The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And the moon when it follows it."

The Shaykh : Allah swore by the moon, but it is qualified. He said "when": . So when does the moon follow the sun? Please.
The student: After sunset.

The Shaykh : But when? At the end of the month or at the beginning of the month?
The student: In the middle of it.

The Shaykh : In the middle of the month is incorrect. It follows the sun at the beginning of the month, because that is when the moon is closest to the sun. Yes? When? It is following it when it is at the beginning of the month. At the end of the month, it is true that it is close, but it is ahead of it. So Allah the Exalted swore by the beginning of the day and swore by the beginning of the month. Where do we take from that He swore by the beginning of the day? From His saying: . From the beginning of the month? Brother. What?
The student: .

The Shaykh :. May Allah bless you. And when does the moon follow the sun and is closest to the sun? At the beginning of the month. On the first night of the month, the moon is closer to the sun than on the rest of the nights. So if a person says: Was the moon not close to the sun at the end of the month? On the twenty-ninth, it is close. So what is the answer? The answer is that this is excluded by His saying, what? Because at the end of the month, does the moon follow the sun or does the sun follow it? The sun follows it. Good. .