A Comparative Study of Allameh Tabatabaei and Allameh Fadlallah Views on Interpretation of the Splitting of the Moon (Shaq ul Qamar) Quranic verse

The majority of the interpreters of the Quran, including Allameh Tabatabaei, hold that the Quranic verse 54:1 is about splitting of the Moon in the time of the Holy Prophet. On the contrary, the minority of the interpreters, including Allameh Fadlallah, believed that this verse pointed to the splitting of the Moon in the Day of Judgment and that the traditions in which it is cited that the event was occured in the time of the Holly Prophet are not reliable. Allameh Tabatabaei defends of the famous view but Allameh Fadlallah criticizes it and regard the Tabatabaei’s defence as insufficient. In this article, we have argued against the famous view and have shown some of its defects.