manifest in his body and he can do things which amaze the intellect.”^[1]

Explaining this hadith with examples

Dear Islamic brothers! How are these divinely-bestowed abilities placed within the saints of Islam? How do they take effect? The scholar, ꜤAbd al-Muṣṭafā AꜤẓamī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه explains this through the following example:

Observe how iron does not burn and is black in colour. Yet, if placed in a furnace for a short while, the fire within transfers its heat and colour to the iron, making it red and hot like the flames themselves.

Although it is the same piece of iron, its qualities have changed. It was previously cool and did not burn, but now contains heat and can burn. Moving further, although the iron exhibits some effects given to it by fire, no intelligent person will claim the iron has become fire, or that the fire has become iron.

This is just an example to help us gain some understanding into the rank Allah has given saints. When they obey Allah completely, annihilate themselves in seeking to please Him, and spend their days and nights loving Him, He grants them divinely-bestowed power out His grace.

When people see this power, they recall the divine power of Allah. Having said all this, a slave remains a slave, whilst Allah remains Allah.^[2]

There is nothing stopping Allah from bestowing

Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Musṭafā AꜤẓamī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه further mentions:

When fire can transmit its heat and colour to iron in such a short