The Jews said: Show us. His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) said: Musa
(a.s.) used to hold the staff in his hand and infidels alleged that Musa is doing
something in his staff that it performs such tricks. Now Allah will turn sticks
into serpents even though I have not touched them and I am not present there. When
you go back home and gather in a room at night, Allah will turn each of the roof
beams into a serpent. And there are more than a hundred beams in that room. Seeing
this, four of you will die and others will be unconscious till morning next.
Then many other Jews will come to you and you will tell them all about the incident,
but they will not believe you. After that, the beams will again turn into
serpents as the night before. Seeing this, many will die, many go mad and many
will faint.
Imam (a.s.) says: By the One Who sent Muhammad as a true
prophet, the Jews began to laugh aloud without any respect for the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.a.) and without any fear. They said to each other: See what claim he has
made, exceeding all limits! His Eminence (a.s.) said: You may laugh now, but
you will have to cry very soon and become perplexed. Listen, whoever falls in
this miserable condition and is afraid of death or madness, he should pray as
follows: O Allah, for the sake of Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) and Ali Murtaza
(a.s.) and their successors, that whosoever leaves their affairs to them is
chosen and liked by You, give me the strength to see this incident. And if one
has a friend from among the dead and one wants him to come to life again, he
must pray to Allah in the same way. Allah will make him alive and give him
strength.
They went and gathered there and started laughing on the Prophet’s
words that beams will turn into serpents etc. Suddenly they heard the roof make
a move and all of a sudden the beams turned into serpents that hung their heads
on the wall and made a move to swallow them. First they swallowed the pots,
vessels, stones, chairs, the door posts of wood and doors. They swallowed all
this and what His Eminence (s.a.w.a.) had said came true. Four people died,
some became mad and many feared for their lives and prayed to Allah as the
Prophet had advised and their hearts became strong. Then some of them prayed
for the four dead people and they came back to life. When they saw this, they said:
Our prayer is accepted and Muhammad is a true Prophet, but we find it difficult
to testify and obey. That is why, it is better to pray as above so that our
hearts become soft to testify and obey. At last they prayed. Allah made their
faith strong, purified their hearts and removed wickedness from their hearts.
They believed in Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.a.).
In the morning, when Jews arrived, the beams again turned
into serpents like the previous night. Seeing this, they became perplexed and
they were overpowered by wickedness.
(Hayaat al-Qoolub of Allamah Mohammad Baqir Majlisi, pg. 245 - 46)
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