Real Revolution — Page 47
47. Arabs. In books dealing with the science of the interpretation of dreams, the moon is taken to stand for the government and the political power of. Arabia. This verse proclaimed that the system prevailing in Arabia at the time was going to be destroyed and replaced by the law and the teaching. brought by the Holy Prophet, so that it was time for the people to pause in their old ways, to ponder and reform themselves. . That the moon in a dream or vision referred to the political power of Arabia, or to some individual chiet who was the repository of that power, was so well established among the Arabs that the followers of other religions as well had come to interpret it in that sense. It is recorded in books of history that following the conquest of Khaiber (Jewish strongholds in the neighbourhood of Medina) when. Safiah, daughter of a prominent Jewish chief, came to be married to the Holy Prophet, he (the Prophet) noticed some long scars on one of her cheeks. . When he inquired about their origin, Safiah replied: "I once saw in a dream that the moon had dropped into my lap from the sky. I was terrified by this dream, and related it to my husband, who in turn related it to my father, who was held to be a learned man among the Jews. But the moment my father heard this, he was so enraged that he struck me violently on the face and stormed, 'So