Taba Tabai (1991) writes in one of his articles published in Light Within Me, that one of the characteristics of a high human position (Gnosticism) is that it enables the individual holding it to comprehend the divine kingdoms according to his capacity. He gains the knowledge of the past and the future of the universe and can dominate and control everything, everywhere. It seems that the Prophets and the Infallible have this authority and position.

al-Majlisi (1627) writes that the Archangel Jibraeel (AS) once remarked to the Prophet (S) that all things were subjected to his command. The Prophet (S) then ordered the moon to cleave into half and it did. He then restored it to its original shape.

It is reported those five years before the Immigration of the Prophet (S) from Makkah to Madina, the heathens of Makkah came to the Prophet (S) and asked him to split the moon if he was an Apostle. The Prophet (S), with his finger pointed towards the moon, split it into two parts. The son of Masud says that he saw the peak of the Mount Hira interposing between the two parts of the Moon. Then the people wanted the two parts joined together and it was done. Some of the Jews were convinced of this great act and miracle and embraced Islam. Travelers from Sham and Yemen coming back from their journey also confirmed this event.

Dr. Najjar relates that a British Muslim young man who introduced himself as Daud Moussa Peetcock, head of the British Islamic Party, once reported the following: They continued: A case in point - If Allah allows it, it is therefore possible to halt, split or even move the sun or moon.

Apparently, the Christians report a similar incident in the Book 10 - Verses 12-13, of Joshua: The above incidence is widely accepted by Christians as well as Muslim scholars.

It is reported that during the event of Ghadir (when the Prophet was returning back from his last pilgrimage to the House of Allah, and he selected Ali as his first successor) there were hundreds of thousands of people who had to shake hands with Ali to endorse their belief and acceptance of Ali as the first successor to the Prophet. It is reported that all of this was done and completed in one afternoon. Several scholars in Islam believe that the sun was ordered to halt and not orbit around the earth as it usually does, so the afternoon was longer and each present individual completed the endorsements. It is possible that Allah ordered the sun in His Infinite Power, or even the Prophet himself (or Ali) communicated with the energy of the sun and ordered it to not move until the endorsements were complete. This feat was easy for the Prophet and the Infallible, as it was for Joshua.

Based on the above citations and experiences (more to follow), we can accept the fact that the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (S) split the moon into half, and his first successor Ali (AS) moved the sun - possibly by just resonating with the frequency of these stars.

In regards to the Prophet moving the sun from its original place, al-Mufid narrates a tradition from Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, after mentioning a long list of authentic narrators of this tradition: al-Majlisi (1627) writes that once the Prophet (S) sent Ali on a business and he did not return till the hour of afternoon prayer had passed. When Ali came back he laid his head on the lap of the Prophet (S) when the Prophet ordered the Sun to return back several degrees so Ali could offer his prayer on time. Ali (AS) also performed this miracle for the Prophet (S).

al-Mufid writes in Kitab al-Irshad that among the wonderful signs which God, the Exalted, has brought forth through the hands of the Commander of the faithful, Ali bin Abi Talib, is one, the reports of which have become widespread among the biographers and historians. The poets have composed verses about this when he sent back the sun (to its earlier position) on two occasions, once during the life of the Prophet and another time after his death.

The account of it being sent back on the first occasion has been reported by Asma daughter of Umays, Umme Salama, the wife of the Prophet (S), Jabir al-Ansari, Abu Saeed al-Khudri and a group of the Companions.

One day the Prophet (S) was in his house and Ali (AS). The Prophet (S) was in front of him when Jibraeel (AS) came to him to speak privately to him about Allah. When inspiration closed in upon him, he used the thigh of the Commander of the Faithful (AS) as a pillow. He did not raise his head from it until the sun had set. Thus he compelled the Commander of the Faithful (AS) (to remain) in that position. So he prayed the afternoon prayer sitting, giving a nod (with his head) for his bowing and prostration. When (the Apostle) awoke from his trance, he said to the Commander of the faithful, Have you missed the afternoon prayer?

I could not pray it standing because of your position, Apostle of God, and the circumstances of hearing inspiration which I was in, he answered.

Ask God to send the sun back for you so that you may pray it standing at its proper time just as (it was) when you missed being able to do it, he told him. God, the Exalted, will answer you because of your obedience to God and to His Apostle.

The Commander of the Faithful (AS) asked God to send back the sun. It was sent back for him so that it came into its position in the sky at the time for the afternoon prayer. The Commander of the Faithful (AS), prayed the afternoon prayer at its proper time. Then it set.

In another incident, it is being sent back for him after the Prophet (S) wanted to cross the Euphrates at Babylon; many of his followers were occupied in taking their animals and baggage across. He (S) prayed the afternoon prayer himself with a group who were with him. The people did not finish their crossing and many of them missed the time of the prayer. The people recalled the merit of being together for that (prayer) and they spoke about that. When he heard their talk about it, he asked God to send back the sun so that all his followers might be together to perform the afternoon prayer at its proper time.

God, the Exalted, answered him by sending back the sun for him. The horizons became such as they are for the time of the afternoon prayer. When the people had said the final greeting (at the end of the prayer), the sun disappeared and a violent throbbing was heard from it which terrified the people. They became profuse in their glorification of God, in their declarations of His uniqueness, and in seeking forgiveness from Him, and in praising God for the favour which He had shown to them.

The reports of that have reached the (distant) horizons and its account is widespread among the people. Concerning that al-Sayyid bin Muhammad al-Himyari (AR) recited:

Different narrations have been mentioned attesting to these facts and this means that we either have these miracles performed more than once, or the same miracles explained in a different manner.

Some historians further believe that Ali (AS) would never miss his timely prayers and that he prayed in the sitting position and then prayed again when his attendance to the Prophet (S) was over. Or, the miracle was performed just because they had to in order to convince the unbelievers. Mir Ahmed Ali writes that Dhikr/Salat does not refer to compulsory prayers, because a prophet would not be forgetful of such prayers.

There are three explanations to these miraculous events. From the info-energy perspective, the explanation is simply that the Prophet ordered the moon (since it is intelligent and understands orders - especially from its master) to cleave and it did. The Prophet (S) was able to communicate with the information within the energy of the moon and ordered it to split into two so the miracle could be performed.

Second, the Islamic perspective is that the Prophet just prayed to Allah for this miracle. As we are aware, nothing transpires in this entire universe without the knowledge and will of Allah, and Allah has personally linked Himself to many miracles to prove His Existence.

Third and final explanation, and again from the energy perspective, the Prophet (S) was simply able to resonate with the frequency of the moon, and with the movements of his fingers he was able to disturb and interfere with the moon's vibration and make it unstable. This way, the moon would move and/or split because of unsteady and unstable energy frequencies introduced to the Moon (or Sun) by the Prophet. This aspect is explained in details below.

A Possible Explanation
Nikola Tesla, one who invented AC current and AC generators that empower humankind, actually envisioned collapsing and breaking up buildings through the gentle power of what may be called as Sympathetic Vibration or Resonance, or what Nikola called Mechanical Resonance. Since everything was vibrating, as we have noted in earlier sections, if specific sympathetic information and energy was added to each vibration, this could most certainly accentuate the natural vibrations that the target naturally expressed. He even applied this theory to skyscrapers.

A good example that Schwartz and Russek (1999) provide involves swinging a child. First, you apply a soft force; the child begins to swing back and forth. You add a push with each cycle of the swing, as you're sympathizing with the vibration. Little by little, the child swings out further and further. However, the main part of this operation is to synchronize one's swinging with the cycle of the swing, and to resonate with it. Once you are able to resonate with the swing of the child, each synchronized push will swing the child further and further.

So, if one's goal were to bring down a huge building, you would first measure the subtle, spontaneous swaying of that particular building and begin to shift your weight in synchrony with the building. Once you are able to resonate with the building's rate of vibration, you may add a gentle, synchronized force as the building swayed each time. Since your force would add to the building's rate, frequency and direction of its vibration, the building would continue to swing in the direction of your force until it is no longer balanced and falls over. According to Schwartz and Russek (1999), if gentle sympathetic vibrations are consistently added through positive feedback for weeks and weeks, it is statistically possible that certain buildings could collapse.

Tesla, back in 1988 had apparently created shambles all around a building, broke steel, and all of this with just small equipment, an oscillator or vibrator, which recognizes and resonates with the frequencies of an intended object. He also tried this approach trying to bring down an empty building, ten stories high. He was able to develop cracks in the structure and the steelworkers at the time came down the building thinking there was an earthquake. Rumors spread that the building was about to fall and the police were called. Tesla says that the building could have been brought down with just ten more minutes of resonating, and adding vibrations to the building's vibration. Tesla even noted that he could bring down the Brooklyn Bridge in less than an hour and in the same manner, with just an oscillator.

Tesla even boasted to be able to split the earth in the same way. He even studied the earth's vibrations. In only a few weeks, he said he could set the earth's crust in such a state of vibration that the earth would raise hundreds of feet, throwing rivers and wrecking buildings. He postulated that since the earth's vibrations had a periodicity of about one hour and forty-nine minutes, then as soon as the earth begins to contract, he explodes a ton of dynamite. In one hour and forty-nine minutes, there would come an equally accelerated wave of expansion, as he will have interfered with the earth's vibrations and begin resonating with it, adding explosions to it.

For this reason, he was known as a mad inventor. However, Tesla concluded that even though the principle could not fail, it would be impossible to establish a perfect mechanical resonance of the earth.

The Prophets and The Infallible, and Their Intelligent, Powerful and Dominating Relationship with Nature

Mir Ahmed Ali writes in his Commentary to the Qur'an that during the Event of Mubahila the Christians had the following to say about the five purest of souls - Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan and al-Husain:

In al-Kafi - Volume 1, Page 441, al-Kulayni reports that Abu Ja'far said:

al-Sadiq, the sixth Shiite Infallible continues:

After invoking Allah, al-Jibouri (1987) writes that He, in His Might and Power, even moved back the sun on the prayer of Prophet Suleiman so that he could offer his afternoon prayers. Prophet Suleiman communicated with the earth, winds, and the animal species and ruled the satanic world, and Prophet Dawud also communicated with the mountains and birds. Prophet Suleiman did have command on the entire creation. Prophet Dawud (AS) had the power to soften iron and make iron-coats for use in battles. Prophet Isa (AS) had powerful healing touch abilities during his time.

With regards to Prophet Suleiman (AS), it is recorded in history that once he was just about to invoke Allah (SWT) for rain when he met an ant that had already prayed to Allah (SWT) for rain. Instantly, rain fell and all animals and humans benefited from the drought.

In another instance, the Prophet Suleiman's army of men was interrupted by an ant (whose name was Takhia) who thought the people of Prophet Suleiman would crush them and ordered all the ants to move away from the army and into the holes. Wind carried what everyone said to Prophet Suleiman's ears and he heard this statement by the ant from three miles away. Instantly, Prophet Suleiman remarked to the ant that he was a Prophet and sinless and that he would never step on an ant and kill it. The ant remarked that it was the people of Prophet Suleiman that they feared and not Prophet Suleiman. In Qur'an, this whole event is discussed in Chapter 27, Verses 17-19.

Apparently, a miracle was reported in the Hyderabad newspaper in India (December 5th, 2004) that a local man Faruq Ali found out that the termites had eaten-up all the Urdu translation of the Qur'an and left the Arabic text of the Qur'an intact. The Urdu translation was printed under the Arabic text and lines of Urdu text were eaten and the termites did not eat the Arabic text that were below and parallel. This clearly explains a relationship between the energy and understanding of termites and the information within the energy of the Arabic text of Qur'an. We have observed these instances before in relation to the flood and water not approaching the Ka'bah, mother of Ali and breaking-up of the Ka'bah, Ali and the massive door of Khaybar, and so forth.

During one of Prophet Suleiman's times, he asked his followers to bring the Queen of Sheba and her entire throne to him, which was thousands of miles away. One of the Jinn named Ifrit replied affirmative and said he would be able to bring the throne before Prophet Suleiman completed his briefings.

Asif, son of Barkhiyya, was just another person and vowed to bring the throne in the blink of an eye, and he did it. It is reported in authentic traditions that Asif (brother of Prophet Suleiman) had in his possession that Name of Allah that Prophet Suleiman taught him, and the Name that made the whole universe subservient to whosoever utters it. According to Mir Ahmed Ali (1988);

Commenting on this verse, Mir Ahmed Ali (1988) writes that Asif mentioned the Name of Allah and it was Ali who brought the entire throne to Prophet Suleiman in the background. The throne was 1,400 miles oneway, 2,800 miles return, but Ali brought the throne for Asif in less than one second and fulfilled the query of Prophet Suleiman. This tradition is from the Prophet (S) himself and is quoted by many authentic historians. One of the books is Khulasatul-Minhaj of Tha'labi, a renowned Sunni commentator. After attributing this act to Ali, the Prophet further said:

In his words, Mir Ahmed Ali (1988) says that after Prophet Suleiman asked that the throne of Bilqis be brought to her:

According to al-Khumeini (AR) in his article - Allah and His Glory, he says:

According to Shaykh Muhammad Baig (2006 - personal communication):

The second verse which denotes the throne being brought in-front of Prophet Suleiman (AS) in the twinkling of an eye is from a person named Asif who had knowledge FROM the Book (Qur'an); whilst Ali contains knowledge of the Book and is Qur'an himself.

Mir Ahmed Ali in his commentary of the above two verses writes:

According to Allamah Taba Tabai in his Qur'an Exegesis, al-Mizan, Abu Saeed al-Khudri says:

I asked the Prophet (S) about the Qur'anic phrase, said he with who was knowledge from the Book, (which is found in the story of Suleiman). He answered, He was the inheritor of my brother Suleiman and replaced him. I inquired, Whom is it (the above verse) talking about and to whom allusions are being made? He answered:

Muslim scholars have quoted the author of Atyab al-Bayan that:

As mentioned, one other explanation is that this whole universe and its contents were created for the love of the Infallible (AS). It is, therefore, conceivable that these objects humbly recognize the presence of the Infallible, or any loved Prophet of Allah (Peace be on all of them). The universe and all its stars, moons, galaxies, mountains, and so forth, all humble themselves and allow them to be maneuvered and controlled accordingly, because the order is from the master. Even organisms that cause illness can be invoked on behalf of the Prophets and Infallible. We have noted earlier that praying on behalf of the Infallible is more favorable just because every THING was created out of their love and under their control.

The Prophet (S) has said:

In Hadith al-Kisa, Tradition of the Cloak, a well-respected narrative quoted by many scholars of Islam as authentic:

Authors have written this Event of the Blanket from the Shiite and Sunnite faith.

Abdullah bin Masud quotes the Messenger of Allah having said:

al-Kadhim (AS) has said that when Allah created the Infallible (AS), he then created EVERYTHING else; the whole universe. He then ordered ALL of the creation to be subservient to any and all requests that the Infallible make. al-Sadiq says that all the laws of creation and even the flower blooms because of the love of Muhammad and his blessed family (AS).

According to Tha'labi, the Prophet said:

We have noted earlier that al-Mahdi (AS), the awaited savior is the reason for the mercy shown for the inhabitants of this world and we no longer face severe and fatal punishments and calamities that people in previous centuries had to go through. Apparently, all the laws of creation and life itself would collapse if there is no living Infallible Imam present in this world. The whole world and its contents would sense the absence of the Imam (AS) and they would stop functioning all together.

The living 12th Imam al-Mahdi is thus present and in occultation, and his energy is sensed by the whole world, the entire and the tiniest of creation, and everything in the world has a reason to operate in a manner prescribed by Allah (SWT). This is in direct reference to Ali when he said to Kumayl that the universe and all its governing laws would fall into pieces if the leader of the time was not present. al- Mahdi is, therefore, the proof over the entire creation.

In the Invocation of Adeelah:

al-Sajjad (AS) remarks the following in his Invocation for Praise and Laudation of Allah, in Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya:

al-Majlisi (AR) reports in Hayatul-Qulub that Allah created the Empyrean from the light of the Prophet (S) (and therefore the whole Empyrean is subservient to him); He created the angels from the light of Ali (AS) (and the angels are subservient to Ali (AS); He created the heavens and the earth from the light of Fatima (AS) - wife of Ali, and daughter of the Prophet (S) - and whatever is in them is obedient to Fatima (AS). Finally, Allah created the sun and moon from the light of al-Hasan and the heavenly ladies from the light of al-Husain (AS) - the two grandsons of the Prophet (S), and made them superior and obedient to their commands.

It is now clear how easy it is for the Infallible to take control over every-THING in this universe, be it the moon in space, or the tree in a forest - particularly so if the moon was created from the energy of al-Hasan, and the entire contents on the earth from the energy of Fatima. No wonder Shiite Muslims always pray on behalf of these blessed souls as they have a direct and indirect (through Allah only) relationship with ALL creation.

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, when you raise your hands in Qunut for an obligatory prayer, recite the following invocation:

It is further reported that during Me'raj (the Ascension), the Prophet heard repeatedly the phrase - I am Ever-Longing for Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan and al-Husain - and the Prophet asked as to whom this caller was? The Archangel Jibraeel informed the Prophet that as soon as the Heaven was created (during the early days of creation) it started uttering the above phrase and has repeatedly done so for millennia. It seems that the Heaven is eagerly waiting for the Infallible to make it their final and eternal abode.

Once the Prophet (S) told Imam Ali:

On the birth of Ali (AS), the Ka'bah is reported to exclaim that it would now be cleansed (off all the idols).

Using the same explanation, it is how Prophet Musa (AS) delivered his people from the Pharaoh of that time by parting the seawater, either by resonating with the frequencies of the energy fields within the water and added his own frequency, or by a simple command to the water to part. Whatever the case, the energy of the water had to recognize and communicate with Prophet Musa.

As per Qur'an: The Prophet (S) performed the same miracle when he and his followers were in a predicament. al-Majlisi (1627) reports that as the Prophet's battalion marched to the battle of Hunayn, they came to a river, whose depth was fourteen fathoms. Muhammad (S) dismounted his camel and prayed to his lord for a miracle, and soon the whole army was able to walk over water and not even the hoofs of the horses were wetted in the passage. The science on this aspect has already been explained.

Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari has said:

Imam Ali (AS) replied:

It is said that the staff of Prophet Musa was taken from a tree in Paradise. Its length was ten cubits, the height of Prophet Musa himself. Prophet Adam from Paradise to earth carried it, so people inherited it one from another till it reached Prophet Shuaib who gave it to Prophet Musa (al- Jibouri, 1987). In addition to this, the contact Musa had with his staff on anything produced the desired results. Most certainly, this indicates a strong, conscious and intelligent relationship between the energy of the person holding the staff, the staff itself, and the energy of the objects (earth, stones, river, trees, etc) concerned. It is said concerning the staff of Prophet Musa:

Ali (AS), the Commander of the Faithful and the first Shiite leader and successor to the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have lifted the massive door of Khaybar, plucked it, and threw it aside during the war with the infidels who failed to realize the truth and wanted war. According to historians, Imam Ali (AS) was levitating while attempting to lift this huge door, and the door was so heavy that 40 men of great muscular strength could not have even nudged the door.

Now it is possible to understand that the energy of the door, as intelligent as energy can be, was able to appreciate the presence of Ali (AS) and allowed it to be thrown by just one push of his hand. There was a definite communication between the two. (We noted earlier the possibility of the energy of mountains humbling themselves and even crushed into pieces - due to fear - when in contact with Qur'an). Another explanation is simply his divine physical strength given by Allah, the kind he used only in battles and demanding situations.

When Ali was asked about this feat he replied:

Once Ali was questioned about his strength when he was trying very hard to break the hard bread he was about to eat. The person asked as to where was the strength that shook the massive door at the battle of Khaybar, and where was the strength that defeated Amr Ibn Abduwud? This soldier was said to have possessed the strength of 1000 men. Ali replied that the strength at Khaybar was divine strength directly from Allah, compared to his own human strength trying to break the hard bread. It is therefore apparent that such Infallible personalities were indeed given power, strength and endurance directly from the Almighty, besides the power to communicate, defeat and over-power conscious and intelligent inanimate objects, however difficult or huge they may be.

Suwayda bin Ghafla says:

The Ka'bah also exclaimed ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) on the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (S) as reported by al-Sadiq and al-Baqir (AS). The Ka'bah further said that, My Lord now sanctifies me from the defilement of the idolaters, at which the idols trembled and fell on their faces - The idols also fell by themselves on the ground in each and every land when Prophet Isa was born - This is reported by al-Majlisi (1627) in his work, Hayatul-Qulub and by al-Jibouri in his book Allah, The Concept of God is Islam. The Ka'bah also refused to be immersed in water when the storm hit during Prophet Nuh. It is reported that everything drowned and was annihilated, except the House of Allah and the Ark of Prophet Nuh. Clearly, there was a relationship and understanding between the energy of the Ka'bah and the energy of the water. The recent Tsunami that hit India in the year 2005 had many structures destroyed to ruins but several Houses of Allah, Mosques, which were very near or next to these ruins and damages caused by water.

In one instance and during a severe storm-by-the-sea with disturbing and fatal waves that could have over-turned the boat, a passenger threw into the sea the clay of al-Husain (AS) from Karbala, and instantly the waves normalized. The boat was then able to continue its journey in the calm waters of the sea (Dungersi, 2002 - personal communication). Apparently, the water understood and revered the earth from Karbala, and therefore reduced its assault on the boat. It is also probable that the seawater accepted the prayers of the trembling persons inside the boat, and Allah allowed this to happen.

A similar incident was quoted earlier with Imam Ali (AS) holding the earth with his hands and calming down the earthquake. Such incidents are many in the numerous historical accounts and in different religions. As mentioned before, personal prayer and invocation can have a demanding effect on the waters, rain or storms.

Weston (1998) further explains the above events and all miracles as existence and relationship between powerfully acting, intelligent and conscious info-energy, and communication at the energy level. This relationship provides the credibility needed for miracles. He explains Prophet Isa (AS) calming a stormy sea, Prophet Musa (AS) parting the Red sea in a similar manner, and that the energy released by a group in prayer can produce similar results.

However, as Allah confirms in Qur'an in Chapter 5, Verse 110, that all miracles by the Prophets, the Infallible, the Angels, and the common people happen under the acceptance and supervision of Allah, the Most High, the Most Sublime. This is why these pure souls always prostrated to the Almighty after performance of such acts that defied laws of nature. In many instances, though, Allah (SWT) has allowed events to happen that fallible humans can never perform. In Qur'an, Allah says that He made a whole mountain hang in the air and over the heads of the Israelites.

One of the Shaykh Rajab Ali's (AR) children related the following account:

As mentioned earlier, Salman al-Farsi - a companion of Prophet Muhammad (S), had powers that enabled him to have influence in existence, and that is why not a drop of curry spilled off even if the vessel overturned.

In another instance, it is reported that Ahmad Muqaddas Ardabeli was once visiting the Mausoleum of Ali, son of Abu Talib in the darkest of the night, and suddenly the doors opened and he entered to ask his query. Clearly, the intelligent energy of the door realized the presence of such a blessed person and opened itself for him so he could enter the mausoleum of his master, Ali. Neither was Muqaddas a Prophet, nor was he sinless, so this proves the fact that communication with these objects - at the energy level - is possible even by an ordinary person.