The Moon is set to pass in front of the Sun, casting a deep shadow that will sweep over the nation from Oregon in the west to South Carolina in the east.
It is the first such event since 1918 where the path of darkness crosses both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
Indeed, it is the first total solar eclipse to make landfall exclusively in the US since independence in 1776.
A to Z of Eclipses in Islam
We (as) Muslims are meant to view any phenomenon no matter how grand and spectacular from the eyes of Qur’aan and Sunnah. Media is constantly emphasizing the spectacular views to be displayed this week but we want to emphasize the CREATOR of the spectacle and the key lessons HE wants us to take from eclipses.
Focus on the Creator & not the created!
The sun and the moon are fantastic, magnificent creations which dazzle us from the time we first lift our gaze to the heavens. We are in awe of their majesty and gaze at them all our lives in astonishment and amazement. But the questions we should be asking are who created them and how magnificent HE must be?
Ù‡ÙÙˆÙŽ ٱلَّذÙÙ‰ جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضÙيَآءً۬ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ Ù†Ùورً۬ا وَقَدَّرَه٠ۥ مَنَازÙÙ„ÙŽ Ù„ÙتَعۡلَمÙواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسّÙÙ†Ùينَ وَٱلۡØÙسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّه٠ذَٲلÙÙƒÙŽ Ø¥Ùلَّا بÙٱلۡØَقّÙÛš ÙŠÙÙَصّÙل٠ٱلۡأَيَـٰت٠لÙÙ‚ÙŽÙˆÛ¡Ù…ÙÛ¬ يَعۡلَمÙونَ
[10:5] He is the One who has made the sun a glow, and the moon a light, and determined for it stages, so that you may learn the number of the years, and the calculation (of time). Allah has not created all this but for a rightful purpose. He elaborates the signs for a people who understand.
The magnificence, majesty, grandeur actually belongs to the CREATOR! If His creation dazzles us and leaves us amazed all our lives than isn’t he truly who should be admired and worshipped?
ÙˆÙŽÙ…ÙÙ†Û¡ ءَايَـٰتÙه٠ٱلَّيۡل٠وَٱلنَّهَار٠وَٱلشَّمۡس٠وَٱلۡقَمَرÙÛš لَا تَسۡجÙدÙواْ Ù„Ùلشَّمۡس٠وَلَا Ù„Ùلۡقَمَر٠وَٱسۡجÙدÙواْ Ù„Ùلَّه٠ٱلَّذÙÙ‰ خَلَقَهÙنَّ Ø¥ÙÙ† ÚªÙنتÙÙ…Û¡ Ø¥Ùيَّاه٠تَعۡبÙدÙونَ
[41:37] Among His signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Do not prostrate yourselves to the sun, or to the moon. And prostrate yourselves to Allah who has created them, if it is Him whom you worship.
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