{"id":189,"date":"2015-02-25T22:19:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azmi.co\/cust\/ngba-wp\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2015-02-25T22:19:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T22:19:02","slug":"miracles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=189","title":{"rendered":"MIRACLES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">the Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">DEDICATED TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">All\u0101h&ndash;the Glorious and the High,<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Lord of the worlds<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: red; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">AND TO<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Mohammad&ndash;who brought the world<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">to our feet and eternity to our arms.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: purple; font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">*<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: purple;\">MIRACLES<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Jesus, performed miracles through <i>the power of God<\/i>&ndash;(Luke 11:20; John 8:28, 11:42; Acts 2:22; Qur&rsquo;an 3:48). Others also performed miracles: <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Moses transformed a stick into a serpent; Moses parted the river&ndash;(Exodus 7:10; 14:21)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Elijah resurrected a child; and divided the river Jor-dan&ndash;(1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 2:7-8)<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Elisha parted the river Jordan; and resurrected a child&ndash;(2 Kings 2:12-14; 2 Kings 4:32-36<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">Joshua made the sun and the moon stand still&ndash;(Joshua 10:12-<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; (A prophet performing miracles or making prophecies does not make him God or son of God; nor make him greater than other prophets. Such miracles and prophe-cies would reflect the greatness of All\u0101h, God, through Whose power the prophet was able to perform the miracles and make the predictions).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><i>Even things performed miracles:<\/i><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-the river Jordan healed Namaan (2 Kings 5:9-14) <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-Elisha&#39;s dead bones brought a dead man back to life (2 Kings 13:20-21)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-The pool at Bethesda had the power to cure (John 5:2-4)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-The statue of a brass serpent had the power to preserve life (Num. 21:8-9)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-Balaam&rsquo;s ass spoke to Balaam (Num. 22:28, 30). <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-Even False Christ&rsquo;s and false prophets can perform miracles (Matt. 24:24).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8211;<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\">a fire came from heaven and consumed Solomon&rsquo;s <\/span>burnt offering&ndash;(2 Chr. 7:1).<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-Nostradamus is said to have made prophecies.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">-And it is believed that one days&rsquo; supply of oil lasted for eight days:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">Hanukkah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">, the Jewish festival of Lights, is based on the <i>Maccabees <\/i>victory over king Antiochus, 164 B.C.E. In rededicating the Temple to God, according to the Talmud one day&rsquo;s supply of &ldquo;pure oil&rdquo; kept the lamp burning &ldquo;miraculously,&rdquo; for eight days.&nbsp;<\/span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i> However, the Books of the <i>Maccabees<\/i> are considered by some to be &ldquo;apocryphal;&rdquo; and have been expunged from some Bibles. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; (<i>The Talmud<\/i>, &ldquo;a compilation of ancient teachings,&rdquo; created by &ldquo;rabbis&rdquo; were &ldquo;vigorously&rdquo; opposed by &ldquo;sig-nifcant Jewish groups and individuals.&rdquo; The Karaite sect of the 8th century &ldquo;refuted the oral tradition and denoun-ced the Talmud as a rabbinic fabrication;&rdquo; and &ldquo;heretical messianic sects in the 17th and 18th centuries totally re-jected it.&rdquo; The Church &ldquo;accused&rdquo; it of &ldquo;falsifying biblical meaning<span style=\"background: yellow;\">*<\/span>, thus preventing Jews from becoming Christi-ans,&rdquo; and that it &ldquo;contained blasphemous remarks against Jesus and Christianity and that it preached moral and social bias toward non-Jews.&rdquo;&ndash;(<i>Ency. Brit<\/i>. 15<sup>th<\/sup> Edn; Vol. 17, Art; <i>Talmud and Midrash<\/i>, p. 1006).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: yellow;\">*<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 128);\">(It is rather amusing that the Church &ldquo;accused&rdquo; Jews of &ldquo;falsifying biblical meaning&rdquo; when the Church herself has fuddled with the Bible).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; The Qur&rsquo;an mentions many incidences which may be viewed as miracles&ndash;clefting of the moon (54:1-2); All\u0101h helping Mus-lims in the Battle of Badr (3:120-121), and the Prophet&rsquo;s night journey from Makkah to Jerusalem (17:1). <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Miracles, as noted in the Qur&rsquo;an, are not to induce people to believe in All\u0101h. The clefting of the moon&ndash;(54:1-2) was to prove to the disbelievers the falsity of their oaths, that if a sign came to them they would believe&ndash;(Qur&rsquo;an 6:110); yet when this sign did come as in Qur&rsquo;an 54:2-3, &ldquo;they turn away and say: Strong enchantment! And they deny and follow their low desires.&rdquo;<i>&nbsp;<\/i>(This clefting of the moon would seem to be a vision, given only to those people to whom it was directed). <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; The only miracle the Prophet Mohammad claimed to bring was the Qur&rsquo;an. In the words of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din: <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&ldquo;The claim of the Qur&rsquo;an, that it would baffle human efforts to produce its equal, is based on absolute truth. A Book completed in twenty-three years, dealing with every aspect of human life, and yet remaining free from any kind of discrepancy or even a slight variation, is in itself a miracle.&rdquo; (<i>Introduction To The Study Of The Holy Qur&rsquo;an<\/i>, p. 47).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; If performing miracles make Jesus God or son of God, false Christs and false prophets are also Gods and sons of God. That there is no evidence of a false Christ or false prophet performing miracles is irrelevant. That Jesus said they could is evidence that they could. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span class=\"PlainTextCharChar\" style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; As Christians consider Mohammad an &ldquo;impostor&rdquo; and as Mohammad brought miracles&ndash;(Bokhari Vol, 1, # 170; Vol, 3, # 787) &ndash;the greatest of which is the Qur&rsquo;an&ndash;which is still living for the world to behold&ndash; this miracle of the Prophet would be evidence to Jesus&rsquo; saying that false Christs and false prophets can perform miracles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the name of All\u0101h, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad. DEDICATED TO All\u0101h&ndash;the Glorious and the High, Lord of the worlds AND TO Mohammad&ndash;who brought the world to our feet and eternity to our arms. * MIRACLES Jesus, performed miracles through the power of God&ndash;(Luke 11:20; John 8:28, 11:42; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}