a critical analysis of uri rubin’s claims about prophet muhammad’s miracle of the splitting of the moon

The splitting of the moon (shaqq al-qamar) is one of the miracles of prophet muhammad (s) and a significant fact during the era of qurʾānic revelation, which is mentioned in the qurʾān. the present research addresses and discusses uri rubin’s denial of the prophet’s splitting of the moon. this paper aims to defend the sanctity of the qurʾān’s divine revelation using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on scholarly sources. it seeks to answer the fundamental question of how uri rubin’s denial of the miracle of the splitting of the moon is formulated and what criticisms can be made of it. the results of this study indicate that the miracle of the splitting of the moon is strongly supported by qurʾānic and hadith sources. rubin’s views on the matter are not based on sound and logical evidence, and his denial stems from superficial reasoning, lack of accurate knowledge of exegetical and theological sources, or from non-scholarly, antagonistic motivations.