Miracle

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A Miracle can refer to one of three things:

  1. A beneficial, very unusual event which does not break any physical laws.
  2. A beneficial, very unusual event which does break physical laws.
  3. An event or act brought about by a God or supernatural force.

For example, a miracle under the first definition would be winning the lottery jackpot. A person who wins a state lottery would think it's a miracle that he won a lottery jackpot, but this would involve no violation of the laws of nature. People often win the lottery, but it is not very likely that he would.

A miracle under the second definition would be like a person being able to leap a tall building in a single bound. A violation of the physical law of gravity would have occurred.

A miracle under the third definition would be a divine intervention by God, where God's presence would be known during a miracle. The Bible, Koran, Mahabarata and the Avesta contains many references to this definition of miracle.