Has there been a miracle like Fatima in other religions?

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Has there ever been a case in other religions that had something like the Catholic ‘Miracle of the Sun’ happen?

I vaguely recall a story from either a Hindu, Buddhist, or some other Easter religion about a king that grew his body so tall, that he blocked out the sun, stories of the sun pouring out milk, etc. I don’t know how credible these stories were and they might have just been myths or even worse, just stories on the internet.

I was curious. Has there ever been anything like that?

 
Anglicans have their own Marian apparition called “Our Lady of Walsingham”. I am aware that us Catholics also have Our Lady of Walsingham, but the Anglicans have their shrine for her. Most Anglicans do not care though, only the highest of the high church. They pray the Rosary there too.

Buddhists do, Hindus do, and most religions do. I doubt their “miracles” are real and should be given little to no thought.
 
Here’s one random one, similar to the sun dancing at Fatima, but there are gazillions to chose from:

"Hiding Sun in summer: On 28-04-2002, Swami performed a sacrifice called Brahma Yajna from 10 am onwards in which there is no burning of ghee in fire except giving food to poor people. Fire was used only to cook the food and not to burn the ghee. The Sun became very hot by that time itself and the sacrifice continued up to 1.30 pm. The heat was in climax by 11 am itself and devotees were unable to sit before the sacrifice. Then, Swami looked at the Sun for just 2 minutes. Immediately, dense black clouds were generated to cover the Sun and the atmosphere was perfectly cool till 2 pm by which time, all devotees finished the sacrifice and reached their houses. From 2 pm onwards, Sun was burning with double intensity. Swami told “I have adjusted the intensity of Sun so that finally the account is neutralised”.

Swami’s comment: All the natural and supernatural forces in the creation are totally under the control of the creator called unimaginable God, who exists in human incarnation. Such miracle indicates that God is omnipotent as well as unimaginable."
 
Walsingham happened in the 11th century, before Anglicanism came around. So it’s not technically an Anglican apparition; they just administer the shrine.
 
dallas_r said:
Because they are likely fables, or at the most, coincidences.
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Who’s to say the Catholic apparitions are any more real? Maybe they are all legit. Or maybe they are ALL bogus or simply figments of the imagination. Or if it is spiritual in nature, how do we know they’re not just random spirits pretending? Too many variables. I won’t say they’re not real with certainty but I do remain highly skeptical…
 
dallas_r said:
Anglicans have their own Marian apparition called “Our Lady of Walsingham”.
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Actually, the apparition was in 1061, well before the Reformation. There is an Anglican shrine, but it’s fairly recent.
 
angel12 said:
Actually, the apparition was in 1061, well before the Reformation. There is an Anglican shrine, but it’s fairly recent.
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Yeah, Anglicans claim it to be there’s because it happened in England. Of course it wasn’t the reformed Anglican Catholic church then, rather still a national church in communion with Rome.
 
I was interested in the Miracle of Fatima and the reported Hidden Words of Fatima as having a Muslim origin. So I found that the name of the city “Fatima” was original named after Fatima the daughter of Prophet Muhammad:
"The name of the town and parish is a rendition of the Arabic given name Fátima (فاطمة‎ Fāṭimah). (Fatimah is the namesake of Fatimah bint Muhammad, a daughter of the prophet of Islam Muhammad.)"
“Fátima was said to be the name of a Moorish princess kidnapped by a knight, Gonçalo Hermigues, and his companions. Hermigues took her to a small village in the Serra de Aire hills, in the recently created Kingdom of Portugal. According to the Western Catholic narrative, Fatima fell in love with her kidnapper and decided to convert to Christianity in order to marry him. She was baptized and given a Christian name, Oureana.[3]
Arab sources, however, claim that Fátima was forced into Christianity,[4] as were most Reconquista captives. There is no documentary evidence to support either scenario of such a conversion.”


Regarding the “Hidden Words” British orientalist Edward Granville Browne wrote: “After the Prophet’s death Fátima was affected in spirit to a degree which none but God knew. Jebrá’íl was sent down daily to comfort her, and 'Alí wrote what the angel said, and this is the Book of Fátima which is now with the Imám Mahdí.” On consulting Rieu’s Catalogue of the Persian MSS. in the British Museum, I found mention (vol. ii, p. 829 b.) of a work entitled ~~~ composed by Mullá Muhsin-i-Feyz of Káshán, and described as consisting of “one hundred sayings of Imáms and Súfís in Arabic, with Persian commentary.” I seized the first opportunity of examining this work, but a search of about two hours through its pages revealed nothing resembling the passages in the text before us. Finally I wrote to Acre, asking, amongst other questions, what might be the true nature of the work here alluded to. The following answer (which is authoritative) was returned:- [Translation] “Fifth Question. Concerning the mention of the matters in the Hidden Book of Fátima (upon her be the peace of God). The answer is this, that the sect of Persia, that is the Shi’ites, who regard themselves as pure, and the [rest of the] world (we take refuge with God!] as unclean, believe that after His Highness the Seal of the Prophets [Muhammad] Her Highness Fátima (upon her be the blessings of God) was occupied night and day in weeping, wailing, and lamenting over the fate of her illustrious father. Therefore was Jebrá’íl commanded by the Lord Most Glorious to commune, converse, and associate with Her Highness Fátima; and [footnote goes onto page 124] he used to speak words causing consolation and quietude of heart. These words were collected and named ‘The Book of Fátima’ (~~~). And they [i.e. the Shi’ites] believe that this Book is with His Highness the Ká’im [i.e. the Imám Mahdí] and shall appear in the days of his appearance.”

 
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