Miraculous Tomato (1997)
On one side was the message "There is only one God," while
the other read "Mohammed is the messenger." Shaista, a Muslim, believes she has witnessed a miracle.
"God made me buy that tomato," she was quoted as saying in the Daily Mail. "These words are a
message from God."
Since Sunday, when she bought the tomato in the northern city of Huddersfield,
word has spread throughout the Muslim community. About 200 people, some from as far afield as
London, have visited the household to see the fruit, wrapped in plastic clingfilm to keep it fresh.
A local shopkeeper said demand for tomatoes had surged, but the nearby mosque was cautious. "We don't
consider it a miracle but it is certainly a blessing," a spokesman was quoted as saying.
On one half was written: "There is no
God but Allah," and on the other:
"Mohammed is the messenger."
Important
She cried out and Niamat rushed into the
kitchen. They looked closely and found
more writing.
There were some letters
missing and it was hard to decipher but
the message was clear."
"They knock on the door and I take
them through to the kitchen and open the
fridge door for them to have a look.
What has happened is amazing."
A spokesman at the local mosque said:
"We don't consider it a miracle but it is
certainly a blessing." Niamat says the
tomato will stay at her home in
Huddersfield, West Yorks, until it can be
preserved.
Gambar diambil Dari majalah "THE MIRROR" Thursday, June 12, 1997
British Muslims hailed what was described as a "miracle message" from God written inside a tomato.
British newspapers reported that when schoolgirl Shaista Javed, 14, sliced the tomato in half, she found
the veins spelled out a message in Arabic.
(Source: Reuters, June 1997)
THE MIRROR Thursday, June 12, 1997, page 3
THE LORD SEED UNTO US..
Shaista, 14, finds message from God in tomato
By Ian Key
PILGRIMS were last night flocking
to see a message from God - in a
TOMATO.
Schoolgirl Shaista Javed, 14 sliced open
the fruit to make a salad for her gran and
found the holy words spelt out by its pips
and veins.
A holy man verified that the words came
from sacred Moslem book the Koran.
Now gran Niamat Bibi's modest terraced
house has now become a mecca for
pilgrims.
More than 100 Moslems have flocked to
her home to see the amazing tomato in
her fridge.
Shaista said yesterday: "I cut the tomato
in half and saw what looked like Arabic
lettering. I iust couldn't believe it.
"It looked like the word for God, I
recognised it from the Koran.
"Then when I looked closer I could see it
was a whole phrase, a very important
one saying, 'There is no God but Allah'."
Niamat said:"I saw the second holy
phrase and I just couldn't believe what I
was seeing.
News of the discovery spread fast.
Niamat said: "At first there were just a
few friends, neighbours and relatives, but
as news spread they were. coming from
far and wide. Even people from different
towns have made the journey.
In March last year another family from
the town found 'Praise Allah' written
inside an aubergine.
And a rock from Ben Nevis which has
been engraved with 'Allah' by the wind
and rain is kept in a mosque in Burnley,
Lancs.
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