In Qur'an: The Bible says that the effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. According to Becker (1990), the use of energy medicine to influence internal energy systems of the body may be traced back to the beginning of written history. Such kinds of practice can be seen in several eastern civilizations of that time. In his words: Several scientists have proposed the existence of energy to explain the experimental effects of healing touch. According to Weston (1998), healers have extensively reported energy flowing from their hands into the recipient. Some scientists even observed that human beings acted like electrical capacitors for healing energy. This healing energy, was of higher 8Hz frequency, stable, free flowing and with favorable information within the energy. The energy was informational, informationbearer, self-regulated and programmed to achieve certain goals. During the later part of the 19th century, Kilner (1965) discovered that by looking through glass screens stained with a particular dye, he could actually see the energy (aura) around the human body. The energy centers could alter in size, frequency, color and vibration when the individual is sick, fatigued, or emotionally disturbed. He was even successful in developing an entire system for diagnosing illness from the energy perspective long before the disease would manifest itself. Energy therapy, by employing ones hands, was thus favorable and accepted in revered medical institutions.

European clinical reports have documented energy and healing touch in treating immune deficiencies, gall bladder diseases, anxiety, hysteria, skin diseases, lung ailments, to name but a few. The Prophet (S) used to keep his hands on the chest or forehead of a sick person and recite Qur'anic verses or invocations, allowing the sick person to heal even faster. As he constantly repeated: This custom is widely practiced amongst the contemporary Muslims and many revere this act of healing. Truly, this is a fascinating science that Islam has taught to its followers hundreds of years ago. The relief that is brought about by this practice has been proven by science, as free flowing and favorable info-energy is introduced to the weak patient, and his or her blocked energy is neutralized. Of course, there are masters in this field who have spent decades perfecting this technique, and their healing powers are greater than one of us. Allah (SWT) made a similar call in another place in Qur'an, Chapter 41, Verse 44 in which Allah in His Infinite Mercy says that the Qur'an was sent to the believers as a guidance and cure.

The use of one's hands to heal has a significant and rich history often combined with religious practices. Today, most energy therapies are administered without attachment to any religious sect. Their aim is to balance the body's energy, introduce favorable info-energy (through meditation and/or prayer), and enhance the body's own healing response. Based on century old practices, their staying power and growing popularity speak to their effectiveness. There are scientific studies that provide further evidence.

For instance, research has documented increased chlorophyll in plants treated with healer-charged water. Studies have also documented increased oxygen in hemoglobin by up to 12% (Weston, 1998). Alpha range, eight-twelve frequencies a second, has also been reported dominating the recipient's brain waves as he or she receives the healer's energy, nearby or further way.

Therefore, the science of healing touch has been well documented by the medical community and in research hospital settings. Therapeutic Touch is believed to help promote relaxation, reduce pain, accelerate the healing process, and alleviate psychosomatic illness. The surgical significance of therapeutic touch is well established and respectively reviewed by Ramnarine-Singh (1999).

Grad's (1957) wounded mice experiment was the first scientific healing study, according to Weston (1998). After surgically removing one-half inch square of skin from the backs of 48 mice, Grad documented significantly increase wound healing rate in mice treated with healing energy from a therapeutic touch practitioner. His presentation appearing in several scientific journals, Benor in 1990 statistically evaluated 131 controlled trials on cells, enzymes, yeast, bacteria, plants, mice and humans. He demonstrated a positive effect of healing in more than fifty-five trials, with a significance level of p = .01 (Weston, 1998).

Apostle-Mitchell and MacDonald (1997) propose therapeutic touch as an adjunct to pharmacological intervention. According to these scientists, this mode of therapy is a non-invasive, holistic practice that promotes comfort, relaxation, stress reduction and healing. Clinical studies suggest that therapeutic touch prolong the interval between analgesics. The authors highlight a 10-year clinical experience of a critical care nurse practicing this treatment modality in a 30-bed critical care and trauma center. By tapping into certain frequency currents through the use of these tools, nurses may build, re-pattern, or facilitate human energy fields to replenish children's minds, bodies, and souls, creating wholeness and harmony.

Moss (1974) did an experiment whereby some participants held a damaged leaf in their hands and focused on healing the leaf. Before and after Kirlian photos were taken of the leaf and of a control leaf that was not touched. The participants even tried healing at a distance, where the participant simply focused his or her thoughts on the leaf in question without touching it. What Dr. Moss found was that the healed leaves had a brighter, freer flowing energy than the unhealed leaves whose energy appeared blocked. She also discovered that some leaves had responded negatively to touch from participants who were plant destroyers. Water has been reported to produce similar results in accordance to one's behavior. It is also well established that prayer from far away can yield significant therapeutic health effects on targeted patients, than do controls.

Wirth (1990) demonstrated that subjects who received five minutes of exposure from a non-contact therapeutic touch practitioner experienced a significant acceleration in the healing rate of identical wounds as compared with control subjects who received either no such exposure or exposure from fake energy therapist.

According to Goldner (2003), author of How People Heal, back in 1996 Michael Onstott, then 46, thought he was going to die. Sick with AIDS, he had only a few Tcells left in his body to fight deadly germs. Kaposi's sarcoma, a form of cancer, was spreading across his body, creating dark lesions everywhere. He was rapidly losing weight. He was deeply depressed. Two months later Onstott was putting on weight. The Kaposi's sarcoma had slowed down. His depression had lifted.

All of a sudden, he recalls being optimistic. He attributed his miraculously improved health to a new medication and anti-viral regimen. But doctors at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco had a far more shocking explanation, Onstott, one of 40 men and women in a ground-breaking double-blind study, had been receiving long distance healing energy an hour a day, six days a week, for ten weeks.

Onstott had no idea he had been receiving healings. Although he had signed up for the study, he never met or talked to a single healer. The healers and the patients never met each other. The healers were given the names of the patients and a photo to work with. While Onstott was in San Francisco, the healers were all over the country, some as far away as New York and Pennsylvania. The doctors overseeing the study wanted to control for the power of touch and the power of suggestion. They were trying to isolate the healing energy in a pure form.

Other studies have found that healers can influence plants, fungi, and even cancer cells in vitro, just by intention, even if the healer and the subject of the healing intention were in different rooms, cities or states, as Dr. Daniel Benoir notes in Healing Research. Recently, several double-blind studies of heart patients have looked at the power of prayer, considered a form of distance healing. These studies, including one published in the conservative research journal, Annals of Internal, Medicine on October 25, 1999, found that intercessory prayers significantly improved medical outcomes in the critically ill, even when they had no idea they were being prayed for by people they had never met. This result suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care, wrote the researchers, a group of doctors and scientists.

Present-day scientists have even invented machines that produce energy vibrating at a particular frequency to mimic the healing energy emitted from the hands of powerful and experienced healers. Machines like the Infrasonic Qi-Gong have achieved thorough medical attention and are widely employed in the treatment of asthma, indigestion, immune problems, leukemia, malignant tumor, and even cancer. The findings provide concrete evidence that the higher free flowing energy released can induce real physiological changes in a patient from several feet or even miles away. Further, this may help to explain the higher rate of recovery from degenerative disease in multitudes of hospital patients under the care of practitioners in energy medicine. These studies were carried out by several scientists and are listed in the book by Richard Lee (1999).

Praying for the sick people and those in need, however far they may be and unknown to the individual offering the prayer (just the name is mentioned), has been much encouraged and is a regular practice by Muslims, and science has now demonstrated that this act as not only important but effective. Jablonski (2000) quotes a thirteen-year series of experiments by Braud and Schiltz (1991) who demonstrated the human ability to mentally influence biological systems. This ability was effective regardless of distance or isolation of the subjects. Many controls were implemented to rule out error or extraneous influences.

Through intention, focused attention and visualization of desired outcomes, subjects were not only able to influence the other person's electro dermal activity, blood pressure, and muscular activity, but also increase the rate of hemolysis of human red blood cells. These experiments have been documented and considered laboratory analogs of mental healing and prayer. Attention is energy, says Alice (1996), energy flows where my attention goes. So, if I use my attention to focus on those areas, the energy begins to flow.

The Prophets (AS), the last Prophet of Islam Muhammad (S) and the Infallible (AS) have often been seen praying for the people mentioning their specific names and specific problems, and this practice can be observed in Muslims on a daily basis. Muslims often pray for the dead, the sick and all those who need help and assistance by name, and sometimes location. Now we understand that energy flow is true and takes place, and the final outcome is the deliverance of the sick person.

As mentioned, such combined prayer can also stop a tornado or earthquake, and all this from the energy and info-energy perspective - the earth does understand our plea, learns, store memories and acts accordingly. For instance (and as reported earlier), al-Sadiq (AS) says, Whosoever recites the chapter of al-Zilzal (from Qur'an) in his optional prayers will never be involved in an earthquake and he will not die by it. This link between Qur'an recitation to protection from natural and evil forces should be more clear.

However, in all cases, the final source of obedience is the Almighty and NOTHING will happen without the knowledge of Allah, the creator.

Chopra (1990) in his book Quantum Healing narrates that a Dr. Simonton had suggested and trained one of his cancer patients to visualize the tumor, and attack the cancer by visualizing his immune system as the white blood cells successfully attacking the cancer cells. The patient did the act required of him and managed to shrink his tumor growth and in two months, the tumor was gone.

The power of attention goes beyond the physical realm.

Weston (1998) reports that dozens of times, patients were diagnosed with cancer, but during surgery, only normal cells were found, with all symptoms disappearing. Some medically untreated ruptured discs became symptom free within twentyfour hours.

Redwood, the author of A Time to Heal - How to Reap the Benefits of Holistic Health, one of the pioneer works documenting the power of the mind in healing is Getting Well Again, a 1978 book by O. Carl Simonton, M.D., Stephanie Mathews- Simonton, and James Creighton. Dr. Simonton, a Radiation Oncologist, got his first inkling of the power of the mind in healing when he ran a research study of 152 cancer patients, and found that a positive attitude toward treatment was a better predictor of response to treatment than was the severity of the disease. This led Simonton in a new direction, in which he combined visualization exercises and counseling with the standard radiation therapy, and found that many of his cancer patients achieved outcomes far better than expected.

After learning a progressive relaxation exercise, in which they mentally relaxed their bodies step by step, the patients visualized their cancers being overwhelmed by tiny bullets of energy. Then, they pictured their weakened and dying cancer cells being flushed out through their livers and kidneys by their own white blood cells. Simonton's stunning results generated great controversy within the medical profession, since they confounded the then-current conventional wisdom that cancer was something that happens to people, something over which patients can have little or no personal control.

Simonton described his initial results as follows: After four years, the status of the patients still living was as follows: Simonton reminds us to keep in mind that 100 percent of these patients were considered medically incurable. These findings, which were published in theMedical Journal of Australia, stood the test of time. As detailed in Simonton's 1992 book The Healing Journey, follow-up reports were obtained on 98 percent of the patients in the original study, and their survival times were twice those achieved at the world's leading cancer centers. Skeptics have argued that Simonton, a man whose reputation has been built on using the power of the mind to facilitate physical healing in cancer patients, may not qualify as a credible and unbiased observer. And Simonton himself admits that due to limited funds, his initial study lacked the randomization, and a matched control population, necessary for maximum scientific credibility.

At the time of Simonton's initial studies, no scientifically unbiased research existed to demonstrate the powerful effect of the mind in surviving cancer. There is now such a study. In 1989, a controlled, randomized study on women with advanced breast cancer was published by researchers at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, led by Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford. They reported that rates of survival among those who received counseling were twice the national average, and their statistics matched Simonton's percentages almost exactly. Researchers who did not expect that counseling would have any effect on cancer survival rates conducted this study.

Within the last few years, the New York Times has listed as best sellers at least half-dozen books extolling the value of prayer in some form. Cover stories have appeared in popular magazines like Newsweek, and television programs such as Dateline NBC have devoted entire shows to this subject. In particular, physician Larry Dossey in his book Prayer is Good Medicine - How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer (1996) and Healing Words - The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine (1993) has popularized the notion that there is scientific evidence that prayer does work. This aspect is now being called distant intention - the ability to affect change at a distance through your thoughts.

One of the most exciting results reported was in a double blind experiment with people admitted to a coronary care unit. Patients who were the focus of a distant intention had fewer complications and required less medication than the people in the control group who did not receive prayer (distant intention).

The following results of other research efforts have confirmed the effects of distant attention and prayer: According to Dossey (1996): Previous studies suggest praying for patients in intensive care are beneficial, even if you do not know them. New research reveals praying for people with a blood infection shortens fevers and time spent in the hospital. Researchers from Israel analyzed more than 3,390 patients with a blood infection to see if prayer had an effect on their health. Patients were separated into two groups. One group received a short prayer for the well-being and full recovery from a person unknown to them. The other group did not receive prayer. Researchers compared the number of deaths, length of hospital stay, and how long fevers lasted between the groups.

In those patients who heard a prayer, death rate was about 28 percent compared to more than 30 percent in those patients who did not receive a prayer. Length of time spent in the hospital and fever duration was also shorter in the group who received a prayer. Authors concluded that prayer could significantly improve outcomes in those patients with a blood infection. Apparently, this intervention is cost effective, probably has no adverse effects, and should be considered for clinical practice.

Targ did a randomized, double blind study of what she calls distant healing, in which volunteers prayed for AIDS patients. Targ and her colleagues found that the prayed-for group had fewer hospital and physician visits than a control group and showed other indicators of improved health.

One study of 1,000 seriously ill men in veteran's administration hospitals found that religious coping, including prayer, decreased depression, though it did not prolong life span. A study of self-described Christian patients found that prayer accelerated recovery from depression caused by illness; a study of self-described Muslims found that prayer accelerated recovery from anxiety disorder, a mild form of clinical depression suffered by many people. Other academic, peer-reviewed studies have also found that prayer reduces depression.

In two separate other studies, a surprising correlation was observed between prayer and conception on the one hand, and longevity on the other. A team from Columbia University was amazed to discover that prayer appeared to double the chances of pregnancy in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatments. Women who were prayed for had a 50% pregnancy rate, compared with a 26% success rate among those for whom no one prayed (Cuvelier, 2002).

Apparently, several experiments on mental influences and prayer suggested that there are forces beyond the electromagnetic spectrum responsible for these interactions; for in some experiments related to plants, the leaves and branches responded even when placed in a Faraday cage that blocked and/or hindered penetration of electromagnetic waves (Tompkins and Bird, 1973). This influence is NOT nature or evolution, but Allah, the creator and designer of the universe Who allows these effects to take place and they do, even in the presence of so many obstacles.

Even though numerous theories may be offered as to the mechanism by which this healing occurs - the belief of the praying person in the power of the prayer itself may stimulate healing, as the placebo effect suggests, the relaxation response and the sense of self-efficacy gained through the act of praying may enhance the immune system. Despite these explanations of the mechanisms through which prayer promotes healing, there sometimes exists a facet of prayer and healing that defies rational explanation and seems to suggest the existence of a higher power (Hughes, 1997).

Weston (1998) summarizes the following scientific evidence of practical benefits of prayer and healing by touch: Shiite Islam and Rosary Prayer Beads
It is believed that making, using, and wearing prayer beads (made of plastic and sometimes, sacred stones) creates a tactile communication, linking our senses to universal prayer energy. The first beads were grooved pebbles, bones, and teeth - made over 40,000 years ago - and had talismanic and symbolic connotations from the beginning.

Beads officially sanctioned as instruments of prayer have been an important fixture of most spiritual traditions for centuries. And most of the world's inhabitants - nearly two-thirds of the planet's population - pray with beads (Shannon & Wiley, 2003), including many religions like Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and so forth.

In one study, Italian and Polish researchers studied the effect of a rosary prayer and yoga in heart beat patterns. Researchers measured the breathing rate and blood pressure in 23 healthy participants during normal talking and during a rosary prayer. They also recorded breathing patterns while participants repeatedly performed a typical yoga pose. Results showed both prayer and yoga caused significant increases in heart rhythm. Researchers conclude, Rhythm formulas that involve breathing at six breaths per minute induce favorable psychological and possibly physiological effects. These studies have been reported in detail in the British Medical Journal 2000, 323. Pages 1446 to 1451.

It is a common practice observed in Shiite Muslims to perform Tasbih of Fatima al-Zahra (the daughter of the Prophet (S), after every prayer. It involves repeating 34 times ALLAHU AKBAR, 33 times ALHAMDU LILLAH and 33 times SUBHAN ALLAH. While reciting these phrases and repeating them, a rosary (some are even made using the earth from where al-Husain (AS) was martyred) is used in which there are 100 prayer beads for the 100 phrases. This act is very similar to the above research and no doubt, this practice reaps the same benefits.

Ali once said to Fatima al-Zahra, when he saw the signs of great hardship and suffering on her, What if you go to your father to ask for a servant to relieve you a little? She refused, as she was shy to ask the Prophet of Allah for such request. Therefore, when they arrived, it was Ali (AS) who said to the Prophet (S), She grinded with the mill until her hands became hard, and it affected her chest, and swept the house until her clothes became dusty. However, the Prophet (S) replied: With this Tasbih, Fadhlullah al-Husain writes in his book Fatima al-Ma'sumah - a Role Model for Men and Women that: It is reported that a man went to see Imam al-Sadiq (AS). The Imam started to talk with him but he did not hear what the Imam (AS) said and complained to him about having difficulty hearing well. Imam Sadiq (AS) said: According to the Prophet and the Aimmah - who speak nothing but what they are inspired by Allah, the Tasbih of Fatima is the best thing in this world and the best form of praise to the Almighty, and a way to remember Allah a great deal (al-Qur'an - Chapter 33, Verse 35, 41). It is better than 1000 units of Salat and culminates the entire dhikr (remembrance) of Allah.

The reasons why specific gemstones, certain prayer with specific intention, prayer taking the names of the Infallible (for whom, the whole of creation was created and have powers over the entire creation, be it the tiniest of bacteria) so on, so forth, have a direct effect on certain specific energy centers in the body (thus making a physiological change or produce a healing in those areas) have already been explored.

It is now understandable that instead of assistance, the Prophet gifted his daughter with the tasbih (repeated phrases praising Allah) to give her strength and endurance. We can appreciate the relationship between the performance of the Tasbih of Fatima al-Zahra and its positive effects on the surrounding fields of energy, in particular its effect on centers of energy related to physical strength.

Tasbih has also been observed and commented by the Aimmah (AS) to cure several ailments - the tradition above suffices.

Ayatullah Sayyid Shahbuddin al-Mar'ashi (one of the great scholars of understanding in the history of Islam) wrote the following will to his children: Apparently, these recitations emit energy that has the ability to interact and even provide sustenance to angels in the heavens. According to al- Sadiq (AS), rosary beads made from the earth where al-Husain (AS) was martyred perform glorifications themselves (the beads, being Inanimate, perform glorification of the Almighty before one does the act of praise). The Aimmah (AS) have also commented that like Salat and other acts/thoughts, the Tasbih of Fatima Zahra (AS) will also bear weight on the scale (energy into matter) on the Day of Judgment, and this form of remembrance of Allah will be considered supreme.

al-Baqir (AS) has said: as-Sadiq (AS) was asked a question in relation to making the tasbih with the dirt of two particular places and which one was better - the dirt around the grave of Hamza or (from the grave of) Imam Husain ibn Ali (AS)? The Imam (AS) replied: Prostrating on the dirt from the grave of Imam Husain (AS) radiates Celestial Light up to the seventh Earth. The person who has a tasbih, which is made from the dirt of the grave of Imam Husain (AS) in his possession, will be counted as being one who glorifies Allah, even if he is not doing the act of tasbih with the beads!

There is a narration which states that, Whenever the heavenly individuals see Angels who are going towards the Earth for some work, they see that they use the tasbih which has been made with the dirt of the grave of Imam Husain (AS) to find their way around the Earth.

The Tasbih is, therefore an act of divine origin, and the rosary beads made from the earth where al-Husain (AS) was martyred are living and conscious. Not only the beads themselves perform the act of glorification, but:

The Messenger of God (S) once said: Why Muslims Breath-Out into Water and give it to the Sick?
Ali (AS), the Commander of the Faithful says in his Peak of Eloquence, Sermon 196: Allah, the Most Sublime is so merciful that during the month of Ramadhan, even one's breath praises and glorifies Allah, and so the breath is conscious, as is every creation in the universe. Further, water also has for long been used as a healing medium and the Prophets and the Infallible have trained us to do the same. Siegel (1994) writes in her book Eyes of The Jaguar that she observed one of the Shamanic healing techniques in which the healer sucked the illness out of the sick person using water as a medium.

Weston (1998) writes: He quotes a 1986 study in his book, How Prayer Heals examining the infrared absorption spectra of water placed in sealed vials and treated by fourteen different healers. Statistically significant variation in the pattern of an infrared spectrophotometer analysis was observed between healer-treated water versus controlled water samples. These changes were attributed to alterations in the chemical bond characteristics between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms in the water molecule. Further, healer-treated water has been accounted for and documented to significantly increase seed and plant growth in several studies.

Even when the water was stored for two years, the energy fields and the strength to cause a transformation remained the same. This aspect is well explained below under the homeopathy section. Healer charged items like water; cotton and wool have also been documented and researched to improve the quality and frequency of the receiver's energy fields. As we already know from Schwartz and Russek (1991) that water is able to collect histories as they live, it becomes clear why homeopathic medicine works and is effective. This is because homeopathic products are significantly water based and the explanation given is that water can store energy and information (water can have memory and store experiences).

Homeopathic medicines go through an intensive dilution process whereby the original ingredients are diluted in water. Some of the medicines are so dilute that virtually no physical molecules of the original material dissolved in the water can be measured. Apparently, the information and energy of the dissolved (medicinal) materials still remains in active form, and can be used to help cure disease. Water, therefore, can remember and retain the curative nature of the original ingredients. No wonder, why the scholars of Islam insist on drinking from another Muslim's left-over food or drink.

A Brief Note on Zam Zam and Holy Water
The idea of holy water takes on a new plausibility (Schwartz and Russek, 1999). The systemic memory process and the experiment by Reid (1987) mentioned earlier explain the possibility of water retaining such kinds of curative memory and history. The water of Zam Zam in Makkah, a well founded by the struggle of the son of Prophet Ibrahim's (AS) centuries ago is reported to possess significant healing properties due to the contact these pure souls had with the water.

Persons who visit this great well, which is near the vicinity of the Ka'bah, also have to be pure. Many other practices allowed in other areas like hunting and uprooting plants, are not permitted in the vicinity of the Ka'bah. This aspect of the House of Allah being kept in the purest form has been explored already, and so the surrounding fields of energy of the water and the well are highly favorable.

Muslims are further advised to recite a few couplets of prayer and meditation before, during and after drinking such water. These acts develop and maintain the higher states of vibration and introduce pure, unadulterated info-energy within the energy system of the water of Zam Zam. It is also possible that the water of Zam Zam has been ordered by Allah to become a healing agent whenever one asks for a cure. Allah is the final source and judge. It is thus said: Ali formed a well near the Baratha Mosque, after he returned from the battle of Nahrwan. Passing through this place, when Ali (AS) and his companions needed water for drink and ablution, Imam (AS) pushed a rock aside from the place and water gushed out of the earth, gushing out even this day. The public, as a source of healing water, is also using this water.

Emoto (2004) writes that such healing waters do exist and they do have the ability to impart powerful info-energy to the person drinking that water. One example he gives is the Lourdes in France, which is said to have healing powers, filled with the feelings of appreciation by the mother Mary.

On The Well of Zam Zam: The book, Hidden Messages in Water explores water's susceptibility to human words, emotions and thoughts. Japanese scientist Masaru Emoto has been researching this new field of science by freezing samples of water that have been exposed to either positive or negative words, emotions and music. Through photographs, Dr. Emoto has found that water exposed to positive influences produces beautiful, perfectly formed crystals, while water exposed to negativity produces ugly, malformed crystals.

Because the worlds and our bodies are both composed of 70% water, the power to change the essence of water means that humans have the power to evoke change on a global or personal scale, by way of water.

Water, as we know it, is intelligent and can store memories. A good example from this world is the oceans wherein the salt water flows side by side with sweet water and they do not mix. The two kinds of water must be intelligent and store memories in order to avoid interaction; and it may be the order from Allah, the creator of these waters, never to mix. Water can understand and apprehend these kinds of orders and also fulfill their responsibilities. Earlier we mentioned that drinking water in seven sips can stop hiccups and this order to the water can be a direct result of an order from Allah, the creator of all things, seen or unseen; experienced or not; felt or unfelt. The human energy system, as we have noted, also works in a similar fashion and can fulfill hundreds of responsibilities at any given time. Clearly, intelligence is involved. Allah makes a similar call in al-Qur'an, Chapter 27, Verse 61.

It is now evident why Muslims have been advised to recite chapters of Qur'an (in particular the chapter of al-Hamd), invocations and meditate, and as they increase the vibrant nature of their energy centers, they breathe out into food or even a glass of water and give it to the sick person to eat or drink. This way the food/water is able to retain the free flowing and stable fields of energy, and favorable info-energy for as long as it takes, and pass it on to the needy person.

Emoto (2004) actually has shown a remarkable difference generated in the water crystals when the water is shown different words, such as Gratitude/Angel or Stupid/Satan - REGARDLESS of the language. He also describes from his experiments, that water exposed to Thank You formed beautifully hexagonal crystals and when exposed to harsh and negative words the water barely formed any crystals. Emoto (2004) concludes that water is a good source as a transporter of energy, and also has the power and ability to copy information. The Prophet (S) once said to Jabir, son of Abdullah al-Ansari (RA): The Prophet (S) has also said: al-Sadiq (AS):

A Brief Continuation on Qur'an - The Source of Cure

In Man La Yahdhuruhul-Faqih, the Messenger said to Ali:

Imam Ali taught his companions: In Usul Kafi Muhammad bin Yahya has quoted Ali: It is widely known that Muslims write verses of Qur'an using saffron and wash the verses with water. The water is then given to the sick or even the healthy for intercession and repelling ailments. Since these verses are divine writings, vibrate, are alive and conscious and contain significantly higher-charged energy fields and favorable info-energy, the effect on a person's network of energy, levels of vibration of the fields and overall health cannot be ignored.

Similar applies to the names of Allah (SWT), the Infallible (AS), and the Prophets (AS). For the same reason, these writings are to be revered and not touched with impure hands, or without ablution, so the approach to these writings are pure, like the approach to the Ka'bah.

Emoto (2004) in his book Hidden Messages in Water, writes from his experiments that water crystals were as perfect when exposed to written words with positive expressions, and barely formed crystals or formed malformed crystals when exposed to harsh words expressing negative expressions such as Stupid/Satan. This clearly means that written words do vibrate and have an effect on people/ objects close by. The written words themselves actually emit a unique vibration of a certain kind.

We have noted that Qur'an stores significantly higher energy, freer flowing and unadulterated info-energy, and its verses have to vibrate at a significantly higher rate of vibration for them to cause a transformation and be curative by nature. The Qur'an is reported to store such scheming info-energy that even the info-energy and energy fields of mountains cannot withstand and may shutter into pieces in its presence. Clearly, the info-energy of the mountain cannot withstand the power of the Qur'an as it knows the book is from Allah, its creator, and contains unmeasured powers. On the other hand, the rate of vibration within Qur'an would be strong enough to bring down the mountain into pieces as the energy of the mountain is forced to lower its charge, and humbles itself.

There is a sentence in the Samat Supplication, which says: The influence of the powerful nature of gemstones on the energy of a weak human body has already been mentioned. The markings of the Prophet's feet on hardened rock has already been explored, and his power over the mountains. Many such incidents have been mentioned and will be noted in later sections as well. In brief, the mountains, being conscious and intelligent would give way to Qur'an, a revelation from its Master and Lord Almighty and break into pieces (in fear of Allah) when in contact with the Book of Allah. In Qur'an, even the skin of a person is conscious and fearful of Allah. As we have noted, the skin will also be our witness on the Day of Judgment. For the above reason, and the power of Qur'an and its verses, no one is allowed to handle it without ablution or having washed oneself. The physical, mental and behavioral approach to Qur'an has forever been pure and the reason why the book of Allah stores within itself the highest vibratory nature possible, and the purest information within this energy surrounding the book of Allah. This aspect has already been explored but it suffices to quote again the following verse from the Qur'an: Further, no object or book may be placed on top of Qur'an. This act may interfere with the rate of vibration of the Qur'an and may even compromise the higher rates of vibration and energy within the Book of Allah. Thus, only Qur'an may be kept on top of Qur'an. There is also a high possibility that the info-energy of other books and objects can adulterate Qur'an's divinely pure info-energy. Further, no object or book can claim superiority to Qur'an by being placed on top of it.

For the same reasons, Qur'an should not be kept on top of television sets and places where alcohol or impure items are consumed, or even where music is played. This is exactly why Prophet Suleiman always removed his ring (with the name Ali) whenever he visited the lavatory, and why the Prophet and the Infallible never had a shadow in case their own shadow appeared in front of them and claimed superiority over them. Undoubtedly, the vibration and information in these fields of energy do have a communicative effect.

A Brief Note on Holy Shrines and Sacred Garments
The same applies to garments kept on religious walls and shrines (the graves within where the Infallible are buried), and their replica. The approach to these shrines is as pure as the approaches to the Qur'an or the Ka'bah. As these objects collect and store higher vibrations of energy, the restorative nature of the garment becomes helpful to the person given the garment. This behavior is widely practiced by Muslims throughout the world. The memories within the energy fields of curing ailments would also be present inside these info-energy centers.

According to Weston (1998), healing energy acts as do holy relics, the bones, the clothes and possessions of noted religious persons. These agents have been documented in spiritual, religious, as well as research settings to heal with their stored high frequency energy. According to authentic and reliable historians, a person was observed to cause rainfall by mere prayers, when it was concluded that that person always held in his hands a part of the bone from one of the Prophets of Islam.

The prayer of the person and the bone was able to communicate with the clouds and the prayer was answered. In one way, the clouds were able to understand and respond to the request. A similar incident is mentioned to explain the ring with the name Ali inscribed on it that gave unmeasured powers to Prophet Suleiman. Of course, Allah is the Final Power to cause or refuse any comings and goings.

Apparently, history narrates that Prophet Yusuf (AS) recited a few verses from Qur'an and breathed out onto a piece of cloth. This cloth (with now increased vibrations, free flowing energy, and favorable info-energy) was sent to his father When the father of Prophet Yusuf (AS) applied the cloth over his ailing eyes, his father's eyesight was returned after being blind from chronic shedding of tears and crying over the disappearance of his son, Yusuf (AS).

With the assistance of Allah, the higher vibrations and healing energy, with information to return his fathers eyesight within the cloth returned the eyesight of his father that had been lost. We have noted earlier that gemstones have been researched to transform and heal certain specific energy centers with the body. According to Dr. Kazim Dhalla (2006): Another good example involves garments that have been kept on the walls of the Ka'bah in Makkah, and/or the holy shrines, and given to the sick for their therapeutic nature. Embracing these holy shrines and the Stone of al-Ka'bah can also be curative. Many times, sick and disabled people have been reported and observed cured or their disease lessened because of their contact with these garments and holy shrines. Visiting such places has also been strongly advised. Shiite Muslims visit these shrines and go for pilgrimage several times during their lives. The reasons and benefits are now clear. Shamans have been observed to embrace such stones known by millions in the world to possess power and high vibratory nature. These stones have already been mentioned.

It is reported in authentic traditions that Archangel Fitrus (AS) received blessings and got his wings (and thus ability to fly) back to serve the Almighty after being disciplined for laziness. This happened by just touching his wings and body with the cradle in which al-Husain (AS) was resting. This event took place on the birthday of al-Husain (AS), and the advice to Fitrus to touch the cradle (the body in other narrations) and receive mercy was from the Prophet (S) himself. Apparently, the energy within the cradle and body was vibrant enough to bring about a physical change in Fitrus's body.

In al-Amali by al-Mufid, al-Saduq quotes al-Sadiq as saying that: al-Majlisi (1627) reports in Hayatul-Qulub that the shirt of the last Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S) was also powerful in many ways. Apparently, the shirt had the healing ability to deliver all the 1, 24,000 Prophets (AS) from their calamities. The Most High, Allah (SWT) accepted the penitence of Adam (AS) on account of this Shirt; Prophet Yusuf was brought again before the face of Ya'qub, and Yunus by its favor, was saved from the stomach of the fish, which swallowed him. This shirt of contentment was made of six gems - ruby, pearl, yellow crystal, emerald, red coral and the Light from the Lord of the Universe.