Miracle of Transformation
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ innal laaha ‘aleemum bizaatis sudoor Part of Al-Imran(Family of Imran) 3:119: Behold, God has full knowledge of what is in [their] hearts ! Niaz Fatehpuri , a famous albeit somewhat misguided Urdu poet who had won many awards and accolades in South Asia was a strong critic of religion. Once in Lucknow, he was arguing with Maulana Manzoor Nomani against the existence of miracles in general, and specifically that the Prophet ﷺ had not performed any miracles. Maulana politely said that between the two of us, can we come up with a strategy to fix this city and rid it of the misguided and corrupt people? Niaz replied, "Maulana you are crazy, this is impossible!" To which Maulana replied, "You are well read and erudite, and you cannot even entertain the idea, and yet you saw how an unlettered Prophet with no worldly teacher, within a portion of his lifetime, managed to transform the wors...