That the Meccan people requested Messenger of Allah ﷺ to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon. (Using translation from Bukhārī 3637)
أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُرِيَهُمْ آيَةً فَأَرَاهُمْ انْشِقَاقَ الْقَمَرِ مَرَّتَيْنِ