Why Did They Become Muslims

with miracles (mu’jizas) coextensive with his time and valued
highly by the people of his time. As for Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’;
in addition to the similitudes of all the miracles given to
other Prophets, he was blessed with other miracles. It is written in
Mir’ât-i-kâinât that the number of miracles that he displayed
during his lifetime was well over three thousand. Eighty-six of
these miracles are stated in the fourth division of this chapter,
under the heading Miracles of Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’.
Some of the non-Sunnite groups of Muslims, and some
religiously ignorant people who pass for scientists, reject the
miracles, partly or as a whole. They say that miracles “run counter
to our scientific knowledge.” The first thing to do with such
people is to help the ones who deny Islam (because they are
unaware of it) to know Islam and to guide them to îmân (belief in
Islam). Once they have îmân, they will believe in miracles. For the
Qur’ân al-kerîm declares that on the day of doom the earth, the
heavens, the stars, the living and lifeless beings will change both
physically and chemically. A person who believes in all these
changes, which are beyond the established knowledge of science,
will naturally believe in miracles. We do not say that “Prophets
‘alaihimussalawâtu wattaslîmât’ make mu’jizas and Awliyâ
‘rahima-humullâhu ta’âlâ’ make karâmats.” If we said so, the
disbelievers might have the right to protest. We say, “Allâhu
ta’âlâ creates mu’jizas through His Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu
wattaslîmât’, and karâmats through His Awliyâ ‘rahimahumullâhu
ta’âlâ.’ ” That means to say that a wise and reasonable person
who is aware of the latest scientific improvements and who is
cognizant of biological and astronomical events will immediately
realize that from the tiniest particle to the entirety of the universe,
and from the atom to the sun, all the living and lifeless beings
have been created with some calculations and are working in
harmony with one another like the various parts of a single
machine. He will immediately believe in the fact that an
Omniscient and Almighty Being, who sees all, creates and
handles these things as He wills. It is natural to him now that this
great Creator can also create mu’jizas and karâmats. As a scientist
we say that miracles are a true fact and that Allâhu ta’âlâ, who is
their sole Creator, makes His Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu
wattaslîmât’ perform them. Prophets ‘alaihimussalawâtu
wattaslîmât’ cannot perform miracles by themselves or without
the permission of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Miracles such as Îsâ’s (Jesus)
‘alaihis-salâm’ curing illnesses and enlivening dead people are
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