Significance of Miracles in Food

[Tasleem]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu,

What does it mean if your household is blessed with miracles such as the name of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) or the Blessed Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) appearing in vegetables, roti etc. Is there any significance behind experiencing such miracles first hand?

Jazakallaho khair.

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa aalihi wa Sallam)


Jazak'Allah for your valued question. If ever the name of Allah the Almighty, or the name of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) appears in food, on wood, on trees, leaves, and other objects, this signifies the Power (qudrah), of Allah the Almighty. Allah the Almighty says:

'wa la ratbiw wa la yabisin illa fi kitabim mubin'

'There is no moist, nor is there any dryness, except that it appears in the Clear Book'

This means that the Qur'an al kareem contains the knowledge of everything. If the Qur'an al kareem contains the knowledge of everything, then there is nothing in the world, that isnt from the Qur'an al kareem. But our belief is somewhat different. We believe that everything was created from the light (Nur) of the Most Beloved Messenger of Allah, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa aalihi wa Sallam), as many of the Sufis believe.


They also believe that the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) is the centre, of the Essence, and the attributes of Allah the Almighty. If the world was then made for the purpose of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam), then indeed all knowledge of present and past must also be manifested in the essence of the Beloved Messenger of Allah (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam).


Seeing these signs, is another proof of what I have just quoted above. And most of all, it is a proof of the existence of a One God, and the existence of He who brought down His Message. It gives us time, to reflect on issues such as the above, by pondering, into why these things occur, or what the reality behind them, is.



May Allah the Almighty help us all to seek knowledge through the signs that He has given us, and may He make our lives, according to what we know about Him.



Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi