The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 62
62. Essence of Islam-III فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ كَذِ غرِكُمْ أَبَاءٌ كُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذكرًا 53. That is: 'Remember Allah with the eagerness with which you remember your fathers. ". It is obvious that if the metaphorical use of these expressions had been forbidden by Shariah, God Almighty would have safeguarded His Word against such use of the expressions as might have allowed others to use them. . At this stage of liqā' [communion], a person sometimes does bear some characteristics which appear to be beyond human capacity and have the colour of Divine power. For instance, our lord and master, the Chief of the. Prophets, Haḍrat Khātam-ul-Anbiya' (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) threw a handful of gravel at the enemy during the battle of Badr, not with any prayer but only with his spiritual power, and that handful of gravel exhibited Divine power and affected the hostile forces in such an extraordinary manner that not a single one was left who's eyes were not affected by it. . . . In the same way, another miracle of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which relates to the splitting of the moon, was manifested by Divine power. It was not the consequence of any prayer. It was manifested by the mere pointing of his finger, which was charged with Divine power. There are many other miracles of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which were not accompanied by any prayer but were manifested through his person as the symbol of Divine power. . . . 53. Al-Baqarah, 2:201 [Publisher]