{Quick Reflections 15} The Staff of Moses

The issue of guiding people to Allaah (SWT) and reforming earth has alway been entrusted by Allaah (TWT) to the people of deepest faith, best manners and strongest persistence, the Prophets. However inspite of the combination of these unique criteria in these unique humans they still needed Divine support in the form of miracles to help them impress people and achieve their goal of delivering the message as loud and clear as they can.

One of the most famous Prophets and most famous miracles were Prophet Moosa (Moses) (AS) and his staff ("asaah).
The story of how Moosa (AS) and Bani-Israeel were caught between the sea infront of them and the Pharao's army behind them is known to all those belonging to all monothesitic religions. They had to either proceed ahead in the sea and die drowned, wait until the Pharao's army catches up with them and die massacred or be saved by a miracle.
Moosa (AS) had the miracle in his hand and all he had to do was to use it by hitting the ground with his staff and all his nation in addition to himself would be saved.

Now let us imagine if someone else was in the place of Moosa (AS) and had behaved differently. We have three possible scenarios;
The first one would have thrown the staff away not believing in the miraculous power it had. He would have ended up losing his and all his nation's life.
The second one would have hugged the staff and clinged onto it half believing in its miraculous power but never actually used it. He too would have ended up losing his and all his nation's life.
The third one would have used the staff with all its miraculous potentials in full nearly like Moosa (AS) did.

I was looking into Prophet Muhammad's (SAWS) life and his achievements in 23 years. Yes he is the best and most beloved creature to Allaah (AWJ). Yes he is the best of all prophets in all aspects but that even necessitated that he (SAWS) be supported by the best miracle ever. His accomplishments in 23 years can not be done by a human. There had to be a Divine interferance through miracles like that happened with all other prophets. I kept searching through the biography of our Beloved (SAWS) for that miracle until I found it. The key, the answer and hint was when Lady "Aa'ishah (RA) said that if you would like to see a living example of the Qur'aan walking on earth, then simply observe Prophet Muhammad (SAWS )" and also when she said that, "His manners were [the manners prescribed by] the Qur'aan". He (SAWS) was a living Qur'aan.
That was the miracle that Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) used continuously for 23 years to achieve what he achieved.

Subhaan Allaah walhamdu lEllaah, unlike the staff of Moosa (AS) that was used only by him and in his life time and inspite of not being prophets we still have the greatest miracle ever, the Qur'aan. All we have to do is use it the way Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) used it to achieve such miraculous results.

So now that we do have the miracle in our hands, just like Moosa (AS) had his staff what will we do with it?
Are we going to be like the first one who threw the staff away and did not believe in its miraculous powers and thus lose our donya and akhirah like all non-Muslims, hypocrits and secularists?
Or are we going to be like the second one who believed in the staff and hugged it and clinged on to it without actually using it and again lose our donya and risk losing our akhirah like all those who hang the mus~haf in their cars and on the shelves of the libraries everywhere, or those who read it continuously or even those who learn it by heart without actually applying it in full to their lives?
Or are we going to be like the third one who used the staff in full nearly like our Beloved (SAWS) did and become living Qur'aans walking on earth?

The miracle is here but it needs to be used to achieve miraculous results. Ummat Muhammad are the only non-Prophets who were given a miracle at their dispense to use any time and all the time.

The staff of Moosa (AS) was used to open a dry way in the middle of the sea saving its users and others who believed or followed, while the Qur'aan can be used to open a way on the siraat for us to cross quickly and pass over hell to enter jannah saving ourselves and others whom we can reach with the message.
May we all make the best use of the miracle we have in our hands, the Qur'aan which is more powerful than the staff of Moosa if used correctly, if it becomes alive inside us.