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In order to deal with implication of the traditional understanding of the Quranic verse {{qref|54|1–2}}, some philosophers argued that the verse should be interpreted metaphorically (e.g. the verse could have referred to a partial lunar eclipse in which then Earth obscured part of the Moon).<ref name="Mourison">Robert G. Mourison, ''The Portrayal of Nature in a Medieval Qur’an Commentary'', Studia Islamica, 2002</ref> | In order to deal with implication of the traditional understanding of the Quranic verse {{qref|54|1–2}}, some philosophers argued that the verse should be interpreted metaphorically (e.g. the verse could have referred to a partial lunar eclipse in which then Earth obscured part of the Moon).<ref name="Mourison">Robert G. Mourison, ''The Portrayal of Nature in a Medieval Qur’an Commentary'', Studia Islamica, 2002</ref> | ||
== Literature == | |||
This tradition has inspired many Muslim poets, especially in India.<ref name="EoI-Muhammad"/> In poetical language Muhammad is sometimes equated with the Sun or the morning light. As such, part of a poem from [[Sana'i]], a renowned early twelfth century [[Persian people|Persian]] [[Sufi]] poet, reads: "the Sun should split the Moon in two".<ref name="Annemarie Schimmel"/> [[Rumi|Jalal ad-Din Rumi]], a renowned Persian poet and mystic, in one of his poems conveys the idea that to be split by Muhammad's finger is the greatest bliss the lowly Moon can hope for and a devoted believer splits the Moon with Muhammad's finger.<ref name="Annemarie Schimmel"/> Elaborating on this idea, [[Jami|Abd ar-Rahman Jami]], one of the classical poets and mystics of Persia, plays with the shapes and numerical values of [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic letters]] in a complicated way: the full Moon, Jami says, resembles the Arabic letter for [[M]], a circular [[Mem#Arabic mīm|''mīm'']] ({{Lang-ar|ـمـ|label=none}}), with the numerical value 40. When Muhammad split the Moon, its two halves each became like a crescent-shaped ''[[Nun (letter)#Arabic nūn|nūn]]'' ({{Lang-ar|ن|label=none}}) (the Arabic letter for [[N]]) whose numerical value is 50 each. This would mean that, thanks to the miracle, the value of Moon had increased.<ref name="Annemarie Schimmel"/> | |||
In | In another place [[Rumi]], according to Schimmel, alludes to two miracles attributed to Muhammad in tradition, i.e. the splitting of the Moon (which shows the futility of man's scientific approach to nature), and the other that Muhammad was illiterate.<ref name="Annemarie Schimmel"/> | ||
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