They appear at random and many believe they are true signs from the almighty.

Sceptics may call them simple coincidences but the people who claim to have seen them beleive it makes their faith stronger.

There have been cases of people witnessing seeing the moon with the supreme names of Allah and the beloved name "Mohammed" engraved into it.

Many people in the north west reported seeing it on new year's night just this year.

Others over recent years have included phenomenons such a goat with 'Muhammad' inscribed on it's back, a miracle tree resembling a man praying, a stone with the Kalimah on it, a beehive with the word "Allahu" on it, a hidden message in a Tomato, "Ya Allah Ya Malik" on a Toman fish, Allah and Muhammed (pbuh) on a fish in Penang, Malaysia.

Shabana Hussain 27, who was making a curry at her home in Girlington, Bradford, West Yorkshire, cut open a tomato.

The patterns spelling "In the name of Allah the most beneficent and merciful" and "There is no god but Allah" were visible written in Arabic in the veins.

"It is very clear," said Mrs Hussain, "Everyone has been able to make the message out. It's a miracle," her husband said. (www.einterface.net/gamini/miracleislam.html)

On 20 January 1996, just before the feast of Ramadan, a farmer in Taiba-Ndiassana, Senegal, discovered a watermelon on which the name of Allah had appeared. The year before similar signs appeared on the scales of a fish caught near Popenguine, home to the largest Catholic community in Senegal.

On 27th March at 8:30 pm thousands of people in Ajmer Sharif (India) are said to have witnessed strange images on one part of the dome at the famous shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty R.A.

You can see the image at (www.dargahajmer.com) of a bearded man standing with the stick (AASA) in his hand facing towards the Holy Kaba. It is so clear that many people have captured the image on their camera.

Also, some Muslims of the Bharuch area of Gujarat, India, beleived that when people tried to urinate on Muslim graves, the graves moved, and those responsible for carrying out this sick act were punished.

The story of Mrs Ruksana Patel, in Bolton, England, who bought an aubergine from a local shop is also well documented. On slicing the vegetable in half, she saw that the seeds were formed in the Muslim symbol 'Ya-Allah,' meaning 'Allah exists.'

This month in Blackburn sister Anisa Ayyub from Preston New Road was the lucky person to have had the opportunity to bring another miracle to light.

During her daily routine she was making chapattis and to her surprise one particular chapatti wouldn't bake on one side.

So she turned it over and was astounded to see the name "ALLAH" miraculously appear on the chapatti.