THE FATE OF THE MOON
THE MOON IS OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR, SOME 3,84,000 KILOMETERS AWAY. THE THING OF BEAUTY. ITS PULL REGULATES THE SEA TIDES, THUS HELPING MARINE LIFE FOR US. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIFELESS BUT SOMETIMES VALCANOES DO ERUPT ON IT. THE MOON IS ALSO BOMBARED BY METERORITIES THAT HAVE COVERED IT WITH DUST AND POROUS GLASSY MATTER. MOON IS AN ALIEN TO THE EARTH. CAPTURE HYPOTHESIS (1955) SUGGESTS THAT THE MOON WAS BORN SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY FROM THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND BY CHANCE IT HAD HAPPENED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. THERE AFTER, IT CONTINUED GETTING CLOSER TO THE EARTH, AND CAME CLOSET ABOUT 1.2 BILLION YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT WAS JUST 1,80,000 KM FROM THE EARTH. THEN IT BEGAN TO DRIFT AWAY FROM IT. HOWEVER, THE REASON OF THIS REVERSAL IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. NOW IT IS 3,84,000 KM AWAY FROM US THIS, EVENTUALLY. EARTH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD ITS MOON, AND THEN IT MAY FALL INTO THE SUN. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF 3 CM ANNUAL DRIFT IT CAN HAPPEN IN ABOUT 5 BILLION YEARS FROM NOW, BUT DUE TO SOME EXTERNAL CAUSES, THIS MAY OCCUR MUCH EARLIER. THE PHENOMENA OF MOON JOINING THE SUN WAS PREDICTED BY THE HOLY QURAN IS ITS VERSES 75, MAY CENTURIES EARLIER THAN THE SCIENTIFIC SPECULATIONS OF TODAY.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MOON, DURING THE DOOMSDAY? SHALL IT REMAIN TACT OR DESTROYED LIKE THE EARTH? THE HOLY QURAN IS NOT SILENT ON THIS QUESTION ALSO. WE FINDOUT FROM THE QURAN THAT MOON WILL NOT SURVIVE THE DOOMSDAY. IN FACT IT MIGHT MEET ITS FINAL END EVEN BEFORE THE EARTH. IN THE FOLLOWING WE SHALL LOOK INTO THE GREATEST UPHEAVELS RELATED TO THE MOON BEFORE THE ACTUAL DOOMSDAY.
(1) THE CATCHING OF THE MOON BY THE SUN.
A VERY SPECIAL EVENT OF THE DOOMSDAY AS SEEN FROM THE HOLY QURAN, IS THAT THE MOON WILL ESCAPE THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL OF THE EARTH AND CAUGHT BY THE SUN. IN THIS REGARD REVELATION 75 IS HIGHLY THOUGHT PROVOKING, WHICH SAYS:
WHEN THE MOON IS BURIED IN DARKNESS,
AND, THE SUN AND THE MOON
ARE JOINED TOGETHER
THE MOON IS OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOUR SOME 384,000 KILOMETERS AWAY. A THING OF BEAUTY, ITS PULL REGULATES THE SEA TIMES, THUS HELPING MARINE LIFE FOR US. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT LIFE BUT SOMETIMES VALCANOES DO ERUPT ON IT. THE MOON IS ALSO BOMBARDED BY METEORITES AND IT COVERED WITH DUST AND POROUS GLASSY MATTER. MOON IS AN ALIEN TO THE EARTH. THE LATES "CAPTURE" HYPOTHESIS (1955) SUGGESTS THAT THE MOON WAS BORN SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY FROM THE EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND BY CHANCE, IT CAME NEARERS TO THE EARTH, AND WAS THEN CAUGHT BY IT. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT WAS CAPTURED ABOUT 5 BILLION YEARS AGO AND CAME CLOSEST TO THE EARTH ABOUT 1.2 BILLION YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IT WAS JUST 1,80,000 KM FROM THE EARTH WHEREAS NOW IT IS SOME 3,84,000 KM AWAY FROM THE EARTH. ITS ORBIT IS NOW BECOMING WIDER AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 3 CM A YEAR. EVENTUALLY, THE EARTH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD THE MOON, AND THEN IT WILL FALL IN THE SUN. LINEARLY, IT MAY HAPPEN IN ABOUT 5 BILLION YEARS FROM NOW BUT DUE TO SOME EXTERNAL CAUSES, IT COULD OCCUR MUCH EARLIER. THE PHENOMENON OF THE MOON JOINING THE SUN IS PREDICTED BY THE VERSES OF THE QURAN 75 REVEALED MANY CENTURIES EARLIER THAN THE SCIENTIFIC SPECULATION OF TODAY.
THE BREAKING OF THE MOON INTO PIECES
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT EVEN ABOUT MOON RELATED TO THE EARTH'S DOOMSDAY IS REVEALED IN VERSE 54, WHICH IS THAT DURING THIS PERIOD THE MOON WILL SPLIT INTO PIECES. THIS WILL BE OF THE GREAT SIGNS OF THE APPROACHING END OF THE EARTH ALSO. IT IS REVEALED :
(THINK THAT) THE
HOUR OF THE JUDGEMENT DRAWS NEAR,
AND THE MOON,
WILL BE SPLIT ASUNDER".
WHAT WILL BREAK THE MOON? SEVERAL CAUSES CAN ALSO BE ASSIGNED TO THIS HAPPENING. FOR EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT HAPPEN DUE TO THE STRIKE OF SOME LARGE METER FROM OUTSIDE WHICH WOULD BREAK-UP ITS CRUST. HOWEVER, IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN DUE TO EXPLOSION WITHIN ITS OWN CORE, SUCH AS A VIOLENT MOON QUAKE. THIS COULD BREAK APART THE MOON INTO TWO OR MORE PIECES. WHICH OF COURSE MIGHT REJOIN, FOR THE VERSES DOES NOT SPEAK OF HE MOON BEING PERMENTLY SPLIT ASUNDER.
