23. Book of Quranic Exegesis (Tafsīr)
٢٣۔ كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ
[Machine] About Abdullah's statement in his words, may Allah be glorified and exalted: "And the moon split" [Surah Al-Qamar, verse 1]. He said, "I saw the moon split, and I saw the mountain between the two parts of the moon."
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ} [القمر 1] قَالَ «رَأَيْتُ الْقَمَرَ وَقَدِ انْشَقَّ فَأَبْصَرْتُ الْجَبَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ فَرْجَيِ الْقَمَرِ»
[Machine] "I saw the moon split into two halves twice in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration, with one half over Abu Qubays and the other half over the Suwayda." They said, "The moon is bewitched," then came the verse, "The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]." (Quran 54:1) He said, "Just as you saw it split, what I have informed you about the approaching Hour is true."
«رَأَيْتُ الْقَمَرَ مُنْشَقًّا بِشِقَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ بِمَكَّةَ قَبْلَ مَخْرَجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شِقَّةٌ عَلَى أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ وَشِقَّةٌ عَلَى السُّوَيْدَاءِ» فَقَالُوا سُحِرَ الْقَمَرُ فَنَزَلَتْ {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ} [القمر 1] يَقُولُ «كَمَا رَأَيْتُمْ مُنْشَقًّا فَإِنَّ الَّذِي أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ عَنِ اقْتِرَابِ السَّاعَةِ حَقٌّ»
[Machine] "The moon split during the time of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. And as for the narration of Abdullah son of Amr, it is authentic."
«انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ»
[Machine] In the saying of Allah, the Exalted, "{The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.}" [Surah Al-Qamar 54:1], it is said that this occurred during the time of the Prophet ﷺ when the moon split into two halves: one half was on one side of the mountain and the other half was on the other side. The Prophet ﷺ then said, "O Allah, bear witness."
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ} [القمر 1] قَالَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ فِلْقَتَيْنِ فِلْقَةٌ مِنْ دُونِ الْجَبَلِ وَفِلْقَةٌ خَلْفَ الْجَبَلِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ»
[Machine] In His words, the Almighty (ﷻ), "{The Hour has come near, and the moon has split}" [Quran, Al-Qamar 54:1], it is said, "The moon split while we were in Mecca during the time of the Prophet ﷺ ."
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ} [القمر 1] الْقَمَرُ قَالَ «انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَنَحْنُ بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ»
[Machine] The people of Mecca asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a sign, and the moon was split in Mecca twice. Allah (the Exalted) said, "The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split" [Al-Qamar 54:1].
سَأَلَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ آيَةً فَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ بِمَكَّةَ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ} [القمر 1] قَدِ اتَّفَقَ الشَّيْخَانِ عَلَى حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ
[Machine] He used to read (with humbled eyes) with the letter Alif.
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ (خَاشِعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ) بِالْأَلْفِ
[Machine] I heard Aban ibn Taghlib reciting "Their sights humbled" like Hamza.
سَمِعْتُ أَبَانَ بْنَ تَغْلِبَ يَقْرَأُ (خَاشِعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ) مِثْلَ حَمْزَةَ
[Machine] There were three hundred years between the call of Noah and the destruction of Noah's people, and the oven persisted in India, and Noah's ark sailed for a week. The chain of narrators is authentic, and it was not included in the authentic collections.
«كَانَ بَيْنَ دَعْوَةِ نُوحٍ وَبَيْنَ هَلَاكِ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَكَانَ فَارَ التَّنُّورُ بِالْهِنْدِ وَطَافَتْ سَفِينَةُ نُوحٍ بِالْبَيْتِ أُسْبُوعًا» صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ صحيح
[Machine] "He recited the saying of Allah, the Most High: 'Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness' (Surah Al-Qamar, 47) until 'in proportion' (Surah Al-Qamar, 49). Then Sa'id bin Al-Musayyib narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'The last word regarding destiny shall be for the worst of this Ummah (nation).' "
أَنَّهُ تَلَا قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ} [القمر 47] الْآيَةُ إِلَى {بِقَدَرٍ} [القمر 49] فَقَالَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «آخِرُ الْكَلَامِ فِي الْقَدَرِ لَشِرَارُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ»