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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Universality of the Mahdi's Mission Iii. the Sun and the Moon "He it is Who appointed the Sun a splendour and the Moon a light, and measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years, and the reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in truth. He detaileth the revelations for people who have knowledge." Quran (10:5) "And We appoint the night and the day two portents.

Then We make dark the portent of the night, and We make the portent of the day sight-giving, that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the computation of the years, and the reckoning; and everything have We expounded with a clear expounding." Quran (17:12) The Universality of Islam can be established by referring to the Quran, as it speaks about heavenly bodies.

Focusing on the Solar system, the Creator tells in the Quran that: "He created the Sun and the Moon, so we learn how to enumerate the years and reckoning." Thus, the alteration of the day and the night and the seasons of the year must all be in conformity with Allah's plan. In nature, the light that is reflected on the Moon depends on the rays of the Sun's light. Right.

Mathematically, there must be a linear correlation between the Lunar and the Solar years, or: y = mx + b where: y: dependent variable - Lunar (Hijri) year, x: independent variable - Solar (Gregorian) year, and, b, m : constants. In the chapter of the Cave, Allah gives m = 309/300 = 1.03 (the slope). Quran's chapter of the Elephant marked the birthday of the Prophet - which corresponded to 571 A.D (the intercept).

Knowing that the Prophet migrated from Mecca to Madinah at the age of 53, one can determine b = - 639. Thus: y = 1.03x - 639 Example: put x = 2008 into this equation to get 1429. Proof: The author of the Quran is none but Allah - the exalted Creator. The could never make such a discovery, given the fact that illiteracy was prevailing in the Arabia Peninsula at his time. In the city of Mecca, where he was born, people were either wood cutters, or shepherd, or merchants. A few were poets.

But, none was expert in Physics or Astrology. It was only in the past century when man put his step on the Moon, and learned that its mean distance from the planet Earth is 384,400 Km. It is pertinent to cite another wondrous revelation that captured the attention of a number of disbelievers and made them return to Islam.