The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder. And if they see a sign, they turn away and say:"This is magic, Mustamir."This occurred before the Hijrah; the moon was split and they saw it in two parts."The Narration of `Abdullah bin `Umar Al-Hafiz Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqi recorded that Abdullah bin Umar commented on Allah's statement:اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُThe Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder."This occurred during the time of Allah's Messenger; the moon was split in two parts. A part of it was before the mount and a part on the other side.The Prophet said, اللْهُمَّ اشْهَدO Allah! Be witness."This is the narration that Muslim and At-Tirmidhi collected.At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih."The Narration of `Abdullah bin Mas`ud Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said,"The moon was split in two parts during the time of Allah's Messenger, and they saw its two parts. Allah's Messenger said, اشْهَدُوا(Be witnesses."Al-Bukhari and Muslim collected this Hadith.Ibn Jarir recorded that Abdullah (Ibn Mas`ud) said,"I saw the mountain between the two parts of the moon when it was split."Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdullah said,"The moon was split during the time of Allah's Messenger and I saw the mount between its two parts." The Stubbornness of the idolators Allah said,وَإِن يَرَوْا ايَةًAnd if they see an Ayah,if they see proof, evidence and a sign,يُعْرِضُواthey turn away,they do not believe in it. Rather, they turn away from it, abandoning it behind their backs,وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّand say:"This is magic, Mustamir."They say, `the sign that we saw was magic, which was cast on us.'Mustamir, means, `will soon go away', according to Mujahid, Qatadah and several others.The Quraysh said that the cleaving of the moon was false and will soon diminish and fade away