The problem with myths is their simultaneous pliablity and popularity.
In the Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful
The Hour is nigh, and the moon split. But if they see a sign, they turn away and say. “This is evident Magic.” Qur’an 54:1-2
MATERIALIST philosophers and their absurd imitators, who attempt to cast a shadow over such a moon-like miracle of Muhammad (S) by vicious misgivings, say, “If the splitting of the moon had occurred, it would have been known to the whole world and narrated on all the books of history.”
OUR ANSWER: The splitting of the moon was demonstrated as an evidence of prophethood. It happened instantaneously, before a certain group of deniers at a time of night when people were asleep. There were, at the same time, obstacles that prevented others from witnessing this event, such as fog, clouds, and the time differences between parts of the world. Furthermore, science had not spread at the time, so that researches were very limited. This miracle therefore, was not intended to be witnessed all over the world and to be narrated by all historians.
Now listen to the following Five Points that will clear the clouds of misgiving concerning the miracle of the splitting of the moon.
Here’s a little snapshot of Point Four:
Yet thoughtless rejecters say, “It did not occur, as it is not mentioned in the histories of such people as the Chinese, Japanese, and Americans.” A thousand curses upon such bootlickers of the Western philosophers!
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