It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people of Makkah asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a miracle, so in Makkah the moon was split into two twice. Then Allah Almighty said: {اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَۃُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ وَإِنْ یَرَوْْا آیَۃًیُعْرِضُوْا وَیَقُولُوْا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ} … The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split. Yet whenever they see a sign, they turn away and say,“This is passing magic.”Allama Abdur Rahman Mubarakpuri, in the commentary of Tirmidhi, Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi (vol. 4, p. 191), and Hafiz Ibn Hajar, in the commentary of Sahih Bukhari, Fath al-Bari (vol. 7, p. 183), after considering other narrations, have given preference to the view that the meaning of“martain”is“fiqatayn,”i.e., the moon was split into two pieces, not that it was split twice. (Abdullah Rafiq)