Splitting of the Moon, an Amazing Story
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In a TV interview with the Egyptian Geologist Dr.
Zaghloul Annajar, the anchor asked him about the
verse:
"The Hour has drawn near,and the moon has been cleft
asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet
Muhammad [PBUH] to show them a miracle, so he showed
them the splitting of the moon)." (Quran 54:1) whether
it contains any Quranic scientific astounding facts?
Dr. Zaghloul answered saying that he has a story to
tell about this verse.
He started explaining that at a time he delivered a
lecture at Cardiff University in the West of Britain.
The attendees included both Muslims and non-Muslims. A
vital dialogue was taking place around scientific
facts included in the Noble Quran. During the course
of the lecture, a Muslim young man stood asking me,
Sir Do you see in the Saying of Al Haq Tabarak wa
Ta`ala (Allah the Truth) may He be Exalted - and he
referred to the above mentioned verse - any indication
to the scientific facts included in the Quran? Dr.
Najjar answered: No because scientific astounding
discoveries are interpreted through science whereas a
miracle is something supernatural, which may not be
interpreted through the usual. The splitting of the
moon is a miracle, which happened to Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH) in order to prove his prophecy. Tangible
miracles are only a testimony of truth for those who
witnessed it. It is only that the incident was
mentioned in Quran and Prophet's Sunnah that made us
believe other wise we Muslims of this era would have
never believed in it. In addition that we know for
sure that Allah is most capable of anything. At that
point Dr. Zaghloul narrated the story of moon
splitting as included in Sunnah books.
He said, Sunnah books tell that five years before the
immigration of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Mecca to
Medina, a group of people from the tribe of Quraish
came challenging him saying: Oh Muhammad if you were
really a Prophet and a Messenger bring to us a miracle
to establish this fact. So he asked them what do you
want? They said in an effort to complicate matters for
him: split the moon for us. The Messenger of ALLAH
(PBUH) stood supplicating to Allah to support him and
grant him victory in this hard situation. Allah may He
be Exalted inspired him to sign towards the moon with
his finger. Immediately, the moon cleft into two parts
standing far from each other for several hours then
cling back together. The pagans started claiming: Oh
Muhammad (PBUH) practiced witchcraft on us.
At this point some of the wise men explained that
magic would only affect the attendees whereas it can
not maintain influence on everybody in general. They
waited for travelers who were coming back from their
journeys. The pagans harried up to the borders of
Mecca in anticipation to meet the travelers. When the
first arrivals appeared, they asked them did you see
anything extraordinary happened to the moon? The
travelers answered yes on the night (X) we saw the
moon splitting into two parts which remained asunder
for sometime then reattached. Upon this statement, a
number of the group believed while the rest remained
pagans. Therefore, the verse explains "The Hour has
drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the
people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to
show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting
of the moon). * And if they see a sign, they turn
away, and say: This is continuous magic. *They belied
the Verses of Allah - this Quran), and followed their
own lusts. And every matter will be settled according
to the kind of deeds: good deeds will take their doers
to Paradise and similarly evil deeds will take their
doers to Hell." (Quran 54:1-3) until the end of the
verses which were revealed in this regard.
Dr. Najjar continued that at this point a British
Muslim young man introduced himself as Daoud Moussa
Peetcock head of the British Islamic Party. He carried
on saying sir if you allow me I would like to add on
this issue? I said please do. He explained saying: At
the time when I was searching in religions (before he
embraced Islam), a Muslim student gave me as a present
the translation of the meaning of Quran. I thanked him
and took it home. The first Surat I came across when I
opened the book, it was Chapter of the Moon I read
"has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder".
I said to myself, is this statement logical? Is it
possible for the moon to split and then reattach what
kind of power may cause this? The man explained that
this verse made me reluctant to continue reading. I
became busy with my life,yet ALLAH of course Knows how
sincere I was about finding the truth.
So,one day ALLAH made me sit to watch TV. It was a
talk show between a British commentator and three
American astronautics specialists. The show host was
blaming the scientists for spending thriftily over
space trips at a time when earth is suffering
hunger,poverty, diseases and backwardness. He was
telling them, it would have been more feasible to
allocate this kind of money for reconstruction of
earth. To this argument, the three men answered
defending their position that such technology is
widely applied in many wakes of life such as medicine,
industry and agriculture. They added that the money is
never wasted but it rather supported the development
of highly advanced technology.
During their dialogue, they mentioned the trip in
which a man landed on the moon surface as it consumes
the the largest cost which comes to more than US
$100.000.000.000. The British TV anchor screamed
saying what kind of thrift is this? A hundred thousand
million dollars just to plant the American flag on the
moon surface? They answered no; the objective was not
to plant the American flag but rather to study the
interior composition of the moon. We actually came to
a finding that would cost us double folds of this
amount for people to believe and yet they will never
believe. The show host inquired what is this fact?
They replied: One day this moon was split and then
reattached. The show host again probed: how did you
realize that? The scientists responded about finding a
belt of transformed rocks cutting the moon from its
surface to core and then to the surface again. The
stated saying: we consulted with earth scientists and
geologists who explained that such phenomenon would
never occur unless this moon one day split and then
reattached.
The British Muslim man said: I jumped out of my chair
saying ALLAH (SWT) forced the Americans to spend more
than a hundred billion dollars to prove to Muslims a a
miracle that took place 1400 years ago for Mohamed
(PBUH)? This religion must be the truth. He added: I
went back to the Quran and recited Surat Al Qamar,
which was my gate for accepting Islam.
Allah knows best
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