The Quran and Islamic tradition Early traditions and stories explain this verse as a miracle performed by Muhammad, following requests of some members of the Quraysh. Most early and medieval Muslim commentators accepted the authenticity of those traditions, which allude to the Moon-splitting as a historical event.
"اِنْشَقَّ الفَمَرُ على عهدِ رسولِ اللهِ حَتّى رَأيْتُ الجَبَلَ بَيْنَ فُرْجَتَىْ القَمَر" (Moon was split in the days of Muhammad [in Makkah] into two parts and I could see a mountain between the two parts of the moon). Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith # 3636.
The Prophet then said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah. They eclipse neither because of the death of somebody nor because of his life (i.e. birth). So when you see them, remember Allah." The people say, "O Allah's Apostle!
The splitting of the moon (Arabic: انشقاق القمر) is a miracle in Muslim tradition attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It is derived from the Quran, Surah Al Qamar verses 54:1–2, and mentioned by Muslim traditions such as the Asbab al-nuzul (context of revelation).
Cheraman Perumal Rama Varma Kulashekhara was said to be the king of Kerala at that time. He saw the miracle while he was relaxing on the rooftop of his palace in Kodungallore in a moonlit night.
The Quran and Islamic tradition
The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the Moon is cleft asunder. But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic." Early traditions and stories explain this verse as a miracle performed by Muhammad, following requests of some members of the Quraysh.
One hour after sunset on 18 June 1178, at least five men in southern England reported having witnessed an unusual phenomenon in the sky. According to the monk Gervasio, chronicler of the Abbey of Christ Church in Canterbury, the upper horn of the crescent Moon was split in two.
When the Moon Split is a biography of Prophet Muhammad (s), a very noble and exalted subject by which Muslims learn about the rise of Islam, and how Prophet Muhammad (s) was chosen by Allah to receive the divine revelation.
Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) said: Whenever you sight the new moon (of the month of Ramadan) observe fast, and when you sight it (the new moon of Shawwal) break it, and if the sky is cloudy for you, then observe fast for thirty days.
On several occasions he provided food and water supernaturally. He quenched the thirst of thousands of his soldiers during the Battle of Tabouk and enabled them to use water for ablution after causing water to pour forth. He caused two trees to move at his command.
ISLAM emerged in Arabia where travel along the desert trade routes was largely by night, and navigation depended upon the position of the moon and stars. The moon thus represents the guidance of God on the path through life. The new moon also represents the Muslim calendar, which has 12 months each of 29 or 30 days.
(Allah is) the One Who created the night, the day, the sun and the moon. Each one is travelling in an orbit (with its own motion). Surah: 21, Verse: 33.
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) did not see Allah (SWT) Almighty with eyes. It is narrated by Hazrat Aisha (RA) that if anyone will tell you that Muhammad (SAW) has seen His Lord, he is a liar, for Allah says 'No vision can grasp Him.
The gravity from Luna would tug on the Earth; causing large tsunamis with the rise and fall of the tides more often than they currently occur, and an increase in earthquakes (look out California!), and an increase in volcanic activity, which would pump ash and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The conquest went largely uncontested and Muhammad seized the city with little bloodshed. In 632, a few months after returning from the Farewell Pilgrimage, he fell ill and died. By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam.
The Islamic calendar is governed by the movements of the moon, meaning that each month starts with a new lunar cycle, marked by the "birth" of a new crescent moon.
Star and Crescent
The crescent and star symbol became strongly associated with the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. By extension from the use in Ottoman lands, It became a symbol also for Islam as a whole, as well as representative of western Orientalism.
The Crescent Moon and Star (Islam)
However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul). While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world, the star and crescent was adopted as the symbol of Islam.
The story continues that Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a crescent moon filled the sky from one end to the other. He took the dream as an omen that his kingdom would stretch across the earth, and adopted the symbol as his own.
The Qur'an further states that Allah created the sun, the moon, and the planets, each with their own individual courses or orbits. "It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course" (21:33).
On June 18, 1178, five monks in Canterbury, England, may have witnessed the formation of a crater on the Moon.
As the Quran has it, Prophet Muhammad took a night trip to heaven aboard a trusty winged pony-horse-mule-ish creature called Buraq. It's an episode that's inspired Islamic art ever since, because few artists can resist a theologically sound reason to draw a winged horse.
One source, Islam House, lists 50 signs, 10 of which "are past, 13 are present and 27 are future".