Did Prophet Muhammad really split the moon according to the Glorious Quran and the Hadiths? Noble Verse 17:59 says no he didn't!
The sections of this article are:
1- What does Allah Almighty say in the Glorious
Quran?
2- What do the Hadiths say?
3- My rebuttal to the "Scholars" response to why the moon splitting wasn't
documented on a global scale.
4- The Solar Eclipse Miracle was rejected as a magic.
5- Some of the Quran's Overwhelming Scientific Miracles.
6- Conclusion.
1- What does Allah Almighty say in the Glorious Quran?
Let us look at what Allah Almighty said in the Glorious Quran:
Noble Verse(s) 17:59 |
Dr. Munir
Munshey (one of
www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [017:059] Nothing prevents Us from producing miracles. But the earlier people had rejected them! We assigned the camel as a proof for the people of ‘Samood’, but they committed an outrage. We only display signs to serve as a warning! Arabic (Read from right to left. Also, all png image files: [1] [2]): 17:59 ومامنعنا ان نرسل بالايات الا ان كذب بها الاولون واتينا ثمود الناقة مبصرة فظلموا بها ومانرسل بالايات الا تخويفا |
Noble Verse(s) 54:1 |
Arabic
(from right to left): 54:1 اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر 54:2 وان يروا اية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر Rodwell: [054:001] The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft or cracked (inshaqqa):[054:002] But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic. |
So did
Prophet Muhammad really split the moon according to the Glorious Quran and
Hadiths?
No he didn't.
Allah Almighty made this very clear in Noble Verse 17:59
above. In the following video, I added ample new proofs that demonstrate from both the Glorious Quran and the
Hadiths that:
The moon wasn't split during Prophet
Muhammad's days according to the Quran Itself. A detailed rebuttal
from the Glorious Quran Itself by the Engineer Mr. Adnan Al Refaei [1]
المهندس عدنان الرفاعي
is included
in the video file.
Moon
Orbit Miracle: This is the short version of the long article below. Allah Almighty said this about the moon's S-shaped orbit around the earth: 36:39 والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم "And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up عاد looking like an old date branch كالعرجون القديم. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere. (Qur'an, 36:39-40)"
Click on images to enlarge:
For ample more proofs, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/moon_orbit_miracle.htm |
Brother Adnan Al-Refaei answers from the Glorious Quran that physical Miracles outside the Glorious Quran were not permitted by Allah Almighty for Prophet Muhammad, according to the Quran Itself. Islam's Miracle is the Glorious Quran Itself, and not Miracles outside It, such as:
1- Parting the sea.
2- Walking on water.
3- Turning a stick into a live snake
4- etc....
These physical Miracles ended when their Prophets and immediate eye witnesses' times ended. They are not Miracles that we actually see and touch today. But the Quran's Miracle is an Everlasting one that is a continuous Miracle for all times and all places. To see many of the Overwhelming Scientific Miracles of the Glorious Quran, please visit:
Also visit the Glorious Quran's and Islam's Amazing Prophecies:
2- What do the Hadiths say?
We further read in the Hadiths the following:
Narrated Abdullah bin Masud: "During the lifetime of the Prophet the moon was split into two parts and on that the Prophet said, 'Bear witness (to thus).' (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 830)"
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: "The moon was split into two parts during the lifetime of the Prophet. (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 56, Number 832)"
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas: "During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the moon was split (into two places). (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58, Number 210)"
There is strong evidence that the narrations weren't even written by the immediate eye witnesses, or even during the lifetime of the Prophet himself.
3- My rebuttal to the "Scholars" response to why the moon splitting wasn't documented on a global scale:
In the video above, brother Adnan read from Imam Al Nawawi's exegesis that the reason why only very few people witnessed the splitting of the moon Miracle was because:
1- It was night.
2- People were sleeping and their doors were closed.
3- Therefore, very few people witnessed the Miracle.
My response:
Allah
Almighty Said in the Holy Quran that the
Earth is:
1-
Spherical
(egg-shaped).
2- Suspended in Space.
3- Rotating around itself.
(emphasis on dahaha
and its derivatives)
4- Is traveling in Space.
5- Did you know that the Glorious Quran
declares that the earth is:
Lack of Oxygen and painful low pressure in space. Science confirmed the Noble Quran's Divine Claim.
Space Matters and Energies, Wormholes and Gateways in the Holy Quran: [1] [2] [3]
Space isn't an empty void or space according to the Holy Quran: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Did you know that the Glorious Quran declares that the earth is:
Prophet Muhammad's Hadith (saying) [1] [2] [3] regarding the rising and setting POINTS:
Prophet Muhammad: The sun is in constant orbit always rising on people while setting on others.
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سئل :هذه المغارب اين تغرب ؟ وهذه المطالع اين تطلع ؟ فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم هي على رسلها لا تبرح ولا تزول , تغرب عن قوم وتطلع على قوم ,وتغرب عن قوم وتطلع , فقوم يقولون غربت ,وقوم يقولون طلعت
"Ibn Abbas narrated on Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, that the Prophet was asked: Where does the sun go after all of these sunsets? And where does it come from after all of these sunrises? The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied: It is in constant motion. It doesn't stop nor disappear. It sets on people and rises on others, and it sets on people and rises on others. So people would say it has risen while others say it has set."
Sources:
1- Jami'a Al-Usool li-ibn Al-Atheer.
جامع الأصول لابن الأثير
2- Musnad Al-Imam Abi Is'haq Al-Hamadani
مسند الامام ابي اسحاق الهمداني
3- Al-Ijaz Al-Ilmi Fe Al-Sunna Al-Nabawiyyah, Dr. Zahloul Al-Najjar,
Page 132.
Allah Almighty
in the Glorious Quran said that earth is:
- Spherical: "egg-shaped" [1].
-
The Glorious Quran also speaks about
many earths
[5]
and not just earth. |
www.answering-christianity.com/egg-shaped_earth.htm
Question:
Did Prophet Muhammad know think that the earth was spherical or flat?
Answer:
In this Hadith, above, he certainly seems to have
known this fact very well. And this Hadith is even older than Sahih
Bukhari. It is important to know that Imam Bukhari and others
have declared that they have
discarded thousands of Hadiths:
www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/bukhari.html
"The
two sahih collections
did not gather the totality of the authentic ahadith as
proved by al-Bukhari's
testimony: "I
have not included in my book al-Jami` but
what is authentic,
and I left out among the authentic
for fear of [excessive] length."
"... Bukhari, collected twenty thousand of them, of which he rejected ten thousand, accounting them untrue. Of the remaining ten thousand he accepted only 7,275, declaring the rest to be untrustworthy. Abu Da'ud accepted as authentic only 4,800 rules out 50,000."
This is to keep their volumes as simple and manageable as possible.
So it is quite possible that the Prophet spoke about the earth being
spherical, and the Glorious Quran certainly did, and
people just dismissed them as nonsense.
I have covered your question in great details at:
www.answering-christianity.com/egg-shaped_earth.htm
www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#links
www.answering-christianity.com/detailed_meanings_of_scientific_words_in_verses.htm
For ample Noble Verses, please visit:
Allah Almighty also said that the moon's orbit around the earth is S-Shaped. Science has confirmed this:
Therefore, and as it is known world-wide, when night falls on one part of the earth, the parts before it would still see the moon while it is evening to them. So the moon is visible both in the evening and at night on earth. And again, for the Overwhelming Scientific Miracles in the Glorious Quran, please visit:
Also visit the Glorious Quran's and Islam's Amazing Prophecies:
4- The Solar Eclipse Miracle was rejected as a magic:
Allah Almighty Said in the Glorious Quran:
"The hour hath approached and the MOON hath been cleft cracked: But whenever they see a miracle they turn aside and say, This is well-devised magic. (The Noble Quran, 54:1-2)"
The moon wasn't split during Prophet
Muhammad's days according to the Quran Itself. A detailed rebuttal
from the Glorious Quran Itself by the Engineer Mr. Adnan Al Refaei [1]
المهندس عدنان الرفاعي
is included
in the video file.
Moon
Orbit Miracle: This is the short version of the long article below. Allah Almighty said this about the moon's S-shaped orbit around the earth: 36:39 والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم "And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up عاد looking like an old date branch كالعرجون القديم. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere. (Qur'an, 36:39-40)"
Click on images to enlarge:
For ample more proofs, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/moon_orbit_miracle.htm |
For ample Miracles on the moon, especially the Numerical ones from the Glorious Quran, please visit:
Also visit the Glorious Quran's and Islam's Amazing Prophecies:
5- Some of the Quran's Overwhelming Scientific Miracles:
From www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#links:
Quran's
STUNNING
Divine Miracles:
[1] Here are some of my favorite Stunning Scientific Miracles in the Glorious Quran from among the tens (10s) that are listed in the main sections, below: 1- Here is one stunning Numerical Miracle, from the 10s below, for you: The Glorious Quran has 114 Chapters. The sum of those Chapters is 6555 (1+2+...+114 = 6555). There are also 6236 Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran. Now, IF YOU ADD EACH CHAPTER # with the number of its Verses, then you get a list of numbers. So 1 (first Chapter) + 7 (# of its Verses) = 8. Do this for all Chapters.
1-
The sum of the odd numbers from the list =
6555.
See the
XLS file for 100% confirmation. 2- The Great Miracle. Allah Almighty in the Holy Quran called the Number 19 Miracle "One of the Mighty Ones (Miracles)" (74:30-37) [1] [2]. See the 100s of Noble Verses that clearly testify to this Great Miracle. Also, did you know that Allah Almighty Said in Surat Nuh (that's Noble Chapter Nuh (Noah)) that Prophet Noah lived for 950 years among his people. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah is exactly written in 950 Letters [1] [2]! You can thoroughly see this in the scanned images that thoroughly verify every single Noble Letter, in the links. Click on the links to see the many other Numerical Miracles in the Holy Quran. Also, see the Numerical Miracles section along with all of the other great sections. Also, 1,000s of examples in zip & PDF (fonts) files all demonstrated in this article!
1- The explosion
of the Universe,
Galaxies and
Stars bring about
Smoke.
The
Glorious Quran
declares that the
earth is
spherical:
[1]
www.answering-christianity.com/egg-shaped_earth.htm
5- The Glorious Quran's Perfect Preservation despite all of the odds and the many challenges to corrupt It. |
6- Conclusion.
While the Glorious Quran is stunningly Miraculous, and also contains amazing Prophecies in It as well, but I don't believe that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, had split the moon, nor did Allah Almighty declare it in the Holy Book. We clearly saw in Noble Verse 17:59 above, and in the arguments that brother Adnan Al-Refaei has put forth, that Allah Almighty made it clear that Prophet Muhammad didn't split the moon in half.
The Overwhelming Scientific Miracles in the Noble Quran.
The Glorious Quran's and Islam's Amazing Prophecies.
The moon's crack in the Noble Quran, and its appearance to split through a Solar Eclipse.
Did Noble Verse 54:1 come from Imru'u Al-Qays' (امرئ القيس) poems?
The Moon's orbit around earth is shaped like the English-letter "S" - mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.
Moon
Orbit Miracle: This is the short version of the long article below. Allah Almighty said this about the moon's S-shaped orbit around the earth: 36:39 والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم "And We have decreed set phases for the moon, until it ends up عاد looking like an old date branch كالعرجون القديم. It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip the day; each one is swimming in a sphere. (Qur'an, 36:39-40)"
Click on images to enlarge:
For ample more proofs, please visit: www.answering-christianity.com/moon_orbit_miracle.htm |
The cracking of the moon mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by science!
Images of the moon's fault line and ancient moonquakes (earthquakes) that cracked it.
The Quran states that the light of the moon is reflected light.
Prophet Muhammad's peace be upon him section.
Allah, Islam, Quran, Muhammad questions and answers.
What is the place of Jews, Christians and non-Muslims in Islam.
What is Fasting in Islam? And what is the Wisdom behind it? What is Ramadan?
The S-shaped moon orbit! It is also relevant to know that Allah Almighty described the shape of the moon's entire orbit around the earth as a shape of an old and dried-out date tree's branch, also scientifically known and confirmed today as S-shaped. The shape of the old and dried-out branch of a date tree does resemble the letter "S". I provided images in the article that prove this. |
Video file:
The universe "is full of paths and orbits".
Related video file about going up to space with space shuttles in the Noble Quran.
The moon wasn't split during Prophet
Muhammad's days according to the Quran Itself. A detailed rebuttal
from the Glorious Quran Itself by the Engineer Mr. Adnan Al Refaei [1]
المهندس عدنان الرفاعي
is included
in the video file.
Also Visit:
Question-Answer Exchanges: The following Question-Answer exchanges are some of the very thorough and beneficial regarding the Scientific Miracles of the Sun and the Moon in the Glorious Quran. From http://www.answering-christianity.com/blog/index.php/topic,1311.msg4866.html#msg4866:
Question:
Assalamualykum. Answer: Hello
brother Farhan!
Question:
thanks
brother. Answer: As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers and sisters,Brother Mclinkin94, great answer akhi. May Allah Almighty bless you. Ameen. I would like to add that Allah Almighty created the creatures on earth to live by day and night. Some planets, and even parts on this earth, have very long days cycles and very long nights cycles. Normal life on earth was designed by an equal rotation of the day and night. So by Divine Design, Allah Almighty placed the moon to be our night light, and for the sun to be our glorious star. Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said the following: 91:1 والشمس وضحاها 91:2 والقمر اذا تلاها 91:3 والنهار اذا جلاها "By the sun and its radiant light, and the moon that trails (and reflects) its light. By the day that magnifies and glorifies (جلاها) its brightness. (The Noble Quran, 91:1-3)" ![]() Did you know our shining and glorious days, on a clear day, are a magnification of the sun's rays by our atomosphere? Outside our atmosphere, the universe is pitch black! And Allah Almighty Said that it is our day that magnifies and glorifies the sun's brightness. Please visit: http://www.answering-christianity.com/sun_rays_miracle.htm
[067:005]
And
we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest
heaven with Lamps, and We have made such (Lamps)
(as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones, and
have prepared for them the Penalty of the
Blazing Fire.
Question: Assalamualykum.
...... Wa Alaikum As'salam dear brother, Dr. Zaghloul Al-Najjar has proven the speed of light in the Glorious Quran: http://www.answering-christianity.com/time_and_speed_of_light_precisely_in_noble_quran.mp3 Also visit: http://www.answering-christianity.com/speed_of_light_in_quran.htm http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac20.htm#links Take care, Osama Abdallah
Question:
''
It is not allowable for the sun to reach the
moon, nor does the night overtake the day, but
each, in an orbit, is swimming.''(36:40) Answer:
As'salamu Alaikum dear brother, People were asking the Prophet, peace be upon him, if the sun and the moon were ever going to collide. The people thought that the sun and the moon were both running on one lane or line or orbit or path, and that they're together, and that if one slows down, then the other would catch up to it and they'd ultimately collide. Allah Almighty responded to this nonsense by making it absolutely clear that the sun and the moon are traveling in entirely different orbits, and that they could not catch up to each others and collide. So what the empty anti-Islamics of today try to prove as a scientific blunder in the Holy Quran turns out to be an accurate Scientific Statement and a Scientific Miracle of its time. Also, the Holy Quran Said that the moon's orbit is S-Shaped. Allah Almighty never said the same about the sun's orbit.
Same exact reponse as above. Yes, they're not on the same orbit. This is Scientifically estabilished. And again, the Holy Quran Said that the moon's orbit is S-Shaped. Allah Almighty never said the same about the sun's orbit.
Allah Almighty started the Noble Verse with speaking only about the sun and the moon, and the night and the day. But ended it by saying ALL swimming in their independent orbits. This is referring here to all celestial bodies in the Universe. This is further clearly proven in other Noble Verses where Allah Almighty talking about the orbits of the celestial bodies, and how once in space, traveling becomes in orbits. Please visit the following video of Dr. Zaghloul Al-Najjar. He thoroughly and beautifully explained this beautiful Miracle in the Holy Quran with ample examples and details: http://www.answering-christianity.com/day_layer_reveals_the_sun_brightness.wmv Also, all celestial bodies are يعرجون Yaa'rujoon (traveling in orbits [2] [3] [4] [5]) in space. This video is about Noble Verses 32:5, 34:2, 57:4, 70:3-4 and others, and the Arabic words عرج , عروج , معارج and معراج that all refer to "going in an orbital and curvy path" in the Glorious Quran and our Islamic Texts. Prophet Muhammad's Hadith (saying) [1] [2] [3] regarding the rising and setting POINTS:
Prophet Muhammad: The sun is in constant orbit always rising on people while setting on others. عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سئل :هذه المغارب اين تغرب ؟ وهذه المطالع اين تطلع ؟ فقال صلى الله عليه وسلم هي على رسلها لا تبرح ولا تزول , تغرب عن قوم وتطلع على قوم ,وتغرب عن قوم وتطلع , فقوم يقولون غربت ,وقوم يقولون طلعت "Ibn Abbas narrated on Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, that the Prophet was asked: Where does the sun go after all of these sunsets? And where does it come from after all of these sunrises? The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied: It is in constant motion. It doesn't stop nor disappear. It sets on people and rises on others, and it sets on people and rises on others. So people would say it has risen while others say it has set." Sources:
1- Jami'a Al-Usool li-ibn Al-Atheer.
2- Musnad Al-Imam Abi Is'haq Al-Hamadani
3- Al-Ijaz Al-Ilmi Fe Al-Sunna Al-Nabawiyyah, Dr. Zahloul Al-Najjar,
Page 132.
www.answering-christianity.com/egg-shaped_earth.htm Did Prophet Muhammad know think that the earth was spherical or flat? Answer:
In this Hadith, above, he certainly seems to have
known this fact very well. And this Hadith is even older than Sahih
Bukhari. It is important to know that Imam Bukhari and others
have declared that they have
discarded thousands of Hadiths:
"The
two sahih collections
did not gather the totality of the authentic ahadith as
proved by al-Bukhari's
testimony: "I
have not included in my book al-Jami` but
what is authentic,
and I left out among the authentic
for fear of [excessive] length." "... Bukhari, collected twenty thousand of them, of which he rejected ten thousand, accounting them untrue. Of the remaining ten thousand he accepted only 7,275, declaring the rest to be untrustworthy. Abu Da'ud accepted as authentic only 4,800 rules out 50,000."
Question:
And
the moon darkens.(75: 8 ) Answer:
As'salamu Alaikum dear brother,
Question:
Assalamualykum. Answer: Wa Alaikum
As'salam dear brother, |