Signs of ar-Rahman - Hoor al-Ayn

Jihaad is not based on miracles, but they do appear at the time ofadversity, helplessness and hopelessness.Sheikh Abul Hasan Shazilee rabmatullh’aiayhi was quoted as saying thatkaraamaat do not occur for those who hanker after them, or evenentertain a wish for it in their hearts. Karaamaat occur to those whoconsider themselves to be insignificant. Their gaze is fixed on the Grace ofAllaah Ta’ala and they have neither confidence nor reliance on their owngood deeds.The difficult plight of the Mujaahideen could be imagined from thesustained pressure of the daily bombardments, which sometimes lasted forseveral months. They were sometimes shelled upon three times a day byBM13 and BM21 bombers, which release 25 missiles on one squeeze ofthe trigger. The weight of the shells released by the jets is sometimes half aton.Abdul Hameed related to me that he measured a crater formed by onesuch shell. It was 8 meters deep and had a circumference of 63 meters.A Mujaahid at times spends 5 years under these trying circumstances, andin this lengthy period probably only experiences one such miracle; that toowhen, he has exhausted all that which is humanly possible.I have gathered these narrations directly from these Mujaahideen and Iwould often ask them to take an oath over these occurrences. They havereached Tawaatur [i.e. there is no possibility of fabrication.]Some brothers have said:“We do not wish to be deceived by the Afghani Revolution as we weredeceived by the Iranian Revolution.”The thing to remember is that the Iranian Revolution was Shia Revolutionand not a Islamic Revolution.An Islamic revolution can only conducted and accepted if it is done in thelight of Qur’an and Sunnah and by Muslims of correct Aqeedah (faith).The Shia’s Aqeedah is not that of the Qur’an and Sunnah. As a result all77