and that is possible for the splitting was not something that was permanent for a long time so it is not impossible for it to be seen exclusively by those who gazed at it from among those who were around the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace when he argued with the quraysh about the splitting of the moon. and some people also said that it is possible that allah the most high singled out those who argued with the prophet may allah bless him and grant him peace at that hour and looked at him when he may allah bless him and grant him peace said my sign is that you raise your heads and see the moon split and allah veiled the eyes of the rest of creation from seeing him with a veil or… a cloud or the control of his mind and the diversion of the caller to look for the benefit of creation in it so that he does not challenge some of the liars in the cities for himself and use it as evidence of his own truthfulness or it is a miracle for the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace from two aspects that are beyond the norm one of which is showing it to them and the other is hiding it from others. these possibilities were mentioned by the scholars until some of them said that the splitting of the moon was proven by the quran and it is the saying of the most high {the hour has drawn near and the moon has split} the discussion of it is long and in all cases what reaches the level of tawatur is inconceivable. this is a known rule upon which all the rules of religion are built. without it trust would not have been obtained in the reports of tawatur and we would not have known anything of the sayings of the messenger of god may god bless him and grant him peace except through observation. the discussion of this is likely to be lengthy but it is far from the purpose of the book so i saw that brevity in it is better.
وذلك ممكن فلم يكن الانشقاق أمرا دائما زمانا طويلا فليس يمتنع أن يختص بمشاهدته من حدق إليه بصره ممن كان حول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حيث احتج على قريش بانشقاق القمر وقال قائلون أيضا يحتمل أن يكون الله تعالى خصص برؤية ذلك من حاج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في تلك الساعة وناظره حيث قال صلى الله عليه وسلم آيتي أنكم ترفعون روؤسكم فترون القمر منشقا وحجب الله أبصار سائر الخلق عن رؤيته بحجاب او سحاب او تسليط عقله وصرف داعية النظر لمصلحة الخلق فيه حتى لا يتحدى لنفسه بعض الكذابين في الأمصار فيستدل به على صدق نفسه او يكون معجزة للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من وجهين خارقين للعادة احدهما إظهاره لهم والآخر اخفاؤه عن غيرهم وهذه الاحتمالات ذكرها العلماء حتى قال بعضهم ان انشقاق القمر ثبت بالقرآن وهو قوله تعالى {اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر} والكلام فيه طويل وعلى الأحوال كلها فما بلغ حد التواتر لا يتصور التشكك فيه هذه قاعدة معلومة عليها تبنى جميع قواعد الدين ولولاه لما حصلت الثقة بأخبار التواتر ولما عرفنا شيئا من أقوال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلا بالمشاهدة والكلام في هذا يحتمل الإطناب ولكنه بعيد عن مقصود الكتاب فرأيت الإيجاز فيه أولى