Did classical islamic scholars say that the moon was LITERALLY split in Muhammad time and not just metaphorically?
Did classical scholars believe the moon splitting was a literal miracle of Muhammad that actually literally happened and not just in a metaphoric sense, like muslim apologist argue?
Can anyone provide links to scholars supporting the literalist view?
If they did than thats a pretty big knock against islam as NASA scientist brad bailey said the moon was never split!
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.328Y6DA
"NASA responded to the claim here when a social media user flagged it in 2010.
"No current scientific evidence reports that the Moon was split into two (or more) parts and then reassembled at any point in the past," said Brad Bailey, a staff scientist from the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
Professor Paul Groot, an astronomer at Radboud University in the Netherlands, said: "The 'split' indicated in the bottom picture [in the misleading image] is present on the Moon, but it definitely does not extend around the Moon."
"It is a feature that is most likely connected to the impact that created Tycho crater, which is located to the bottom right of the feature in the orientation on the picture," he told AFP via email."