What is the meaning of: {They ask you about the new moons}?
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Question: What is the meaning of the statement of Allah the Exalted: [Surat al-Baqarah: 189]?
Answer: They are asking about the wisdom behind them; people ask about the wisdom of why the new moons exist. So He, (Exalted and Majestic is He), informed them that they are fixed times for people and for Hajj. These are fixed times by which people know the years and the months. Hajj is part of the wisdom in their creation. When the new moon appears, people know the entry of the month and its exit. When twelve months have passed, the year is complete, and so on. By this, people know their Hajj, their fasting, the times of their debts, the waiting periods of their wives, and other matters of their benefit.
They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for Hajj."
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الأهِلَّةِ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَالْحَجِّAnswer: They are asking about the wisdom behind them; people ask about the wisdom of why the new moons exist. So He, (Exalted and Majestic is He), informed them that they are fixed times for people and for Hajj. These are fixed times by which people know the years and the months. Hajj is part of the wisdom in their creation. When the new moon appears, people know the entry of the month and its exit. When twelve months have passed, the year is complete, and so on. By this, people know their Hajj, their fasting, the times of their debts, the waiting periods of their wives, and other matters of their benefit.
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