SOME MIRACLES AND SIGNS OF THE NOBLE MESSENGER, Exalted Glory

He said: "Mention some of his signs to me." He replied: "Among his signs and miracles is that when he traveled to the cave and it was fenced with a spider's web—had a snake intended to enter it, it would have affected it—he entered it and the spider's web returned as it was. They reached the two of them and stood at the door of the cave, and those among them who spoke said: 'The journey ended with them here; either they ascended to heaven or descended into the earth, for the spider's web has not changed.' Abu Bakr said to him: 'They have reached us, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah, Exalted Glory, said to him: 'If they enter upon us from here'—and he gestured with his hand to the door of the cave—'we shall exit from here,' and he kicked the wall with his foot. A door opened in the cave, and behold, there was a great sea surging with waves, and behold, there was a vessel at the door of the cave. Abu Bakr witnessed that and swore by Allah an oath that it had happened.

The idol worshiper prostrated and said: 'This is indeed a great miracle.' He continued: 'Among his signs was that a boy was brought to him who had no hands, no legs, and no eyes, accompanied by his mother and maternal uncles. They said: "If you are the Messenger of Allah, then call upon Allah to give this boy two hands, two legs, and two eyes, and that he be seen as a sound creation, so that we may believe in you, trust you, and strive before you." So, he, Exalted Glory, cast the cloak over him, stretched his hand over it, and prayed. He had not finished his prayer when the boy threw off the cloak and stood on his feet, having two hands, two legs, and two eyes, balanced in creation, saying with an eloquent tongue: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, having no partner in sovereignty, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." He turned back to his mother and uncles and said to them: "Say as I have said; this is he who restored my hearing,