Splitting of the Moon - Quraan 54:1-2 (Al-Qamar (سورة القمر))

Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

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[TD="class: QuranData, bgcolor: #F0EFEC"]The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon).[/TD]
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[TD="class: QuranDataArabic, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ[/TD]
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[TD="class: QuranData, bgcolor: #F0EFEC"]And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: "This is continuous magic."[/TD]
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[TD="class: QuranDataUrdu, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]اور اگر وہ کوئی معجزہ دیکھ لیں تو اس سے منہ موڑ لیں اور کہیں یہ تو ہمیشہ سے چلا آتا جادو ہے[/TD]
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Tafseer:

"The splitting of the Moon asunder is a portent that the Hour of Resurrection of which you are being foretold, has drawn near at hand, and the order of the Universe has begun to be disrupted. Moreover, the incident that a great sphere like the Moon's has split into two distinct parts, is a specific proof of the fact that Resurrection of which you are being forewarned can take place. Obviously, when the Moon can split, the earth also can split, the orbits of he stars and planets also can change and the whole system of the heavens also can be disturbed. There is nothing eternal and everlasting and stable here so that Resurrection may be improbable."

Some people have taken this sentence to mean: "The Moon will split. " Although according to Arabic usage it is possible to take this meaning, the context clearly rejects it. In the first place, if this were the meaning, the first sentence would become meaningless. If the Moon had not actually split at the time when this Revelation was made, but it was going to split some time in the future,

it would be absurd to say on the basis of this that the Hour of Resurrection had approached near at hand. After all, how can an incident that is to take place in the future, be regarded as a sign of Resurrection's being near at hand, and how can such a testimony be put forward as a rational argument? Second, with this meaning in mind when we read the following verses,

they appear to be altogether incoherent. The verses that follow clearly show that the people at that time had witnessed a sign that was a manifest portent of the possibility of Resurrection, but they rejected it as a magical illusion, and persisted in their belief that Resurrection was not possible. In this context, the words inshaqq-al-Qamar can be meaningful only if they are taken to mean: "The Moon split asunder." If they are taken to mean: "The Moon will split asunder," the whole following theme becomes disjointed. It will Took like this:

"The Hour of Resurrection has drawn near and the Moon will split asunder. Yet whatever sign these people may see they turn away and say: `This is current magic!' They have denied and followed only their own lusts. "

Therefore, the truth is that the incident of the splitting of the Moon is confirmed explicitly by the words of the Qur'an and it is not dependent upon the traditions of the Hadith. However, the traditions supply its details, and one comes to know when and how it had taken place. These traditions have been related by Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmidhi, Ahmad, Abu `Uwanah, Abu Da'ud Tayalisi, `Abdur Razzaq, Ibn Jarir, Baihaqi, Tabarani, Ibn Marduyah, and Abu Nu'aim Tsfahani with many chains of transmitters on the authority of Hadrat `Ali, Hadrat `Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Hadrat `Abdullah bin `Abbas, Hadrat' Abdullah bin `Umar, Hadrat Hudhaifah, Hadrat Anas bin Malik and Hadrat Jubair bin Mut`im. Three of these authorities, viz, Hadrat `Abdullah bin Mas'ud; Hadrat Hudhaifah, and Hadrat Jubair bin Mut`im,

state that they were the eye-witnesses of this event; two of them cannot be its eye-witnesses, for this event took place before the birth of one (i.e. 'Abdullah bin `Abbas) and at a time when the other (i.e.. Anas bin Malik) was yet a child. But since both these scholars were Companions, obviously they must have reported this event after they had heard it from the aged Companions who had direct knowledge of it.

The information that one gathers from the various traditions is that this incident occurred about five years before the Hijrah. It was the 14th night of the lunar month; the Moon had just risen when it suddenly split and its two parts were seen on either side of the hill in front. Then after a moment or so they rejoined. The Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) at that time was at Mina. He told the people to mark it and be witnesses to it. The disbelievers said that Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) had worked magic on them; therefore, their eyes had been deceived. The other people said: "Mnhammad could have worked magic on us but not on all the people. Let the people from other places come: we shall ask them if they also had witnessed this incident. " When the people from other places came, they bore evidence that they also had witnessed the same phenomenon.

Some traditions which have been related from Hadrat Anas give rise to the misunderstanding that the incident of the splitting of the Moon had happened twice. But, in the first place, no one else from among the Companions has stated this; second, in some traditions of Hadrat Anas himself also the words are marratain (twice), and in sane firqatain and shaqqatain (two pieces); third, the Qur'an mentions only one incident of the Moon's splitting asunder. The correct view therefore is that this incident happened only once. As for the stories which are current among the people that the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) had matte a gesture towards the Moon and it split into two parts and that one part of the Moon entered the breast of the garment of the Holy Prophet and went out of the sleeve, have no basis whatever.

Here, the question arises: What was the real nature of this incident. Was it a miracle that the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) performed on the demand of the disbelievers of Makkah as a proof of his Prophethood? Or, was it only an accident that occurred on the Moon by the power of Allah and the Holy Prophet had only called the peoples attention to it and warned them to mark it as a Sign of the possibility and nearness of Resurrection? A large group of the Muslim scholars regards it as among the miracles of the Holy Prophet and holds the view that it had been shown on the demand of the disbelievers. But this view is based only on somc of those traditions which have been related from Hadrat Anas. Apart from him no other Companion has stated this. According to Fath al Bari Ibn Hajar says: "Apart from the narration by Hadrat Anas, in no other narration of this story have I come across the theme that the incident of the splitting of the Moon had taken place on the demand of the polytheists. (Bab Inshiqaq al-Qamar). Abu Nu'aim Isfahani has related a tradition on this subject in Dale il an-Nubuwwat, on the authority of Hadrat 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas also, but it has a weak chain of transrmitters and none of the traditions that have been related with strong

chains of tranamitters in the collections of Hadith on the authority of Hadrat 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas, contains any mention of this. Furthermore, neither Hadrat Anas nor Hadrat `Abdullah bin `Abbas was a contemporary of this incident. On the contrary, none of the Companions from among Hadrat `Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Hadrat Hudhaifah, Hadrat Jubair bin Mut`im, Hadrat 'Ali, Hadrat `Abdullah bin 'Umar, who were contemporaries of the incident, has stated that the pagans of Makkah had demanded a Sign of the Holy Prophet to testify to his Prophethood on which he might havc shown the miracle of the splitting of the Moon. Above all,

the Qur'an itself also is presenting this event not as a Sign of the Prophethood but as a Sign of the nearness of Resurrection. However, this was indeed conspicuous proof of the Holy Prophet's truthfulness because it testified to the news that he was giving to the people of the coming of Resurrection.

The critics raise two kinds of objections against it. In the first place, they say it is impossible that a great sphere like the Moon should split asunder into two distinct parts, which should get hundreds of miles apart and then rejoin. Secondly, they say if it had so happened, it would be a well-known event in the world and would have found mention in the books of History and Astronomy. But, in fact, both these objections are flimsy. As for the discussion of its possibility,

it could perhaps find credibility in the ancient days but on the basis of what man has cane to know in the present day about the structure of the planets, it can be said that it is just possible that a sphere may burst because of its internal volcanic action and its two parts may be thrown far apart by the mighty eruption, and then may rejoin under the magnetic force of their center. As for the second objection, it is flimsy because the event had taken place suddenly and lasted a short time only. It was not necessary that at that particular moment the world might be looking at the Moon. There was no explosion either that might have attracted the people's attention; there was no advance information of it that the people might be awaiting its occurrence and looking up at the sky. It could not also be seen everywhere on the earth but only in Arabia and the eastern (ands where the Moon had risen and was visible at that time.

The taste and art of writing history also had not yet developed so that the people who might have witnessed it, should have made a record of it and then sane historian might have gathered the evidence and preserved it in some book of History. However, in the Histories of Malabar mention has been made of a native ruler who had witnessed this phenomenon that night. As for the books of Astronomy and Calendars, this event might have been mentioned in them only if the event had affected the movement of the Moon, its orbit and the times of its rising and setting.

As no such thing happened, it did not attract the ancient astronomers' attention. The observatories also were not so developed that they might have taken notice of everything happening in the heavens and preserved a record of it.

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Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

Hadeeths: Splitting of the Moon

(1) Narrated Anas: That the Meccan people requested Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon. (Sahih Bukhari; Book #56, Hadith #831)

(2) Narrated Abdullah: Five things have passed, i.e. the smoke, the defeat of the Romans, the splitting of the moon, Al-Batsha (the defeat of the infidels in the battle of Badr) and Al-Lizam (the punishment)' (Sahih Bukhari; Book #60, Hadith #345)

(3) Narrated Abdullah: Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:-- 'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Allah's Apostle saw Quraish standing against him, he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years (of famine) of Joseph. So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), "And they ate hides and dead animals, and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth. So Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet and said, "O Muhammad! Your people are on the verge of destruction! Please invoke Allah to relieve them." So the Prophet invoked Allah for them (and the famine disappeared). He said to them. "You will revert (to heathenism) after that." 'Abdullah then recited: 'then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible.......but truly you will revert (to disbelief).' He added, "Will the punishment be removed from them in the Hereafter? the smoke and the grasp and the Al-Lizam have all passed." One of the sub-narrater said, "the splitting of the moon." And another said, "the defeat of the Romans (has passed)." (Sahih Bukhari; Book #60, Hadith #349)

(4) Narrated 'Abdullah: Five things have passed: Al-Lizam, the defeat of the Romans, the mighty grasp, the splitting of the moon, and the smoke. (Sahih Bukhari; Book #60, Hadith #350)

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(5) Abdullah said that five signs have (become things) of the past (and have proved the truth of the Holy Prophet): (Enveloping) by the smoke, inevitable (punishment to the Meccans at Badr), (the victory of) Rome, (violent) seizing (of the Meccans at Badr) and (the splitting up of) the moon. (Sahih Muslim; Book #039, Hadith #6721)

(6) Anas reported that the people of Mecca demanded from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he should show them (some) signs (miracles) and he showed tlicin the splitting of the moon. This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters. (Sahih Muslim; Book #039, Hadith #6728)

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Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

The Moon Cleft Asunder - Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

The Moon Cleft Asunder

By: Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

Anas ibn Malik (A.S.) narrated that the people of Makkah asked the Prophet (PBUH) to show them a miracle , so he showed them the splitting of the moon , into two distinct parts , that they even saw the mountain of Hira' between them[SUP].[/SUP]

Explanation of the Hadith

This incident was narrated by a number of the companions of the Prophet (PBUH), among them were: 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, 'Abdullah ibn Abbas and others. The Indian and Chinese calendars have recorded the incident of the splitting of the moon.

A few years ago while I was giving a lecture at the Faculty of Medicine at Cardiff University, in Wales, a Muslim asked me a question about the verses at the beginning of Surat al-Qamar (the moon), about the splitting of the moon, and whether it is considered as one of the scientific signs which are mentioned in the Qur'an and whether there is any scientific evidence discovered to explain this incident.

My answer was that this incident is considered one of the most tangible miracles, which took place to support the Prophet (PBUH) when he was challenged by the polytheists and disbelievers of Quraish, showing them this miracle to prove that he is a Messenger of Allah. Anyway, miracles take place as unusual incidents that break all regular laws of nature. Therefore, conventional science is unable to explain how miracles take place, and if they were not mentioned in the Qur'an and in the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH), we would not have been obliged to believe in them. Therefore, we believe that the incident of the splitting of the moon took place exactly as the words of Allah Glorified be Who says:
﴾ The Hour has drawn near , and the moon has been cleft asunder . And if they see a sign, they turn away, and say: (This is continuous magic). They belied (this Qur'an), and followed their own lusts. And every matter will be settled [according to the kind of deeds (for the doer of good deeds, his deeds will take him to Paradise, and similarly evil deeds will take their doers to Hell)]. And indeed there has come to them news (in this Qur'an) wherein there is (enough warning) to check (them from evil), Perfect wisdom (this Qur'an), but (the preaching of) warners benefit them not. ﴿

(Surat Al-Qamar (The Moon): 1-5)

When I finished my speech, a British man from the audience named Dawud Musa Pidcock, leader of the British Muslim Party, asked to add something to my answer. He said: “It is these verses, at the beginning of surat al-Qamar that made me embrace Islam in the late seventies.” This occurred while he was doing extensive research in comparative religion, and one of the Muslims gave him a copy of translation of the meanings of the Qur'an. When he opened this copy for the first time, he came acrossSurat al-Qamar, and he read the verses at the beginning of the surah, and could not believe that the moon had split into two distinct parts and they were rejoined, so he closed the copy of the translation and kept it aside.

In 1978 Mr. Pidcock was destined by Allah's Will to watch a program about space journeys, in which the well-known British announcer Jamed Burke, received three of the American space scientists. During the debate, the announcer kept criticizing the immoderate spending by NASA (millions of Dollars) on space projects, while there are millions of people on earth suffering from starvation, diseases and ignorance. The answer of the space experts came to assert that it was these journeys that made it feasible to develop important technology applied in medical diagnosis and treatment, industry, agriculture, and many other fields. During this debate, they referred to the first time that a human being landed on the surface of the moon, and how this trip cost more than $100 million dollars. The scientists went on to say that this journey proved a scientific fact, that if they had spent several times as much as they did to convince people with it, no body would have believed them. This fact was that the moon had been split a long time ago and rejoined, and there is a lot of concrete evidence on the surface of the moon to prove this.
Mr. Pidcock went on to say : “ When I heard this , I jumped off my chair , and said this is a miracle which took place fourteen hundred years ago to support Muhammad , and the Qur'an narrates it in such a detailed way . After this long period and during the age of science and technology, Allah employs people (non-Muslims) who spent all this money for nothing but to prove that this miracle had actually happened. Then, I said to myself, this must be the true religion, and I went back to the translation of the meanings of the Qur'an, reading it eagerly. It was these verses at the opening of surat al-Qamar that lie behind my reversion to Islam.”

This happens at a time when some Muslims claim that the splitting of the moon has not yet taken place, and that it is one of the signs of the Hereafter as the opening of the surah says: ﴾ The Hour has drawn near. ﴿ They are oblivious to the fact that the Prophet (PBUH) said in a hadith narrated by Imam Muslim , on the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd that Sahl said : "I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say :

“I and the Last Hour are (close to each other) like this (and he pointed by joining his forefinger, (one) next to the thumb and the middle finger (together).”

Those who deny the incident of the splitting of the moon, use incorrect evidence to support their opinion as they use the verse in surat al-Isra:
﴾ And nothing stops Us from sending the evidences (proofs , signs) but that the people of old denied them. ﴿
(Surat Al-Isr' (The Journey by Night): 59)

This verse is not used in the right context since many perceptible signs and miracles took place during the noble life of the Prophet (PBUH).

Peace and blessings of Allah be upon the seal of Prophets (PBUH) , for whom Allah made the moon split into two parts , twice , as an honor for him and to raise his rank and support his message (among his people) , and left for us a concrete evidence to prove that this splitting did actually take place .

Source:http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=31

Adeelsaleem · Sep 24, 2015

MashAllah a living miracle

Nice2MU · Sep 24, 2015

بس تھوڑا انتظار فرمائیں پہنچنے والے ہیں اس فورم کے دھریے جو اس اپنے روحانی اباو اجداد امریکیوں اور ناسا کے سائنسدانوں کے ذریعے اسے غلط ثابت کرنے۔

Nice2MU · Sep 24, 2015

Re: The Moon Cleft Asunder - Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

Pakistani1947 said:
The Moon Cleft Asunder

In 1978 Mr. Pidcock was destined by Allah's Will to watch a program about space journeys, in which the well-known British announcer Jamed Burke, received three of the American space scientists.

Source:http://www.elnaggarzr.com/en/main.php?id=31

Mate, can one find this video because I had searched it a lot but couldn't find? How if one try BBC archive?

Vitamin_C · Sep 24, 2015

Re: The Moon Cleft Asunder - Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

So your only evidence is that its written in a book, and there is testimony from some Muslims from that time. Is that it? Do you think that is evidence to believe in such a big claim splitting of an object of diameter 3476km at a distance of only 385,000km. No physical effect on the earth? No tidal effects no floods? no people injured from debris? No one from Persians, Greeks, Indians, Chinese witnessed this event, not even one person? I am amazed.

Such an impact that would cause a 3476km object to split in half would have the energy to fling the two objects out of the solar system and in space you do not need as much energy a simple push can do a great deal to small objects as there is no resistance. This claim is so ridiculous people shouldn't even bother refuting it as it stands on no evidence.

What the evidence suggest is that the moon did not split and since nobody witnessed this event in the other civilizations there are only 3 possibilities:
1: People in the rest of the world just did not notice this: The probability of this so low that I would not consider this as a possibility the fact that out of millions of people not even one was look at the sky is not rational to believe.

2: The books are lying. This is more plausible than option 1.

3: It was an optical illusion. There is a higher possibility for this because we know that there was a solar eclipse in that year in Arabia at the time the claim is being made. And we know that a solar eclipse may cause the optical illusion of the moon. We also know that, it is possible to predict when and where eclipses can happen and people long before Muhammad had this Knowledge especially the Chinese.
Below is a video of an optical illusion of the moon caused by eclipse.
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Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

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2002 October 29

Original Image Source from NASA Official Website:

A Lunar Rille
Credit: Apollo 10, NASAExplanation: What could cause a long indentation on the Moon? First discovered over 200 years ago with a small telescope, rilles (rhymes with pills) appear all over the Moon. Three types of rilles are now recognized: sinuous rilles, which have many meandering curves, arcuate rilles which form sweeping arcs, and straight rilles, like Ariadaeus Rille pictured above. Long rilles such as Ariadaeus Rille extend for hundreds of kilometers. Sinuous rilles are now thought to be remnants of ancient lava flows, but the origins of arcuate and linear rilles are still a topic of research. The above linear rille was photographed by the Apollo 10 crew in 1969 during their historic approach to only 14-kilometers above the lunar surface. Two months later, Apollo 11, incorporating much knowledge gained from Apollo 10, landed on the Moon.

source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap021029.html

Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

Re: The Moon Cleft Asunder - Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

Nice2MU said:
Mate, can one find this video because I had searched it a lot but couldn't find? How if one try BBC archive?

Brother, are you looking for this one?

[video]http://domaze.net/watch?v=nA52owyeSsU&feature=related[/video]

Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

http://domaze.net/watch?v=xhsC9fJ10Ig

http://www.firstpost.com/topic/orga...quranthe-proof-video-eYiqImG7bB4-35946-1.html

Nice2MU · Sep 24, 2015

Re: The Moon Cleft Asunder - Dr. / Zaghloul El-Naggar

Pakistani1947 said:
Brother, are you looking for this one?

[video]http://domaze.net/watch?v=nA52owyeSsU&feature=related[/video]

No I was talking about the Interview which had been claimed to be recorded by a British announcer with three austronauts.

Mughal1 · Sep 24, 2015

Allah expressed his presence in two ways only creation and revelation this is why they are called acts of God. The rest are only misinterpretations and misrepresentations of the message in the actual quranic text for the reasons made obvious in detail HERE and HERE. For the idea of miracles to be valid one has to prove necessity of miracles otherwise the idea remains a make belief nonsense invented and promoted by rulers, money lenders and mullahs in order to make fool of masses to keep them under their sway. This is why they invented and promoted the idea of supernatural interventions through divine incarnations, messengers and saints etc. These ideas have been brought into deen of islam by those who came to deen of islam with baggages from their religions in which people were born. Deen of islam is straightforward ideology that is logically consistent through and through in light of self evident facts as explained in detail in links provided. It is very important that people who claim to be muslims and are educated pay attention to things rather than following nonsense of ignorant mullahs blindly. The main thing to understand is connection between power of God and his purpose because God is bound to use his power for fulfilling his purpose. According to his purpose of creation and his planning miracles do not fit his scheme of things so anyone claiming they do must come up with a valid explanation which does not exist. So anyone who is attributing falsehood to God or his messenger or his message is not doing any service to deen of islam but digging one's own grave deeper and deeper.

Pakistani1947 · Sep 24, 2015

Mughal1 said:
Allah expressed his presence in two ways only creation and revelation this is why they are called acts of God. The rest are only misinterpretations and misrepresentations of the message in the actual quranic text for the reasons made obvious in detail HERE and HERE. For the idea of miracles to be valid one has to prove necessity of miracles otherwise the idea remains a make belief nonsense invented and promoted by rulers, money lenders and mullahs in order to make fool of masses to keep them under their sway. This is why they invented and promoted the idea of supernatural interventions through divine incarnations, messengers and saints etc. These ideas have been brought into deen of islam by those who came to deen of islam with baggages from their religions in which people were born. Deen of islam is straightforward ideology that is logically consistent through and through in light of self evident facts as explained in detail in links provided. It is very important that people who claim to be muslims and are educated pay attention to things rather than following nonsense of ignorant mullahs blindly. The main thing to understand is connection between power of God and his purpose because God is bound to use his power for fulfilling his purpose. According to his purpose of creation and his planning miracles do not fit his scheme of things so anyone claiming they do must come up with a valid explanation which does not exist. So anyone who is attributing falsehood to God or his messenger or his message is not doing any service to deen of islam but digging one's own grave deeper and deeper.

While searching for the material related to splitting of moon, I came across this verse. I think I need to research more on this topic whenever I get a chance:

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[TD="class: QuranDataArabic, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَآتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا[/TD]
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[TD="class: QuranData, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]And We refrain from sending the signs, only because the men of former generations treated them as false: We sent the she-camel to the Thamud to open their eyes, but they treated her wrongfully: We only send the Signs by way of terror (and warning from evil).[/TD]
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Splitting of the Moon - Quraan 54:1-2 (Al-Qamar (سورة القمر))

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