Splitting of the moon
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The splitting of the moon (Arabic: shaqq-al-Qamar), is one of the cosmological events happened at Muhammad's time. Most Muslims look at it as a miracle of Muhammad while others believe that the Qur'an has mentioned the referred incident as a sign of the promised hour, without ascribing it to Muhammad or mentioning it as a miracle.
Chakrawati Farmas, king of Malabar, India, also reported seeing this split.[1] It is written M. Hamidullah in his book[2] :
There is a very old tradition in Malabar, South-West Coast of India, that Chakrawati Farmas, one of their kings, had observed the splitting of the moon, the celebrated miracle of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) at Mecca, and learning on inquiry that there was a prediction of the coming of a Messenger of God from Arabia (Detail given bellow), he appointed his son as regent and set out to meet him. He embraced Islam at the hand of the Prophet, and when returning home, at the direction of the Prophet, died at the port of Zafar, Yemen, where the tomb of the "Indian king" was piously visited for many centuries.
The event is also reported to have been retold by the Sahaba Malik ibn Dinar.
The event is referred to in the Qur'an, in the Chapter of Al-Qamar 54:1 [3]
[edit] See also
- Islamic view of Moses, for the miracle of splitting the Sea, also retold in the Qur'an
[edit] References
- ^ Dr. Z. HAQ, CHAKRAWATI FARMAS King of Malabar India, India Office Library, London, Ref. No. Arabic, 2807, 152-173
- ^ M. Hamidullah, Muhammad Rasulullah
- ^ http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/maududi/mau54.html
