'Super Blue Blood Moon', an extraordinary lunar event, dazzled millions of sky-watchers around the world on the night of Wednesday, 31 January 2018. Extracted below are the special remarks on this Heavenly Sign by Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius:
A Rare Heavenly Sign
"The
world has witnessed an extraordinary celestial sign Wednesday, 31 January 2018.
This sign is a Super Blue Blood Moon.
What exactly is this super blue blood moon? It is the conjunction of three
lunar peculiarities.
To give a simplified explanation of this phenomenon (or
rather divine sign), it is when the natural satellite is at the same time
relatively close to the Earth (which gives us a Super Moon), it is also the 2nd
full Moon in a month (a Blue Moon) and there is at the same time an eclipse of
the moon (a Blood Moon). So it's a super-moon combined with a blue moon and
with an eclipse of the moon that was total in some parts of the world and that
we call, a blood moon.
All three phenomena were visible only in certain parts
of the earth, in this case in America (after 152 years) and in the countries of
Asia and Australia and so on. But for the countries of Europe, like France
etc., this phenomenon, this celestial sign was not visible (but was visible in
1982). But here in Mauritius after 152 years, we witnessed this, but only with
a partial eclipse of the moon that lasted only a few minutes. (Inset: Seagulls and the blue moon in Portobello, Edinburgh, taken by Matthew Corney, (c) BBC).
Heavenly Signs in the Later Days
This
phenomenon/ sign became subject of conversations, with everyone speculating on
its meaning. There are those who say that it is an indicator of the approach of
the end of the world and that the Saviour will appear soon. But the truth is
that we are living the days of the end of the world and the Saviour that
everyone is waiting for is already among you. When you see such divine heavenly
signs, these are signs in support of the coming of a Messenger of Allah.