Message #15992

[N. Truth Seeker]

Salams all.  I'm back with the info.

Altogether the word "moon" (l-qamara, wal-qamari, wal-qamaru .. the variation in Arabic depends on the grammar of the original Arabic Verse) is mentioned in the Noble Quran 28 times.  Wherever there is a reference of light or brightness connected with the moon, there are no statements to denote that the moon in an indigenous source of light, unlike the sun, which is metaphorically consistently referred to as a "lamp" (sirajan) which is a clear hint on the sun giving off its own light.  The very plain and explicit inference that appears in repeated Quranic Verses on the moon is that it glows with light coming from out.

Following are the total 28 Verses in the Quran mentioning the term "moon."  All those Verses where the light concerning the moon is described are highlighted yellow.   I've also highlighted a couple of nice reminders in green.


And when he saw the moon uprising, he exclaimed: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: Unless my Lord guide me, I surely shall become one of the folk who are astray.  6:77.


He is the Cleaver of the Daybreak, and He hath appointed the night for stillness, and the sun and the moon for reckoning. That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Wise. 6:96.


Lo! your Lord is Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days,  ....... and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by His command.   7:54.


He it is Who appointed the sun a splendour and the moon a light,   10:5
This is the Verse 10:5 quoted in the original post of this thread by Sister Heba.

When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon,  12:4.

Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports, then mounted the Throne, and compelled the sun and the moon to be of service, each runneth unto an appointed term;   13:2


And maketh the sun and the moon, constant in their courses, 14:33.


And He hath constrained the night and the day and the sun and the moon to be of service unto you,   16:12


And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They float, each in an orbit.  21:33


Hast thou not seen that unto Allah payeth adoration whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the hills, and the trees, and the beasts, and many of mankind, while there are many unto whom the doom is justly due.   22:18.


Blessed be He Who hath placed in the heaven mansions of the stars, and hath placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light!   25:61
Corpus Quran translation:
"Blessed is He Who has placed in the skies constellations (burujan) and has placed therein and has placed therein a lamp (sirajan) and a moon (waqamaran) shining (muniran)."
Hence "giving light" as translated commonly by many isn't quite the right translation.  The term used in the Quran is "muniran" which means shining [or anything that shines].  The expression "giving light" as in translations is vastly different from the original "shining" (muniran).  'giving light' denotes its own light, while a shining object can mean either giving off its own light or reflecting light from another source.  In this Verse it is the latter.


And if thou wert to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and constrained the sun and the moon (to their appointed work) ? they would say: Allah. How then are they turned away ?  29:61.


and hath subdued the sun and the moon (to do their work), each running unto an appointed term;  31:29.


He hath subdued the sun and moon to service. Each runneth unto an appointed term. Such is Allah, your Lord; His is the Sovereignty; and those unto whom ye pray instead of Him own not so much as the white spot on a date-stone.   35:13.


And for the moon We have appointed mansions till she return like an old shrivelled palm-leaf.  36:39.


It is not for the sun to overtake the moon, nor doth the night outstrip the day. They float each in an orbit.  36:40.

He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver ?   39:5.


And of His portents are the night and the day and the sun and the moon. Adore not the sun not the moon; but adore Allah Who created them, if it is in truth Him Whom ye worship.  41:37.
This above Verse is the most important reminder so I've highlighted it too.

The Hour has come near, and the moon has split (in two).  54:1

The sun and the moon are made punctual. 55:5.


See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,  And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?  71:15-16.
Corpus Quran translation:
"Do not you see how did create Allah (the) seven heavens (in) layers and made the moon (l-qamara) therein a light (nuran) and made the sun (l-shamsa) a lamp (l-sirajan)?"
Thus, you will notice that in whichever Verses metaphorical terms are used for the sun and the moon, the sun is compared with an object that is known to give out its own light while the moon is simply referred to as a bright, shining or lighted object leaving the margin for humans to discover that the brightness or glow of this object (the moon or qamar) is derived or reflected light.

Nay, by the Moon   74:32.


And the moon is eclipsed   75:8

And sun and moon are united,   75:9.
Reference in the above 2 Verses is the Day of Judgement when the sun and the moon have run their appointed term ordained by Allah Almighty.


And by the moon when she is at the full,  84:18.


By the sun and his brightness,
And the moon when she followeth him,91:1-2.


Unlike the sun, nowhere is it stated nor metaphorically alluded that the moon gives its own light.