[Quranic Reflection]: moon absorbed by the sun in the Quran: far future.

[polymath257]

Do you really believe in a god-made apocalypse?  This is talking about an eclipse.  Celestial events have always been considered harbingers of heavenly action -- and usually not of the good kind for the ruling monarch.

No, the eclipse was already mentioned in the previous verse 8:

(8) and the moon is dimmed, Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Which in another translation it is:

(8) and the moon is eclipsed, Fadel Soliman, Bridges’ translation

First the moon will be eclipsed (verse 8)
Then the moon and the sun will be joined together (verse 9)

#note: by pressing "settings" in the website I provided in the OP; you can see different translations.

When the moon is dimmed, it is a *lunar* eclipse. When the sun and moon are joined in the sky, it is a *solar* eclipse.

Sheesh.