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THE Holy QUR’AN THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDINGS. BASED ON THE WORKS OF HARUN YAHYA WWW.HARUNYAHAY.COM and others PREPARED BY fereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com Dr F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB, .MCMI, PhD. The Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah.
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THE Holy QUR’AN THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDINGS BASED ON THE WORKS OF HARUN YAHYA WWW.HARUNYAHAY.COMand others PREPARED BY fereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com Dr F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB, .MCMI, PhD
The Holy Qur'an is the Word of Allah
(Surat al-Qamar, 1) 54:1
(Surat al-Qamar, 1) 54:1
(Surat al-Qamar, 2) 54:2 (Surat al-Qamar, 1)
(Surat al-Qamar, 2) 54:2
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • The word “Qamar” means “Moon,” and the word “Moon” appears in the first verse of Surat al-Qamar. • There are 1390 verses from that verse to the end of the Qur’an.
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • The year 1390 in the Islamic calendar corresponds to 1969 AD, the date of the lunar landings. • This, one of the greatest landmarks in human history, was indicated 14 centuries beforehand. (Allah knows the truth.)
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • In addition, the word “inshakka,” meaning “split,” is used in this verse. • The word is derived from the root “shakka,” meaning “to plow, dig up, to turn the soil...” In the same way, the Apollo 11 spacecraft that went to the Moon also took specimens of lunar dust back to Earth. • In that sense, the term “the Moon has split” is consistent with developments in the present day.
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • A number of calculations can be made from this basis. • These are referred to as numerological (abjad) calculations or "hisab al-jumal."239 • Muslims who took advantage of the fact that every letter of the alphabet represents a number have used this in a number of fields. • Ilm'ulJafr is one of these.
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING The Hour [has drawn near] and the moon has split. Hijri: 1390, Gregorian: 1969 In 1969, American astronauts carried out research on the Moon, dug the soil up with various pieces of equipment, split it and carried specimens back to Earth.
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • We must, however, make it clear that the splitting of the Moon is of course one of the miracles given to our Prophet (saas) by Allah. This miracle is revealed thus in a hadith: • The people of Mecca asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. • So he showed them the moon split in two halves between which they saw the Hiram' mountain. (Sahih Bukhari)
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • The above miracle is the splitting of the Moon revealed in the verse. • However, since the Qur'an is a Book that addresses all times, one may think of this verse as referring to the exploration of the Moon in our own day. (Allah knows best.)
THE DATE OF THE LUNAR LANDING • 239. Ismail Yakit, Türk-Islam KültüründeEbcedHesabiveTarihDüsürme (Abjad Calculation and Date Deduction in Turkish-Islamic Culture), 36.240. Yakit, Türk-Islam KültüründeEbcedHesabiveTarihDüsürme, 56.