The Miracle Of Muhammad
Said Nursi
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This treatise sets forth more than three hundred miracles. Just as it expounds the miracle of the Messengership of Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him), it is itself also a karāmah of that very miracle. It is extraordinary in three or four respects:
First: Although it is based on transmitted reports and narrations, despite exceeding one hundred pages, it was composed entirely from memory, without consulting any books, in secluded corners of mountains and vineyards, over the course of three or four days, working only two or three hours each day, amounting to a total of twelve hours. This is indeed an extraordinary occurrence.
Second: Despite its length, neither does copying this treatise become wearisome, nor does reading it lose its sweetness. It inspired even the most indolent men of the pen with such zeal and diligence that, in these difficult and wearisome times, nearly seventy copies were transcribed in this locality within the space of a single year. This convinced all who became aware of it that it was a karāmah of that miracle of the Messengership.
Third: Before the phenomenon of tawāfuq (meaningful correspondence) had even become apparent to us, a novice copyist—who knew nothing of tawāfuq—together with eight other copyists, produced their manuscripts independently, without seeing one another's copies. It was then observed that throughout the entire treatise the expression Resul-i Ekrem (God's Most Noble Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him), and the word Qur'an in its Fifth Part, coincided in such a remarkable pattern of correspondence that anyone possessing even an atom of fairness could not attribute it to mere chance. Whoever has seen it has judged with certainty that this is a mystery of the Unseen and a karāmah of the miracle of Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him).
The principles set forth at the beginning of this treatise are of great importance. Moreover, the hadiths contained herein are, almost without exception, accepted as authentic and sound by the leading authorities of hadith, and they relate the most definitive events concerning the Messengership. Were it necessary to describe the merits and excellences of this treatise, it would require writing another work equal to it in length. We therefore refer those who desire to know its virtues to the treatise itself, recommending that they read it at least once.