idhā nāmatil ʿaynāni lam yanami
English Meaning
Do not deny the revelations he received in his dreams; For though his eyes slept, he had a heart that slept not.
وَذَاكَ حِينَ بُلُوغٍ مِنْ نُبَوَّتِهِ فَلَيْسَ يُنْكَرُ فِيهِ حَالُ مُحْتَلِمِ
Transliteration
Wa dhāka ḥīna bulūghin min nubuwwatihi Fa laysa yunkaru fīhi ḥālu muḥtalimi
English Meaning
That was when he attained his Prophetic status; the night dreams of mature men cannot be denied!
تَبَارَكَ اللهُ مَا وَحَيٌ بِمُكْتَسَبٍ وَلاَ نَبيُّ عَلَى غَيْبٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ
Transliteration
Tabārak Allahu mā waḥyun bi muktasabin Wa lā nabiyyun ʿalā ghaybin bi muttahami
English Meaning
Blessed is Allah! Revelation is not something acquired! Nor can a Prophet’s knowledge of the Unseen be deemed suspect.
كَمْ أَبْرَأَتْ وَصِبًا بِاللَّمْسِ رَاحَتُهُ وَأَطْلَقَتْ أَرِبًا مِنْ رِبْقَةِ اللَّمَمِ
Transliteration
Kam abraʾat waṣiban bil lamsi rāḥatuhu Wa aṭlaqat ariban min ribqatil lamami
English Meaning
How many sick people were healed by the touch of his hand; how many released from the tight knots of madness!
وَأَحْيَتِ السَّنَةَ الشَّهْبَاءَ دَعْوَتُهُ حَتَّى حَكَتْ غُرَّةً فِي الأَعْصُرِ الدُّهُمِ
Transliteration
Wa aḥyatis sanatash shahbāʾa daʿwatuhu Ḥattā ḥakat ghurratan fīl aʿṣurid duhumi
English Meaning
His supplication brought life to a grey year [of drought] – Marked it out from dark years like [a horse’s] white blaze.
بِعَارضٍ جَادَ أَوْ خِلْتَ البِطَاحَ بِهَا سَيْبًا مِنَ اليَمِّ أَوْ سَيْلاً مِنَ العَرِمِ
Transliteration
Bi ʿāriḍin jāda aw khiltal biṭāḥa bihā Sayban minal yammi aw saylan minal ʿarimi
English Meaning
With generous rainclouds, so much that you would have thought That the valleys flowed with sea water or the flood of ʿArim.