The Moon Splits in Two
The miracle of the moon splitting into two is one of the biggest miracles of our Master…
As known, a miracle is a supernatural occurrence a Nabi or a Rasul manifests to prove his divine duty to the people… It is created by Allah, as the grace of Allah. This word is used only in reference to the Nabis and Rasuls.
“Karamah” (prophecy, wonder) is specific to the friends and intimates of Allah (waliuallah) who excel at observing the guidelines of Allah. These supernatural occurrences are created by Allah outside the conscious will of the Wali. They are in fact successions of the miracles pertaining to the Nabi or the Rasul whom the Wali follows.
Other supernatural occurrences besides the two mentioned above are called “istidraj” This sort does not manifest from a Nabi, a Rasul or a Wali, but from a person whom, for various reasons, Allah puts to test.
In other words, if a supernatural occurrence does not manifest from a Nabi, a Rasul or a Wali, then it must be outside the religion of Islam, and one must refrain from it.
As a matter of fact, the Antichrist Dajjal who is expected to at the end of times will manifest many supernatural occurrences…
After our Master commenced his duty of risalah the polytheists of Quraish demanded miracles as proof. One of these was splitting the moon into two…
Some of the most ferocious polytheists like Walid bin Mughiyra, Abu Jahil, Aswad bin Muttalib, Ab bin Hisham, Nadr bin Harith gathered around our Master one day and said:
“If you truly are the Rasul of Allah as you claim to be, split the moon into two! Let one half be observed from Jabali Qubaish and the other half from Jabali Quaik…”
Our Master asked, “If Allah enables this, will you then believe?”
“Yes! If you can do this, surely we will be of the believers!” they confirmed…
It was the 14th night of the lunar month… A full moon! Our Master prayed to Allah and asked Him to split the moon into two as the polytheists requested. Lo and behold, the moon split asunder, one half was visible from Jabali Qubaish and the other fromm Jabali Quaik…
Then our Master called out:
“Bear witness O Aba Salam bin Abdulasad, O Arkam! Bear witness!”
The Quraishi polytheists were utterly dumbfounded by this scene yet they still couldn’t become believers!
“This is clearly the magic of the son of Abu Kebshe…” they deluded themselves.
Abu Jahil suggested, “Wait for the travelers to arrive… He may think we can deceive us with his magic but he can’t deceive the travelers outside of Mecca. If they didn’t see what we saw then clearly it was just magic! Let us wait and see…”
After some time, some Meccan travelers returned home and claimed they saw the moon split into two during their travel. Yet the unbelievers still did not believe! With blind stubbornness they persisted on it being nothing other sorcery and magic.
Some time later verses were revealed to further validate its authenticity:
The Hour has neared and the Moon (Qamar) has split asunder!
Yet when they see a miracle, they turn away and say, “Ordinary magic”!
They deny and follow their own baseless desires (all that is pleasing to their egos)! But every matter will be settled![1]