Investigating the historical evolution of 'moon split' in interpretations

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Tahere Abdol hosseiny Hossien Abady ¹ , Sousan Alerasoul ^{2 *} , mohammadhosain tavanaei ³

1 - Ph.D stadent in Quran and Hadith stadies Karaj Branch Islamic Azad University Karaj-Iran.
2 - Faculty member of the Department of Quran and Hadith Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch
3 - Islamic Azad University ,karaj

Received: 2021-12-05 Accepted : 2022-02-17 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: ", Quranic interpretations", moon split", miracle", resurrection",

Abstract :

One of the differences in opinions between the commentators of the Qur'an is the splitting of the moon during the lifetime of the Holy Prophet. One of the ways of processing texts is to pay attention to the historical course and their frequency in Islamic sources. The present article analyzes the historical trend of the development of these theories. The research information was analyzed from written sources of narrative and interpretive, summarized and then by descriptive-historical method. Studies from the time of the Companions to the fifteenth century show that the theory of 'split in the future' did not exist in commentary books until the middle of the fourth century, and the narrations cited by this group were all far from the age of revelation, if the sects doubted their validity. The reasons for the introduction of new ideas in society have grown over time to the point that in the present era, the unlikely occurrence of this miracle has received more attention with modern science. Contrary to this interpretation, the majority of commentators believe in the accuracy and sometimes frequency of the hadiths indicating the occurrence of the splitting of the moon as a miracle of the Holy Prophet and, depending on the time, deal briefly or in detail with the arguments of the opponents