Moon Sighting and The Qur’an (Part-4)

Continued after the elaboration on الْأَهِلَّةِ in the following verse in part 3 of this essay: 2/189: يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّ Translation: They ask thee, [O Muhammad], about the crescents

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Moon Sighting and The Qur’an (Part-2)

Verses 10.5 And 36.39

These verses were revealed in Mecca. As pointed out earlier, at that time the regulation of the calendar was in the hands of the unbeliever chieftains, and also Muslims were being persecuted there. As a result, these verses were not meant to make or reform the calendar.

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