Miracles of Muhammad, according to Muslims, refers to the Islamic religious teaching that the Islamic prophet Muhammad performed miracles (or supernatural acts) during his lifetime. These teachings stem from the text of the Quran (the central religious text of Islam), hadith (records of the words, actions, and silent approval, traditionally attributed to Muhammad), and biographies of him.
[Note 1][2] Almost all the miracles come from the hadith as the vast majority are either not mentioned or what makes them miraculous is not mentioned in the Quran.
Muhammad’s miracles encompass a broad range, such as the multiplication of food, manifestation of water, hidden knowledge, prophesies, healing, punishment, and power over nature. According to historian Denis Gril, the Quran does not overtly
describe Muhammad performing miracles, and in several verses describes the Quran itself as Muhammad’s miracle. However, several miracles are reported in the Quran and miracles “appear early and often in the hadith” and the hadiths are indispensable in elucidating Muhammad’s miracles.
