Ikhwan-e-Rasool: Brothers of the Prophet

of another between it and the earth. However, in the age of the companions of the Prophet in the first half of the 7th century, the eclipses were misrepresented in the current popular tales as subjects of great mystery and superstition. It was only by rising above superstition that the companions of the Prophet learnt the truth about solar and lunar eclipses, i.e., that they were the divine signs of the Lord of the Universe—heavenly demonstrations of God’s power. Once having accepted this truth, they attained the realisation of God. On seeing solar and lunar eclipses, they prostrated themselves before God in prayer and acknowledgement of His greatness. In the present scientific age, discoveries about the solar system have been made using telescopic observation. Such information is undoubtedly a source of higher realisation. In the light of these discoveries, one sees the phenomena of solar and lunar eclipses. Today, one has that great experience of the realisation of God which can move hearts and make our body hair stand on end. According to modern discoveries, the earth, the sun, and the moon are three astral bodies that are widely different in size but so positioned in their orbits in the vastness of space that they cause the occurrence