"Why?"
"Because, last night, the earth crush the moon."
"The eclipse?"
"Yes, it's a sign."
I disagreed.
"Because how often does that happen?" Mohammed reasoned.
"Infrequency doesn't make something a sign."
"Everything has a reason."
"Couldn't the reason be: the earth passed between the sun and moon?"
"Yeah, but there's another reason. Our Prophet, he set all the stars."
"That doesn't mean this is related to a human event though. Does the Qu'ran say all eclipses mean something?"
"Our Prophet, he give a special prayer for this."
"What does it say?" Most prayer in Islam is scripted.
"I looked last night but I couldn't find it."
"Have you seen an eclipse before--one that was related to a sign?"
"It happened 1,000 years ago. Over 1,000 years. The Egyptians: they could predict the future with the stars."
"What happened to Egypt then?"
"They forgot."
