Islamic Stories - , Splitting of the Moon an Amazing Story

In a TV interview with the Egyptian Geologist Dr. Zaghloul Annajar,
theanchor 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 stoodasking 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 maynot be
interpreted through the usual. The splitting of the moon is amiracle,
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 beforethe 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 youwant? They said in an
effort to complicate matters for him: split themoon 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 thatmagic would only
affect the attendees whereas itcan 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 Hourhas
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. *Theybelied 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 thatat 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 allowme I would like to
add on this issue? I said please do. He explained saying: At the time
whenI 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, diseasesand
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 positionthat 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 comesto
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 suchphenomenon 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.