WONDERS OF ALLAH
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Hadhrat Wahab Bin Munabbah (rahmatullah alayh) narrated that Allah Ta’ala commanded Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) to take some provisions and to set out on a journey to observe some wonders. Complying, Hadhrat Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) commenced the journey until he reached the shores of a sea. There he saw a black shepherd with a flock of sheep. Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) said: “Do you have water or milk?” The shepherd said: “Do you prefer water or milk?” Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) said: “Give me some water.”
The shepherd taking his staff went to a nearby rock. Addressing the rock he said: “O Rock! By virtue of Khaleelur Rahmaan (i.e. the Friend of Allah) gush out water.” Then he struck the rock with his staff. Miraculously, by the Power of Allah water gushed forth. He presented the water to Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam).
After drinking the water, Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) stared with astonishment at the shepherd who said: “Are you surprised at this?” Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) said: “How can I not be surprised. I have never seen something like this.” The shepherd said: “I shall narrate to you something more amazing than this. It has reached me that Allah Ta’ala has made a friend from among His Ambiya. Whenever I ask Allah Ta’ala for something by virtue of that Friend, my dua is accepted.” Nabi Ibraaheem said: “O Boy! I am that Khaleel (Friend of Allah).”
The shepherd, full of surprise, queried: “Are you that Friend of Allah?” Nabi Ibraareem (alayhis salaam) said: “Yes.” The shepherd let out a scream and dropped down dead. A Pillar of Noor (Celestial light) descended from the heaven and snatched the body of the shepherd. Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) could not determine whether the shepherd’s body was taken up to the heaven or whether it was buried underground.
Then, Nabi Ibraaheem (alayhis salaam) climbed the mountain. On top of the mountain he saw a house with two folding doors. When he entered, he found a dead man on a couch. At his headside was a board on which was written:
“I am Shaddaad Bin Aad. I lived for a thousand years, and I have defeated a thousand armies. I married a thousand women and I had a thousand sons. When I was near to my death, I assembled the best physicians in my dominion. But they were not able to save me from Maut. Therefore, whoever looks at me, he should not be deceived by the world. O people! Despise the world. You will not own more than what I had owned. You will not live longer than me. You will not accumulate (from the world) more than what I had accumulated. You will not have more children than the children bestowed to me. Know that the world is deception.”