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The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)

Our Prophet (saas) split the Moon in two

Another mir a cle oc curred when our Prophet (saas) split
the Moon in two. Allah men tions this ex traor di na ry event in
the Qur'an, and many had iths tell us about it:

The Hour has drawn near and the Moon has split. If they
see a Sign, they turn away, ex claim ing: "There is no end to
this witch craft!" They have de nied the truth and fol lowed
their whims and de sires. But ev ery thing has its time. (Surat
al-Qamar: 1-3)
The split ting of the Moon (wa in shaq qa al-qam ar) con sists
of the words "split ting" and "Moon." "Splitting" comes from the
ba sic Arabic root mean ing "to di vide, gum, the ap pear ance of a
plant aft er the soil has been plough ed." In this sense, it means
"to be di vid ed, to be cut in to pie ces, to be sep a rat ed." The
Encyclopaedia of Seerah con tains a com pi la tion of all of the re lat -

ed had iths. In sum ma ry, they say:
It was an even ing on the 14th day of the lu nar month, five years be -
fore the hij ra (im mi gra tion) to Madinah. At that time, the new-born
Moon was di vid ed in two. One part went to ward a hill op po site; the
sec ond part in the oth er di rec tion. It was on ly a sec ond. Then the
two parts of the Moon joined up again. At that time, the Prophet
(saas) was in Mina. He ad dressed those who were there, say ing:
"Look and wit ness!" The un be liev ers sug gest ed that he had be -
witched them, for which rea son their eyes had not seen ac cu rate ly.
Others present there said: "Muhammad (saas) could have be -
witched us, but not those not here. Wait a lit tle, and let's ask those
who come this way if they saw such an oc cur rence." Those com ing
from out side agreed that they had wit nessed this. (Afzalur Rahman,
Encyclopaedia of Seerah, 164.)

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