Allamah Majlisi says: I heard from some reliable scholars
that during the British rule in Bahrain, they appointed a Sunni
Muslim as governor despite the fact that the majority of the
population was Shia. There was also a particular Sunni minister,
who was an enemy of the Shia.
One day he brought a pomegranate to the governor. On the
pomegranate, the names of Abu Bakr, Umar, Usmaan and Imam
Ali (a.s.) were found, together with the inscription that these were
the four Rightful Caliphs of the Muslims. [“La Ilaaha Illa Allah,Muhammad Rasool Allah, Abu Bakr wa Omar wa Othman wa Ali
Kholefa’a Allah”] The minister claimed that this was a natural
miracle and a sign from Allah that the Shia belief was incorrect.
He urged that now the Shia should not be regarded as Muslims
and be asked to become “true” Sunni or be killed or made to pay
the taxes of non-Muslims.
The governor was delighted at this occurrence and
summoned the Shia scholars and put the three alternatives to
them. The Shia were amazed when they saw the fruit and asked
for three days to return with their reply. This time was granted to
them and they went away wondering what to do. Finally they
decided to seek help from the Holy Imam (a.s.).
Three pious scholars were selected and each one was to go
out of the city into the wilderness and pray for the assistance of
the Holy Imam (a.s.). On the first two nights, the first two
scholars spent the whole night in prayers and supplications, but
with no success. On the third night, the third scholar, saw an
impressive personality approach him at dawn.
The man asked him what the problem was. He replied that if
he was truly his Imam then he would surely know the problem.
The Holy Imam (a.s.) then replied that he was aware of the
difficulty and not to worry. He told the scholar to go with the
governor to the minister’s house the next day, and insist on going
to the top terrace. There he would find two moulds with the false
inscription printed on them. These moulds had been fitted into
the growing fruit so that, as it became larger, the words were
embedded in it. He further told him to ask the minister to break
open the fruit and witness the power of Allah.
The next morning matters proceeded as the Holy Imam (a.s.)
had ordered. When the minister was told to take everybody on to
the top terrace he went pale and began to make excuses. At the
governor’s insistence, he reluctantly led them to the place, where
they found the articles as described by the Holy Imam (a.s.).
Eventually the governor asked the minister to break open the
fruit. When he did so, black dust flew from it and smeared his
eyes and beard. The minister was executed for his treachery
while the Shia scholars left with honor and dignity.1
The author says: As if the minister had seen or heard that
sometimes Shia wear fine and rough stones inscribed with praise
of God or something, which proves the rightfulness of their faith.
He also wanted creates an inscription and conceal truth with
falsehood, but:
“…and Allah will not consent save to perfect His
light…”2
In the fine selection, all of which is in the hand of Shaykh
Shamsuddin, owner of miracles, Muhammad bin Ali Jubai,
grandfather of Shaykh Bahai and the beginning of those
panegyrics is Saba Ibne Abil Hadid and after that in book of
Mukhtasar Kitab Ja’fariyat etc, it is mentioned in that it was
found inscribed on a red cornelian:
I am a pearl of the sky these people have threaded.
On the day of the marriage of the father of Hasan and
Husain.
I used to keep away from darkness.
They dyed me in the stream of the blood of Husain.
And on yellow Durre Najaf was seen:
I am colored yellow, which informs you of my grief.
For the chief of the successors, Abul Hasan
And on a black gemstone was seen:
I am not a stone, I am a pearl.
That they colored with grief for the resident of Najaf.
Shaykh Abdul Husain Tehrani has narrated: When they had
gone to Hilla, they split a tree into two with a saw, in its interior
they saw inscribed on both halves:
There is no God, but Allah, Muhammad is the
messenger of Allah; Ali is the Wali of Allah.
Today in Tehran, there is a diamond in possession of an
important official personality of Iran the size of a lentil grain in
whose inside it is inscribed: ‘Ali’ along with the word ‘Ya’
reflected in it.
The honorable tradition scholar, Sayyid Ne’matullah
Shustari says in the book of Zuhr-e-Rabi1: I found a small yellow
stone in the Shustar river, which the diggers had brought out
from underground and it was inscribed on that in the same color:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. There is no
god, except Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Ali is
the Wali of Allah. When Husain bin Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) was
killed in Kerbala, his blood wrote on the gravel earth: And they
who act unjustly shall know to what final place of turning they
shall turn back.
The prominent scholar, Mir Hamid Husain, grandson of
Allamah Majlisi and leader of the Friday Prayer in Isfahan has
narrated that they brought that stone for Shah Sulaiman. Then the
folks of Sanai presented all types of gifts. After much
contemplation all testified that it was not made by any human
being, and except for God, no one has the power to make such
inscription on this stone.
Thus, the Sultan took that stone as an amulet and a part of
his attire.
This is not the occasion to mention such matters and except
for this number there are many in different books of traditions
and history. Especially that which is related to the blood of Imam
Husain (a.s.), which created effect in tree and rock etc.
Behaarul Anwaar, vol. 52, pp. 178-180