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lay? down this principle in so many words "Nor is Allah going to
chastise them while you are among them" (8:33). The well known
hadith ascribing to Allah the Words "One who is hostile to my Walli
receives an announcement of War from Me" presents only the
counterpart of this idea. Because if hostility to a Wali excites the
wrath of Allah it follows that the attention and prayers of the Wali
can induce the mercy of Allah. Of course the Wali spoken of are
Walis of the eminence like that of Hazrat Ghousul Azam Abdul Qadir
Mohiyuddin.
Miracles are abnormal and extra-ordinary acts that can only be
performed by the privileged few like the Prophets and Walis of
Allah. Perhaps such acts may sound illogical to the rationalist. But
they do occur and are beyond ordinary comprehensive. The parting of
the Red Sea for the Prophet Moosa and such like events are examples.
Even in the life of ordinary mortals, miracles occur, by the mercy
of Allah, to save them from catastrophes or accidents. The miracles
of Hazrat Ghousul Azam recorded are innumerable, when compared to
other Saints. Of these innumerable, miracles, a few are
given below.
After Hazrat Ghousul Azam settled down in Baghdad remarkable stories
about his power circulated in Baghdad. The day to day increase in
the circulation of such stories made a large number of great
scholars of the town to decide to visit him, altogether in other
to test his knowledge by posing one, hundred difficult questions. On
their arrival, the Hazrat foretold them of their purpose and gave
each question the correct answer, even profounding to them
explanations beyond the limits of their comprehension on their own
special subjects. This" thought reading was daily manifested by him.
It was not necessary for the visitors who came with petitions of
desires to tell him, for he looked straight at them and gave them
the answers.On one occasion; two weary and hungry travellers from
Arabia joined his audience unobtrusively. The Hazrat immediately
stopped his discourse saying "Poor travellers; they have just come a
long way and have had practically nothing to eat." He then described
correctly their last meal to the astonishment of all concerned.
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