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Surah al-Qamar

Meccan. (1)

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

“The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split apart.” (1)

“The Hour has drawn near”: that is, the Resurrection has approached; “and the moon has split apart.”

‘Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Nu‘aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il related to us; ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab related to us; Bishr ibn al-Mufaddal informed us; Sa‘id ibn Abi ‘Arubah related to us from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik: the people of Mecca asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to show them a sign, so he showed them the moon split into two parts, until they saw Mount Hira’ between them. (2)

Shayban narrated from Qatadah: He showed them the splitting of the moon twice. (3)

‘Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Nu‘aymi informed us; Muhammad ibn Yusuf informed us; Muhammad ibn Isma‘il related to us; Musaddad related to us; Yahya related to us from Shu‘bah, and Sufyan from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim, from Abu Ma‘mar, from Ibn Mas‘ud, who said: During the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, the moon split into two parts: one part above the mountain and the other below it. 145/b The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, then said, “Bear witness.” (4)

(1) Al-Nahhas, Ibn al-Durays, Ibn Mardawayh, and al-Bayhaqi, in al-Dala'il, narrated from Ibn Abbas that he said: Surat al-Qamar (The Hour Has Drawn Near) was revealed in Mecca. See al-Durr al-Manthur, 7:669. (2) Narrated by al-Bukhari in Manaqib al-Ansar, chapter: The Splitting of the Moon, 7:187. (3) An excerpt from a hadith narrated by Muslim in Sifat al-Munafiqun wa Ahkamuhum, chapter: The Splitting of the Moon, no. 2802, 4:2159. (4) Narrated by al-Bukhari in al-Tafsir, interpretation of Surat al-Qamar, chapter: “And the moon has split; yet whenever they see a sign, they turn away,” 8:617; and by Muslim in Sifat al-Munafiqun wa Ahkamuhum, chapter: The Splitting of the Moon, no. 2800, 4:2158.

سُورَةُ الْقَمَرِ مَكِّيَّةٌ (١) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ (١) ﴾ ﴿اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ﴾ دَنَتِ الْقِيَامَةُ ﴿وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ﴾ . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، أَخْبَرَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ ابن أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً فَأَرَاهُمُ الْقَمَرَ شَقَّتَيْنِ حَتَّى رَأَوْا حِرَاءً بَيْنَهُمَا (٢) . وَقَالَ شَيَّبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ: فَأَرَاهُمْ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ (٣) . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّعِيمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ وَسُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِرْقَتَيْنِ، فِرْقَةٍ فَوْقَ الْجَبَلِ وفرقة دونه، ١٤٥/ب فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "اشْهَدُوا" (٤) .

(١) أخرج النحاس وابن الضريس وابن مردويه والبيهقي في الدلائل عن ابن عباس قال: نزلت بمكة سورة (اقتربت الساعة) . انظر: الدر المنثور: ٧ / ٦٦٩. (٢) أخرجه البخاري في مناقب الأنصار، باب انشقاق القمر: ٧ / ١٨٧. (٣) قطعة من حديث أخرجه مسلم في صفات المنافقين وأحكامهم، باب انشقاق القمر برقم: (٢٨٠٢) : ٤ / ٢١٥٩. (٤) أخرجه البخاري في التفسير- تفسير سورة القمر باب (وانشق القمر، وإن يروا آية يعرضوا) : ٨ / ٦١٧، ومسلم في صفات المنافقين وأحكامهم، باب انشقاق القمر، برقم: (٢٨٠٠) : ٤ / ٢١٥٨.