๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐๐:๐๐) ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ:
A claim made by one of the enemies of Islam the author of wikiislam.net quotes a verse from Holy Quran (24:35) which says:
“Allah is the Noor of the heavens and the Earths.” He is claiming that The Glorious Quran indicating that the moon is not just a reflective surface, and the Quran got it wrong.
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ:
Allah says in Holy Quran Chapter (10:5):
Sahih International:
“It is He who made sun a shining light and moon a derived light ad determined for its phases that you may know number of years and may count {of time}. Allah has not created it except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know.”
The problem with the author of wikiislam.net is that Allah says Moon as Noor in several verses in Quran as 10:5,71:16 and 25:61 and thus it is a contradiction with science because Noor means only “light.
โLet us first see the meaning of Noor:
1. “To receive enlightenment” Hans Wehr 4th ed. page no.1183.
2. “Accidental light” Lanes Lexicon page 2865.
3. “Some said Zia (word used in this verse for sun) means personal light and Noor (word used in this verse for moon) is the light which is not personal………but its meaning will be reflected light only when it will be compared with Zia.” Lughat ul Quran page 1670.
4. “Mutakallamin says the thing which is itself illuminated is Zia like the sun and which gets light from someone other is noor like Moon.” Riaz us Salikin (copied from Tafseer Anwar un-Najaf vol 7 page 147)
Now we quote some of the interpretations of the Quran indicating that the moon is said Noor in the verse because it reflects light from the sun.
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ:
1. Tafseer e Naeemi vol. 11 page 196
2. Tafseer e Namoona vol. 5 page 41
3. Tafseer Anwar u Najaf vol. 7 page 147
4. Tafseer Roh ul Bayan Para 9,10 and 11 page 881(Urdu translation by Muhammad Faiz Awaisi)
5. Tafseer Kamalain Sharah Jalalain vol. 3 page 36
6. Tafseer Mazhari vol. 5 page 312
All Muslim scholars agree that Allah is not NOOR, but He is the creator of Noor because Noor is that body which itself appears, and make other appear.
But Allah has nothing like him so here Noor in that context means creator of light of heavens and Earth The stand-alone word Noor is not one of Allah Exalted he beautiful names, rather it is a descriptive within the context of the Quranic verse.
The Hadith of the Holy Prophet of Sahih Muslim is its interpretation. (From Tafseer e Naeemi vol. 11 page 200)
All the below discussions clarify that Holy Quran says that the moon reflects light, not that the moon is light.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ข๐ค
๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ -๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ
It was believed by earlier civilizations that the moon emanates its own light. Science now tells us
that the light of the moon is reflected light. However, this fact was mentioned in the Qurโan 1,400 years ago in the following verse:
25:61 โบโ ุชูุจูุงุฑููู ุงูููุฐูู ุฌูุนููู ููู ุงูุณููู ูุงุกู ุจูุฑููุฌูุง ููุฌูุนููู ูููููุง ุณูุฑูุงุฌูุง ููููู ูุฑูุง ู ููููุฑูุง โ
โBlessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light.โ [Al-Qurโan โSurah Al-Furqan-25:61]
The Arabic word for the sun in the Qurโan isย shams. It is also referred to asย siraajย which means a โtorchโ or asย wahhaajย meaning โa blazing lampโ or asย diyaย which means โshining gloryโ.
All three descriptions are appropriate to the sun since it generates intense heat and light by its internal combustion.
The Arabic word for the moon is qamar and it is described in the Qurโan as muneer which is a body that gives noor i.e. reflected light.
Again, the Qurโanic description matches perfectly with the true nature of the moon which does not give off light by itself and is an inactive body that reflects the light of the sun. Not once in the Qurโan, is the moon mentioned as siraaj, wahhaaj or diya nor the sun as noor or muneer.
This implies that the Qurโan recognizes the difference between the nature of sunlight and moonlight.
The following verses relate to the nature of light from the sun and the moon:
10:5 โบโ ูููู ุงูููุฐูู ุฌูุนููู ุงูุดููู ูุณู ุถูููุงุกู ููุงููููู ูุฑู ูููุฑูุง ููููุฏููุฑููู ู ูููุงุฒููู ููุชูุนูููู ููุง ุนูุฏูุฏู ุงูุณููููููู ููุงููุญูุณูุงุจู ู ูุง ุฎููููู ุงูููููู ุฐููููู ุฅููุง ุจูุงููุญูููู ููููุตูููู ุงูุขููุงุชู ููููููู ู ููุนูููู ูููู โ
โIt is He who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty).โ [Al-Qurโan- Surah Yunus- 10:5]
071.015โบ ุฃูููู ู ุชูุฑูููุง ูููููู ุฎููููู ุงูููููู ุณูุจูุนู ุณูู ูุงููุงุชู ุทูุจูุงููุง
071.016โบ ููุฌูุนููู ุงููููู ูุฑู ูููููููู ูููุฑูุง ููุฌูุนููู ุงูุดููู ูุณู ุณูุฑูุงุฌูุง
โSee ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another, โAnd made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?โ [Al-Qurโan โ Surah Nooh 71:15-16]
The Glorious Qurโan and modern science are thus in perfect agreement about the differences in the nature of sunlight and moonlight.
Allah knows Best.
Does The Glorious Quran (10:5), Quran (71:16), and Quran (25:61) imply that the moon is self-illuminous?
Does โNoor also Nurโ in Qurโan (71:16) mean โreflected lightโ or just โLightโ?
Are there chapters in the Quran which state that the moon is lit by reflected sunlight?
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