Even though the Book of Revelations are the visions Allah sent to the companion of Isa (as) John (ra), it still suffers from the same tampering’s the rest of the bible suffered from. When earlier christians commissioned that copies of the bible be made and translated into various languages they commissioned Roman translators to do this work, at the time they were considered enemies of the state, needless to say this was one source for some foul insertions and alterations that are little more than graffiti and hate speech against Allah’s prophets by Romans who were largely Pagan. Another source of corruption in the text was done by so called “christians” of the time, who altered it for profit and money, this could have been at the behest of Christians in political office or Roman officials newly converted wanting to influence a people who lived among them by doing what Rome had done at the change of nearly every Emperor, they brought into it’s pantheon of gods, the god each new emperor believed in.
The book of revelations is no exception to this, it’s corruption is something which has been scientifically established through textual analysis, with out getting into the science of the matter even though the majority of the text is intact it is clear verses have been inserted into it, this is like reading a book written by an Englishman in his native accent, then suddenly the language would switch to english being spoken with a Japanese accent, making it clear more than one person had a hand in writing it. Sometimes the “accent” would change multiple times indicating multiple insertions and at times it would switch from “middle english” or Shakespearean English to a more modern version of the language, from this we know what time periods the insertions where made.
In this vein are the greek formulas of logic that God supposedly claimed He is the alpha (first) and the omega (last), and in the next sentence claims the exact thing again by saying He is the first and the last as if the author did not know what Alpha and Omega stood for. This phrasing itself is pagan in origin found clearly in their texts and not from the vocabulary or logic of people who spoke Aramaic.
The Story of Hagar (ra)
The interpretation of the later chapters of the book of revelations are straight forward without much deduction once we identify who the passages are referring to from simple history, the passage regarding the wife of Ibrahim (as) Hagar in places was not, so here is a more complete picture.
In Chapter 12 John (ra) says, “A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. 4 Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon (in the old world a giant snake was called a dragon) stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched up to Allah and to his throne (this means the child was granted prophethood). 6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by Allah, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days (about 3.5 years). Then war broke out in Heaven (it’s more accurate to say the Angels punished the Dragon by warring against him, because currently it presumes equality in strength between Angels and Jinn). Michael and his Angels against the Dragon, and the Dragon and His Angels (Jinn) fought back (it is clear here that to much emphasis is placed on the abilities of Iblis a Jinn in translation, because they don’t know the nature His creation). But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven…
(The original verse is clear but the translators lacked knowledge to discern why the Jinn are weaker, they likewise didn’t know the nature of Angels creation. What the verse is saying is that Allah stopped him from visiting Heaven at all, which allowed him to see future events, keeping in mind the devil was forbidden to live there in the time of Adam and in the time of the prophet muhammad (saws) Jinn were no longer allowed to even listen to the conversations of Angels to get news for their soothsayers).
…The great dragon was hurled down-that ancient serpent called the devil, or satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his Angels with him (because the nature of the Angels and Jinn, are relatively similar, light and fire are made from similar quantum particles, any Jinn who had the ability to enter Heaven was given the honorific title of Angel because he had to take on there Angelic qualities to enter it, but unlike the Angels he still had freewill to chose what to do in life). Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, (the Humans), who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.”
They Triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony (a later insertion commenting on what was misconstrued from the Angels words, Jesus was not born during the of Ibrahim when he was cast down); they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (here it switches from commentary back to the Angel), Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the women who had given birth to the male child. The women was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness (A reference to Ibrahim who took her there), where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time (3.5 years, 1 year being a “time”) out of the serpent’s reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the women and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the women by opening it’s mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the women and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring-those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus (the muslims who hold fast regarding what occurred to Jesus).
This story is about the wife of Ibrahim and mother of Ishmael, Hagar, Ibrahim was instructed by Allah to take them to Makkah and leave them there to be looked after by Allah, the place was a desolate desert with no water at the time, this is the story of how the first people came to live there.
The passage is also a reference to the Islamic Empire that would come from Ishmael and rule all nations, as the verse states. Some christian commentators give a completely unrealistic interpretation that is unattached from physical reality and state the women was the Church and the child was Jesus, no doubt because of the passage stating He would rule all nations, but the Church did not give birth to Jesus, rather he supposedly gave birth to it and christians and the church did not come to rule the earth throughout most of their history, they followed the lead of the Islamic Empire through out history until modern secular rule after WW1, relegated the church irrelevant in our times, largely due to their denouncement of science itself which set them back in comparison to other parts of the world.
“Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.” Here the story skips events, it was Jibril who created the river of Zam Zam so they could survive in the desert this was part of Allah’s promise to look after them in an isolated place, Iblis wanted to drown her in it but had Hagar not gathered the water with dirt the prophet (saws) said it would have flowed and become a river, so the words “Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river” is symbolic of what Iblis wanted to do with Zam Zam, he wanted it to flow out of control hoping he would drown them with it, he attempted this by trying to stop Hagar (as) from encircling the flow of water with dirt making it become a well.
“But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.” This is how the water became a well rather than a river, swallowed means it was contained and it became an underground reservoir, it hasn’t stopped flowing for 1400 years supplying water to Makkah.
“Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.” Her offspring are the Arab muslims who believe in Jesus (as) and his second coming, along with the purity of his mother Mary (as) and his miraculous birth, we see here the book of revelations in number of places referring to the muslims as “those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus”.
The Story Of Hagar (ra) In Islam
Hagar (ra) was the wife of the Prophet Abraham and the mother of the Prophet Ishmael (peace and blessings of Allah be upon them). When Ishmael was a bay, the prophet Abraham was commanded by Allah to take his wife and son to Makkah and leave them there so that when he grew up, he would spread the Word of Allah in that part of the world. As Allah instructed, Abraham took his wife Hagar with his baby and left them in Makkah with a water skin of water and some dates. Hagar followed him and said, ‘O Abraham! Where are you going leaving us in this bare and lifeless valley?’ She said this a number of times but he did not say anything. Then she said, ‘Has Allah commanded you to do so?’ In reply, he simply said, ‘Yes!’ Then she said that if that was the case, Allah would not destroy them and went back to her baby. When Ibrahim (as.) went behind the side of a mountain where he could not see his wife and son, he turned towards that place (the Ka’bah) where it was to be built later and prayed to Allah with these words,
“O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley without cultivation by Thy Sacred House: In order, O our Lord, that they may establish regular prayers. So fill the hearts of some among men with love towards them (so they help them) and feed them with fruits, so that they may give thanks.” (Qur’an 14:37)
Hagar suckled her child and drank water for some days until the water skin was empty, then she and her baby suffered thirst. She saw her child crying from thirst and could not help him. So she left him there and went towards the valley to look for help and water but could not find anyone. Hagar traveled between the mountains of Safa and Marwa, sometimes running, especially in the low ground where she could not see her son, and sometimes walking, seven times she walked and ran from mountain to mountain looking for help, this is why we perform this act during Hajj, but still she could not find anyone. When she had done this for the seventh time and going up the mount Marwa, she heard a voice, she said to herself, ‘be quiet’ and listened carefully. She heard a voice again and said, “O, man! You have made your voice heard to me. Have you got something to help us?” (this was Gabriel who Allah sent) Suddenly, she returned to her baby and to her amazement, she saw water emerging beneath the foot of her baby, Gabriel dug the ground with his wing so that Zam Zam would flow.
Thus, Hagar began to drink water and suckle her baby. The angel said to her, “Don’t fear death. This is Allah’s house which will be built by this child and his father (Ibrahim when He returns). And God will not destroy the people of this House.”