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The Miracles of Jesus (upon him be peace)
Wahb said that the first miracle of Jesus (upon whom be peace) which the people saw was when his mother was dwelling in the house of a Dihqan (village chief) in the land of Egypt, where Joseph the carpenter had set her down when he went with her to Egypt. Beggars used to resort to the house of the Dihqan, and though goods were being stolen from the Dihqan’s storehouses he did not suspect the beggars. Mary (peace be upon her) was distressed over the Dihqan’s loss, and when Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) saw his blessed mother’s grief for the losses of her host, he said to her: “O mother, would you like me to tell him where his property is?” She said: “Yes, my son.” He said to her, “Then tell him to gather the beggars before me in this house.” So Mary (peace be upon her) mentioned that to the Dihqan and he gathered the beggars before him. When they were all gathered together he picked out two men from among them, one of them blind, and the other, a cripple—the cripple being carried on the shoulders of the blind. He said to the latter: “Rise up with him,” but the blind man said, “I am too weak for that.” Then Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) said to him: “How was it that you were strong enough for it yesterday?” When they heard him say that, they beat the blind man till he stood up, and when he rose and stood firmly, the cripple was just at the height of the window of the storehouse. Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) said to Dihqan, “Thus did they scheme with regard to your goods yesterday, for the blind man gave the aid of his strength and the cripple his eyes.” Thereupon the blind man and the cripple said, “He has told the truth, by Allah,” and they returned to the Dihqan all his property, which the Dihqan took and put in his storehouse. Then he said: “O Mary, take the half of it.” She answered: “I am not that sort of a person.” Said the Dihqan, “Then give it to your son.” She answered: “But he is more noble estate than I am.” Not long after this, that Dihqan arranged a marriage for his son, and made a feast to which he invited all the people of Egypt, whom he feasted for two months. When this was just ended, there came to visit him a party of the people from Syria about whom the Dihqan had not noticed until they arrived. On that day he had nothing in the house to drink, and when Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) saw his solicitude about it, he entered one of the houses of the Dihqan in which were two rows of earthenware jars. Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) passed his hand over the mouth of each of them as he was walking and no sooner had he passed his hand over the mouth of a jar than it was filled with drink, until Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) came to the last of them. At that time he was twelve years old. Another miracle… As-Suddi says that Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) while he was in the kuttab (school) used to tell the boys what their parents were doing. He would say to a youth: “Run off, for verily your family is eating such and such, and they have set apart for you such and such, and they themselves are eating such and such.” So the boy would run off to his family and weep till they gave him that thing. They they would say to him: “Who told you about that?” And he would say: “Jesus” (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him), so they kept their boys away from him, stating: “Do not play with that sorcerer.” They gathered their children into one house, and when Jesus (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him) came seeking them, they said to him: “They are not here.” Said he: “Then what is in the house?” They said: “Oh, pigs.” “Even so,” said he, and when they opened to them, behold, they were pigs. News of this spread abroad among the Israelites, and the people were in anxiety about it. So when his mother grew afraid for him she put him on a donkey that she had and fled to Egypt. Another miracle… As-Suddi said that when Jesus and his mother (Peace and blessings of Allah upon both of them) were wandering in the land, they left the Israelites and dwelt in a certain village at a man’s house, where he treated them as guests and was good to them. Now the king at that time was an obstinate tyrant. One day a man came home anxious and in grief, and entered his house while Mary (peace be upon her) was with his wife. Said Mary (peace be upon her) to her, “What is the matter with your husband whom I see grieving?” She said, “Do not ask me,” but Mary said, “Tell me, for maybe Allah will relieve his distress at my hand.” Said she, “The truth is that we have a king who places on every man among us, in turn, the duty of providing food and wine to drink for him and his armies and punishes whoever fails to do it. Now today is our day and we have no supplies at hand.” Said Mary (peace be upon her), “Tell him not to worry about it, for he did good to us, so I shall bid my son to pray for him, and this will be sufficient.” Then Mary (peace be upon her) spoke to Jesus (peace be upon him) about the matter. “If I do that, evil will come of it.” She answered: Never mind that, for he has treated us well and with honor.” Said Jesus (peace be upon him) “Then tell him, when the king draws near, to fill up the earthen jars and pots with water, and then tell me.” So he did that and called to Jesus (peace be upon him) who changed the water in the earthenware pots into meat and gravy, and the water of the jars into drink, the like of which the people had never seen. Now when the king came he ate, and when he drank he asked: “From whence is this drink?” He said to him, “From such and such a land.” Said the king, “But my drink too is brought from that land, yet it is never like this.” So he told him that it was from another land, but when the king saw how muddled and confused he was, he said: “Now tell me the truth.” He said: “I will tell you. I have with me a young man who never asks Allah for anything, but He gives it to him. He called on Allah Who made the water into this drink.” Now the king had a son whom he desired to succeed him, but who had died a few days before. Now he was very dear to the king, so he said: “Verily a man who could call on Allah and have Him make water into this drink could urgently supplicate Him till he raise my son to life.” So he called Jesus (peace be upon him) and talked to him about it. Said Jesus (peace be upon him) “Let us not do it, because if he were to come to life again, evil would assuredly come of it.” Said the king, “I care not so long as I see him.” Said Jesus: “If I raise him to life will you let my mother and I go where we desire?” “Most certainly,” said he. So Jesus (peace be upon him) called on Allah (Glory to the Most High), Who made the young man live again. Now when the people of the realm saw that he was alive again, they fell suddenly on them with the sword saying: “This man devoured us till now he draws near to death he wants to appoint over us his son that he may devour us as did his father.” So they began to fight with one another, but Jesus (peace be upon him) and his mother departed. Another miracle… Wahb says that while Jesus (peace be upon him) was playing with the boys, a youth sprang upon a small boy, kicked him with his foot and killed him. Then he threw him into the arms of Jesus (peace be upon him) who was covered with blood. Then he brought the people to Jesus (peace be upon him) who charged him with it, took him and with him to the Qadi (Judge) of Egypt. To him they said: “This one has killed the other.” Then the Qadi questioned him, and Jesus (peace be upon him) said: “I do not know who killed him, but I am not guilty of it.” They desired to fall upon Jesus (peace be upon him) but he said “Confront me with the boy.” They said to him: “And what do you want with him?” Said he, “I want to ask him who killed him.” They said “And how can he speak with you when he is dead?” Nevertheless, they took him and brought him to the spot where the boy was killed. There Jesus (peace be upon him) set himself to prayer, whereat Allah (Glory be to the Most High) raised him to life. Then Jesus (peace be upon him) asked him, “Who killed you?” He answered: “So and so killed me,” mentioning the one who killed him. Then the Israelites said, “Who is this?” He said, “This is Jesus, son of Mary.” They said: “And who is this with him?” He said, “The Qadi of the children of Israel.” Then the boy died again straightway, and Jesus returned to his mother (on them be peace), a great multitude of the people following him. His mother said to him: “My son, did I not forbid you to act like this?” but he said to her, “Verily Allah is our protector and his is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.” (Holy Qur’an 12:64) Another miracle… ‘Ata says that Mary (peace be upon her) after she had withdrawn Jesus (peace be upon him) from the Kuttab (school), set him at various jobs, and finally put him with the dyers, indeed with the chief of them, that he might learn his trade from him. There were assembled at his place different kinds of garments to be dyed. It became necessary for the man to go on a journey, so he said to Jesus, “Now you have learned this profession, and I am about to go off on a journey from which I shall not return for ten days. Here are these garments of different colors, and you know the color that each one of them should be dyed. I want you to be finished with them by the time I come back.” Then he departed and Jesus (peace be upon him) heated up the vat of one color, and throwing into it all of garments, said: “Be, by permission of Allah, whatever I want you to be.” Presently the dyer came back, and behold, the clothes were all in one vat. Said he: “Oh Jesus (peace be upon him) what have you done?” He said: “I have finished with them.” Said the dyer: “Where are they?” He answered: “In the vat.” “What! All of them?” “Yes,” said he. “And how is that all of them are in the one vat? You have ruined the garments.” Said Jesus (peace be upon him) “Come and see.” So he came, while Jesus (peace be upon him) drew out a yellow garment, a green garment, a red, and so on till he had drawn them all out according to the color he had desired. The dyer was amazed but he understood that this thing was from Allah (Glory be to the Most High). The dyer said to the people, “Come! See what Jesus (peace be upon him) has done.” Then he and his friends believed in him, and they became the Huwariyun (disciples). But Allah (Great and Majestic is He) knows best. For more information about Jesus (peace be upon him) and other Nabi’s (Prophets) of Islam, contact the local MOA Da’wah Center near you. |
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