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Quran 54:1 (the Hour has drawn near and the moon has split)

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Cited in 1 segment across 1 recording · 2019 · quran/quran:54:1

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18 Oct 2019Hadith Studies Did the Prophet really split the moon in half? No: Mufti Abu Layth says the moon was not split; the companions described what they perceived, most likely a lunar eclipse, and Quran 54:1 is about the end of the world. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 54:1 (the Hour has drawn near and the moon has split)the splitting of the moonreport: the moon was split in two in the time of the prophetIbn Abbas [?] machine2 min 15 s0:40on YouTube