Why Palestine Does Not Belong To The Palestinians

Allah’s vision spans the length of time, because that is the length which He acts upon He said “I am Time”, the following was written out of love for Allah after removing all the manmade politics and recent history in the world, that is how one arrives at the opinion of God.

Isn’t it reality that the Arabs were a gift by the Jewish people to our father Abraham (q), this is Abrahams (q) honored family.

Speaking To The Jewish People; If the Messiah is Jesus (q) then you can see from this how Allah will want to bring us all together, He (q) is a Jewish prophet followed by Christians, awaited by Jews and Muslims. You can see from that everything we are about to say, the world is being killed by elite occult societies, who will soon ruin the world, this is what Allah told us about the future, it will take our combined strength to withstand them and their awaited dark Messiah who will be the worst oculists the world has seen since Pharaoh whom Allah sent Moses (q) to challenge his occult empire, this is our reality as people of religion considering their dominance over the world. Allah says “There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in him (Jesus) before his death”.

The Land of Palestine under Islam has never belonged to the Palestinians, this is a historical fact, it has always belonged to the Islamic Khalifah and the last Islamic Khalifah to poses it was the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans lost it when the Palestinians stole it from them by siding against them with the Colonial powers. For that crime of treason against the Islamic Khalifate which ended it entirely, those guilty became apostates from Islam, while Allah cursed the remainder of the Palestinian people for the crime for the next 70 years, an event they have never recovered from and only become worse as a people betraying anyone that helped them, Lebanon is a prime example, they destroyed that country with their wars. This has been the traditional view of Muslims regarding the Palestinians for the past 100 years and when Allah curses a people He curses them for seven generations. Under Islamic Law Palestinians have no right to own the land, even more so is the fact that when the Jews themselves took ownership, despite it being a crime under Jewish Law, that regardless fulfilled the promise of Allah in the Qur’an to gather the Jews back to Israel and to give it to them, Allah will use an act of evil to fulfill fate if there is no other way He punishes one group via another and both the Jewish people in History and the Muslims recently have experienced that. When Allah fulfilled this in front of the world that made it obligatory on every Muslim alive to uphold the covenant Allah made with Abraham (q), which all Muslims are circumcised into and sworn to uphold, that covenant exists until the day of judgment and this is the reason for the circumcision of successive generation of Muslims. It is to remind the Arabs and the Muslims to act on Allah’s behalf towards the Jewish people for the rest of time, but most don’t even know the words of that covenant or the fact our father Ishmael (q) was the first person Abraham circumcised into the covenant of His brother Isaac (q).

This does not mean the Palestinians should be removed from the country because they and the Arab descendants of Abraham (q) are subject to the covenant of Abraham (q) by lineage and religion, both in Islam and Judaism. They have a right to live there and can never be expelled under the laws of the Jewish people that seek to purify the land, they need to understand what God wants to purify from Jerusalem. Muslims do not fall under these laws of purification because the Laws were sent down against pagan and idol worshipers seeking to destroy the religion of God by converting them, so Allah expelled them from Israel. They fulfilled this purpose in history while Muslims are far from the reality of pagans, if they want to be absolutist about it then Christians are subject to this Law because of the Trinity and they would have to move on the Christians before the Palestinians. Rather Abraham (q) accepted into His (q) covenant with God, the father of the Arabs long before the father of the Jews was brought into it or even born, by blood Muslims have a right to live in these lands freely because our religions are identical.

Why did Allah curse the Palestinians? because they lived in the lands of the Jews that were subject to the promises Allah made to the owners of this land long ago in the Torah of Moses (q), and so when they left the religion of Allah like the Jews left before them He cursed them like He cursed the Jews, these are the laws of this land, this is why the Palestinians are suffering.

The Jews should look on these people with pity because their ancestors suffered the same fate for the same crimes, they are looking into the faces of their ancestors.

The Lord’s Covenant With Abram

“It is He Who sent down to thee in truth, the Book, confirming what went before it; and He sent down the Law (of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and He sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong)” (Qur’an 3:3).

If you happen to see in my words the wisdom of the Torah or Injeel then understand it is Allah who sent them down and affirmed their truth in Islam, so what is it that you truly reject from the religions of old.

To understand this issue, because it is now one of history, you have to look at the promise Allah made to the Jews and why He later exiled them from their own lands, traditional Jewish opinion was that Allah gave them this land but they lost their right to it when Allah exiled them because they broke the covenant that gave them this right by leaving Judaism and adopting Idol worship.

“The promise was first made to Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21), then confirmed to his son Isaac (Genesis 26:3), and then to Isaac’s son Jacob (Genesis 28:13), Abraham’s grandson. The Promised Land was described in terms of the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates river (Exodus 23:31). A smaller area of former Canaanite land and land east of the Jordan River was conquered and occupied by their descendants, the Israelites, after Moses led the Exodus out of Egypt (Numbers 34:1-12), and this occupation was interpreted as God’s fulfillment of the promise (Deuteronomy 1:8). Moses anticipated that God might subsequently give the Israelites land reflecting the boundaries of God’s original promise, if they were obedient to the covenant (Deuteronomy 19:8-9).”

Genesis 15

15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:

“Do not be afraid, Abram (when Allah informed Abraham He would be the originator of Many nations, Jewish and Muslim, He changed His name to Abraham). I am your shield, your very great reward.”

2 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

(I don’t think this verse is taken literally since the stars are in the trillions, it just means numerous because the Jewish population never reached to the literal extent of the stars, most likely it meant to the extent Abraham could count because Allah made a point of asking Him, so the literal number would be in the millions upon millions).

6 Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

7 He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it.”

8 But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?”

9 So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.”

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own (Egypt) and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites (in the world) has not yet reached its full measure.”

(Here we see the purpose of the prophets in the world and that is to prepare the way spiritually for future generations of the people of Allah, not everything they did was for the benefit of people in their time).

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

Isaac and Abimelek

Genesis 26:3

1Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac (The father of the Jews) went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live. 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

(This was the purpose of being the chosen people, they where chosen to be the light of Allah on earth to a pagan world, they where chosen to represent Him to people.)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

Genesis 28

10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it stood the Lord (in dreams often Angels stand with the Authority of Allah and Have form, Allah has no form He is only speaking through them), and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south (from here). All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you (Blessed all people on earth through your descendants).”

Through them Allah sent Moses, David, Solomon and Jesus (saws) who was a Jew, His (saws) people converted the Roman empire away from paganism, that is a light no matter how you look at it and He was a descendant of Abraham, perhaps if this never occurred we would have seen them deify later rulers like Julius Caesar was deified.

The Jewish numbers being like dust is a matter of perspective Jacob was one person with his family and from Him would come an entire nation numbering in the millions over the generations, that is the fulfillment of this statement that they would number like dust, if you pick up a handful of sand would the particles number in the millions, no, hence it is a realistic statement, some questioned this but never looked at it practically.

Some may ask, the Jews never did any of that, spread like the stars through the earth and became a beacon of light for the rest of the world, but they forget one thing, the Kingdom Allah gave to Sulaiman (as) fulfills all of that, it was a kingdom the world had never seen the like of it before and would never see it again after him (as), we see Him spreading Islam to other nations, the Queen of Sheeba is one story mentioned in the Quran along the miraculous nature of His kingdom and the people in it:

“And Solomon inherited David. He said, “O people, we have been taught the language of birds, and we have been given from all things. Indeed, this is evident bounty.” (27:16)

“He said: “My Lord! Forgive me, and bestow upon me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me. Verily, You are the Bestower.”

“So, We subjected to him the wind, it blew gently to his order whithersoever he willed, and also the devils from the jinns including every kind of builder and diver, and also others bound in fetters. (Allah said to Solomon) “This is Our gift, so spend you or withhold, no account will be asked.” And verily, he enjoyed a near access to Us, and a good final return Paradise.” (38:35-40).

Allah gave Him a kingdom which “no account will be asked” of it that “enjoyed a near access to Us,” we see this in the temple of Solomon which became like Allah’s Arsh on earth, a place where Allah Istiwa (established) His reality, this is made clear from many verses in the bible and Torah and later when Allah exiled the Jews it is shown that the Arsh of Allah left the temple, only mount Sinai where Allah spoke to Musa (as) was more blessed and had better access to Allah.

The Kaaba in Makkah is of a similar nature to the temple of Solomon (as) because Allah instructed Abraham (as) to Build it with His (as) son Ishmael (as) who would inherit His (as) religion from Him (as) and part of Allah’s promise to Abraham (as), it predates the temple and was built by the father (as) of both peoples.

Over time the descendants of Ishmael (as) suffered the same fate as the Jews and turned away from the religion of Abraham (as), most of them except for a few, so Allah sent the Prophet Muhammad (as) to purify them of this and to turn them back to Allah, just like Allah sent prophets to the Jews to do the same after their exile.

The Jews suffered for their actions because at the time Allah placed prophets among them and gave them responsibility as His representatives on earth, the Arabs only saw the same after Allah sent a prophet among them.

“And verily, he enjoyed a near access to Us.”

Near access to Allah does not just mean you are sitting close to Him like some friend it means you are next to His reality and taking from it spiritually, this was the source of the miraculous nature of Sulaiman’s (as) kingdom and the advancement of the Jews over the rest of Mankind, it was a spiritual source that inspired their hearts with the advanced reality of Allah and from them it spread to the rest of the world allowing it to advance from a primitive state to a more advanced one.

In modern terms it allowed mankind to see more nuanced things in nature, the universe and themselves, that is what it means to open new realities, this is the role of the prophets and saints for Allah on earth, it is not just to receive revelation but to receive their realities.

Understand, what Allah gives to each prophet is a spiritual opening for the rest of mankind, when Allah took Enoch (as) on a miraj (Journey) of the universe it meant Allah wanted mankind to begin studying the stars and celestial bodies, when He gave Him writing it meant Allah wanted man to begin collecting knowledge, when Allah took Rasul Allah (saws) on a miraj it meant Allah wanted mankind to begin studying the microscopic and subatomic world and mankind was put on a path of discovery that would lead them to this:

“In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the universe] and within themselves [the microscopic and subatomic], so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth.” [Qur’an 41:53]

The kingdom Allah gave to Suleiman (as) was the fulfillment of that promise to the Jews and its nature was a spiritual opening for the rest of mankind that would allow them to discover more about the universe, His kingdom lead the world in every respect and because it was a unique kingdom that the world had never seen it’s like before nor would they after it, means it opened for mankind every unique thing with Allah in the universe.

If this was not the case it would not be that it is the temple of Solomon (of all temples) that the Jews are trying to rebuild because Allah said “He will be found in it”, found in means there will be no veil (intermediaries) between Allah and the people of the temple, that is the meaning of that statement and He was giving this to Solomon (as).

They want to rebuild it for this purpose, so Understand, it also means it existed in the time of Sulaiman (as) with this Baraka (Blessing) given to Him.

Before continuing we will recount the story of Hagar (as) mentioned in Old Testament since it is relevant to the story of Abraham (as):

Genesis 16:7-14

7 Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” (The fact Angels spoke to her and she to Angels shows she was a saintly women) And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 9 Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.” 10 Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.” (The Arabs where a race intended by Allah to be His people and part of the promise to Abraham (as), we see this in the fact an Angel is saying this as prophecy to Hagar).

11 The angel of the Lord said to her further,

“Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son;

And you shall call his name Ishmael, (The Angel named her son, this is primarily done for prophets).

Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction (Allah is looking after you)…

13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?” 14 Therefore the well (Zam Zam) was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered (Safa and Marwa, two mountains in Makkah).

Here is Another translation: “Have I really seen God and lived to tell about it?” So from then on she called him, “The God Who Sees Me.” 14 That’s why people (Of that valley) call the (blessed) well between Kadesh and Bered, “The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me.”

In this account there is something significant, that it was Allah speaking to her (as) through an Angel and she (as) recognized Him, not many are the women Allah spoke to Himself. Allah spoke to Moses (as) directly from behind a burning bush and for this He (as) was called Kalimullah, the one spoken to by Allah, Allah spoke to Hagar (as) from behind an Angel regarding her (as) offspring which establishes in the Tanak and Bible, beyond doubt their status as being a people from Allah in Christianity and Judaism.

“I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count,” their numbers where not the result of natural reproduction but Allah’s intervention, “Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction,” Allah named Her (as) son Himself and made Him (as) a prophet before His (as) younger brother Isaac (as).

It is recorded in Qisas Al-Anbiya, a collection of narrations about the prophets, Hagar was the daughter of the King of Maghreb (West and North Africa), a descendant of the prophet Salih. Her father was killed by Pharaoh Dhu l-‘arsh and she was captured and taken as a slave. Later, because of her royal blood, she was made mistress of the female slaves and given access to all of Pharaoh’s wealth. Upon conversion to Abraham’s (as) faith, Pharaoh gave Hagar (as) to Sara (as) who gave Her (as) to Abraham (as). The name “Hāgar” (called Hajar in Arabic) comes from Ha ajruka, Arabic for “here is what you have earned”. People often confuse in what sense the Pharaoh in the time of Abraham (as) called Her (as) daughter when he gave Her (as) to Sara (as) after converting to their religion.

Today people do not recognize what their own forefathers understood, such is the story of Ishmael (as) and Hagar (as), when Sarah (as) could not conceive Hagar (as) and Ishmael (as) where a gift from Allah to Abraham (as), that is why the entire story of Sarah’s (as) jealousy with Hagar (as) occurred, Ishmael (as) was Allah’s miracle to Abraham (as) who He (as) made witness the promise to Abraham (as) regarding Issac (as), a fact that refutes modern re-interpretations of Him (as).

If Ishmael (as) was not one of Allah’s people how could He (as) witness Allah and the Angels promising Abraham (as) the kingdom granted to Isaac (as) after all His (as) mother Hagar (as) was likewise spoken to by Allah and the Angels before Him (as). It is in modern political interests to turn Jews and Muslims against each other because they are the only people Allah revealed His religion to and the only people that can end their evil. Allah intended for both the Jews and Muslims to receive from Him we see this in the story of what occurred, Allah eventually exiled the Jews and turned to other people to carry out His work on earth, He then sent a prophet to the Arabs, the second after Ishmael (as).

Ishmael (as) was a man who divorced His wife on the word of his father: Ishmael married a Moabitess named ‘Adishah or ‘Aishah; or, according to others, an Egyptian named Meribah or Merisah. He had four sons and one daughter. Ishmael meanwhile grew so skillful in archery that he became the master of all the bowmen. Afterward Abraham went to see Ishmael, and, according to his promise to Sarah, stopped at his son’s tent without alighting from his camel. Ishmael was not within; his wife refused Abraham food, and beat her children and cursed her husband within Abraham’s hearing. Abraham thereupon asked her to tell Ishmael when he returned that an old man had asked that he change the peg of the tent. Ishmael understood that it was his father, understood the advice, and divorced his wife. He then married another woman, named Faṭimah, who, when three years later Abraham came again to see his son, received him kindly; therefore Abraham asked her to tell Ishmael that the peg was good, Ishmael then went to Canaan and settled with his father.

Any child raised in an isolated place will take from that environment, Ishmael (as) is often Himself (as) blamed for being raised in the wilderness, as if a child can be blamed for raising himself, when it was the choice of His (as) parents to do so. The above narration found in both Judaism and Islam shows that by the time He (as) became a Man Ishmael (as) gained wisdom, sophistication and His (as) parents approval, seen in the fact that it was Sarah (as) who asked Abraham (as) to stop by His (as) sons home.

People who interpret history often do not know how to look at accounts through the passing of time.

The Land Of Makkah

Psalms 84:5-6, 10

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them (the people of this land).

6 Who passing through the valley of Baca (Makkah) make it a well (this is the well of Zam Zam in Makkah); the rain also filleth the pools.

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand (elsewhere).

Allah reiterates this in the Quran: “Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a guidance for Al-Alameen (all Mankind, Jew, Muslim, Christian, and Jinn)” [Aal Imran 3:96].

Allah commanded Abraham (as) to leave His (as) wife Hagar (as) and her son Ishmael (as) in Makkah (Baca), a wilderness at the time, to protect them from Iblis (Satan) who was now chasing Abraham (as) and His (as) family to try and end the covenant Allah made with Him (as) regarding His (as) two sons. If he could get to them he would be able to stop both the Jewish and Islamic nations before they arose so Allah asked Abraham (as) to place them in an isolated land blessed by Him from the time of Adam.

Abraham (as) would visit them periodically and when Ishmael (as) grew to maturity Allah commanded the Kaaba be built by Abraham (as) and His son (as) upon an older temple foundation used by previous prophets going back to the time of Adam (as).

The Borders Of Israel

Exodus 23:31

Allah said to the Jews: 31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert (of Egypt) to the Euphrates River (Near Syria and Iraq). I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. 32 Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

Here is Allah’s first warning to avoid idols while He is establishing the borders of their land, Allah saw what they would do so He warned them Hoping they could avoid it, but later they would turn to Idol worship after mixing with the people Allah asked them to avoid and for that the Jews would be exiled from what Allah promised them.

The Reason Allah wanted them to drive out the people of the land was to purify it from Idol worship and paganism, Allah wanted an atmosphere that would foster His reality with out it having to struggle against the delusional reality of worshiping statues, Allah did not just want to purify them Allah wanted them to excel and surpass everyone else, in the words of Allah you will see that Allah hoped for them what the Muslim nation would later achieve because of the hindsight they had from the Jewish experience of which we see many warnings in the Quran.

It is for this exact same reason that Allah does not allow anyone but a Muslim into Makkah and Madinah, so we see what Allah attempted with the Jews being asked of the Muslims.

Boundaries of Canaan

Numbers 34:1-12

The Lord said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom (a geographic area south of the Dead Sea basin, which forms part of the border between modern Israel to the west and Jordan to the east). Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon, where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. This will be your boundary on the west.

“‘For your northern boundary, run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

“‘For your eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee. Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’” (It is roughly present-day Israel)

Deuteronomy 1:8

“See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

Deuteronomy 19:8-9

If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them, because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.

10 Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

11 But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities, 12 the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.13 Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you. (End quote)

It is very clear from what Allah said to Musa (as) who the land is promised to, some claim the promise to Abraham also included Ishmael, the father of the Arabs but that can not be because according to Allah’s statement “Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a (single) son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir” makes it clear it is a single heir and Allah’s words to Musa (as) make it conclusive who was meant.

What is wrong to assume is that Allah cut off the other son of Abraham this is nothing but small mindedness both sons where prophets of Allah, rather this is what Allah promised to one son while to the other Allah promised something else.

“I have heard what you asked me to do for Ishmael, and so I will also bless him with many descendants. He will be the father of twelve princes (Khalifah’s on the right path), and I will make his family a great nation.” (Genesis 17:20)

Rasul Allah (saws) said: “This religion (Islam) will remain standing (remain on earth) until twelve caliphs, which all of them will be from Quraysh (descendants of Abraham), will rule over you.” (Sahih Muslim)

Imam Abu Dawud said: Masyruq said: We were sitting with Abdullah bin Mas’ud to learn Al-Qur’an from him. Someone asked him: Did you ask Rasul Allah (saws) how many caliphs will rule this ummah? Ibnu Mas’ud answered: Of course we asked this thing from Rasul Allah (saws) and he answered: “Twelve, like the amount of the leaders of Banu Israel.” (Shahih Al-Bukhari)

The term Great nation is by Allah’s standard who is making the promise, so here we see Allah’s approval of the Islamic empires and religion that arose, had they been on anything other than His religion He would not have called them great or the result of His promise to Abraham (as).

Genesis 17

19Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him (the covenant will be there forever unless they break it). 20And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him (What came from Ishmael (as) was a blessing from Allah); I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation (the Islamic nation is called great by Allah). 21But my covenant (the People I will focus on to establish my light on earth until the hour) I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year.” 22When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him (the spiritual connection was removed).

23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael (After Allah accepted Him and His descendants) and all those born in his household or bought with his money (adopted), every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him (Included them in His religion and way of life, this was a symbol for his descendants that they would be on the religion of Allah, so he introduced them to the covenant Allah made with Abraham through circumcision which meant they are His descendants and will inherit from Him his religion. This is why both Jews and Muslims are circumcised). 24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, 25and his son Ishmael was thirteen; 26Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day. 27And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner (adopted into it), was circumcised with him (this shows how inclusive Abraham’s inheritance was with the Arabs).

Circumcision is an everlasting covenant in the flesh of the promise Allah made to Abraham (as) and the Arabs where a part of it, Allah did not promise Ishmael (as) a nation based on paganism but one on the religion of God.

Ezekiel 36:22-23

Eventually what Allah tried to on earth with the Jews would not work so Allah tells the Jews He will bring prophets in nations other than theirs because they profaned His name:

22 “Therefore say to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, people of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the (other) nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.

In the book of Genesis (17) Allah said to Ibrahim (as) about his descendants the Jews and Arabs:

“I am Allah the All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right, 2 I will keep my solemn promise to you and give you more descendants than can be counted”. 3 Abram bowed with his face to the ground, and Allah said: 4-5 I promise that you will be the father of many nations (a reference to both his sons since the Jewish Empire was one empire, hence it cannot fulfill it alone, we see earlier this is also Abraham’s (as) understanding because after Allah spoke to Him (as) He immediately on the very same day prepared His (as) son Ishmael (as) for this by circumcising him (as)). That is why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham.6 I will give you many descendants, and in the future, they will become great nations. Some of them will be kings. 7 I will always keep the promise I have made to you and your descendants (the Jews and Arabs, each being promised something separately), because I am your God and their God.

Something that also makes the point clearly, is that Allah revealed His promise regarding the Jewish promised land while only Ishmael (as) was present, and Isaac (as) was not. This is because only Ishmael (as) and Abraham (as) where circumcised on the same day the words are revealed which the verse makes of point of stating.

Here Allah is ensuring Ishmael (as) would not be left out because Allah singles out Isaac (as) as the main recipient at that time and it is a way to ensure the older brother would look after the affairs of the younger.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘The deeds (in life) connected to the Fitrah (the perfect nature Allah created man upon at birth) are five: circumcision, shaving the pubic hairs, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hairs and trimming the mustache.'” (Ibn Majah)

Allah’s intent with all of this is to ensure that if the descendants of one brother failed doing the work of Allah, He would use the descendants of the other to carry on, we see this in History, when the Jewish people are no longer able to lead Allah did not leave the world alone.

We see what Allah established shaped history, when the Jewish empire lost to the Roman Empire it was the Arabs that took Jerusalem back and ensured the lands of Abraham (as) remained in the hands of His (as) descendants, when the Arabs lost it to the British Allah placed it back in the hands of the Jews because He made a promise in the Quran regarding them and Jesus (as):

“And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death.” (4:159)

An example from History that shows this spiritual reality Allah created clearly; Allah promised to turn the temple of Solomon (as) into ruble and this occurred, the second Khalifh of Islam Umar (as) on arrival in Jerusalem, accompanied by hundreds of Muslims, found the area of the temple covered in dust and debris.

He (as) then began sweeping and clearing the temple immediately, on seeing this other Muslims including army generals and soldiers joined Him (as) in cleaning the place. Once cleaned Umar (as) took off His (as) cloak, prayed and left there.

Later, He (as) reversed the four hundred year Christian ban on Jews entering the city and allowed them to return to Jerusalem.

The Exile

Quote: The Jewish diaspora (Hebrew: Tfutza, תְּפוּצָה) or exile (Hebrew: Galut, גָּלוּת; Yiddish: Golus) refers to the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.

In terms of the Hebrew Bible, the term “Exile” denotes the fate of the Israelites who were taken into exile from the Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BCE, and the Judahites from the Kingdom of Judah who were taken into exile during the 6th century BCE. While in exile, the Judahites became known as “Jews” (יְהוּדִים, or Yehudim), “Mordecai the Jew” from the Book of Esther being the first biblical mention of the term.

The first exile was the Assyrian exile, the expulsion from the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) begun by Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria in 733 BCE. This process was completed by Sargon II with the destruction of the kingdom in 722 BCE, concluding a three-year siege of Samaria begun by Shalmaneser V. The next experience of exile was the Babylonian captivity, in which portions of the population of the Kingdom of Judah were deported in 597 BCE and again in 586 BCE by the Neo-Babylonian Empire under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II. [Source Wikipedia]

What we are seeing here is Allah’s punishment, purification and acceptance of istighfar (repentance) of the Jews, but later generations would go on to make the same mistakes hence multiple exiles, the Aim of Allah was to remove evil traits from the Jewish people they acquired by mixing with the barbaric pagans.

When the light of religion passed on the descendants of Ishmael Allah asked the same of them:

The prophet Muhammad (saws) said: ‘If people see an oppressor and do not stop him Allah will punish them all’’ [Tirmidhi]

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “How could Allah bless people who do not ensure the rights of the weak (oppressed) from the harsh (oppressors)”. [Baihaqi]

The Prophet Muhammad (saws) said: “If you see my Ummah (nation) afraid to say to the oppressors, ‘You are oppressors’ Allah will desert them.” [Ahmad].

The Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: “Whoever assists, in any dispute, in oppression or collaborates with the oppressor he will continue with the anger of Allah until he perishes (dies).” [Ibn Majah]

Quote: A Jewish diaspora existed for several centuries before the fall of the Second Temple, and their dwelling in other countries for the most part was not a result of compulsory dislocation. Before the middle of the first century CE, in addition to Judea, Syria and Babylonia, large Jewish communities existed in the Roman provinces of Syria Palestine, Egypt, Sardinia and Corsica, Crete and Cyrenaica, and in Rome itself; after the Siege of Jerusalem in 63 BCE, when the Hasmonean kingdom became a protectorate of Rome, emigration intensified. In 6 CE the region was organized as the Roman province of Judea. The Judean population revolted against the Roman Empire in 66 CE in the First Jewish–Roman War which culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE. During the siege, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and most of Jerusalem.

In 132 CE, Bar Kokhba led a rebellion against Hadrian, a revolt connected with the renaming of Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina (it became its common name and was used by Rasul Allah (saws) in Ahadith even 5 centuries later). After four years of devastating warfare, the uprising was suppressed, and Jews were forbidden access to Jerusalem (until it was conquered by the second Khalif of Islam Umar (as) who removed the ban).

During the Middle Ages, due to increasing migration and resettlement, Jews divided into distinct regional groups which today are generally addressed according to two primary geographical groupings: the Ashkenazi of Northern and Eastern Europe, and the Sephardic Jews of Iberia (Spain and Portugal), North Africa and the Middle East. These groups have parallel histories sharing many cultural similarities as well as a series of massacres, persecutions and expulsions, such as the expulsion from Spain in 1492, the expulsion from England in 1290, and the expulsion from Arab countries in 1948–1973 (Upon creating the Modern state of Israel). [Source Wikipedia]

Deuteronomy 28 – The Finality of Exile

“The Book of Deuteronomy (literally “second law,” from Greek deuteros + nomos) is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and the Jewish Torah, where it is called “Devarim” (Heb. ספר דברים).”

Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses (as) on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. Musa (as) warns the Jewish people of what will happen to them if they leave Allah’s religion.

Curses for Disobedience

Moses (as) said to the Jews before entering the promised land:

15 However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.

18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

20 The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. 23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron (this is metaphor). 24 The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.

25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away. 27 The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured. 28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand. 33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 34 The sights you see will drive you mad. 35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone. 37 You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.

38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off. 41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity. 42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.

43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.

45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you. 46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever. 47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

49 The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. 51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you.

53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. 54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. 56 The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the Lord your God— 59 the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. 60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. 61 The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. 62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. 63 Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

64 Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. 66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. 68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you. [End of Quote]

What Allah intended by exile is clear and final if the Jews would like their place as Allah’s chosen people back in the future, they would have to earn it again by doing everything Allah says in their holy books to be able to represent Him on earth because that is the meaning of chosen you are representing Allah.

When a Muslim looks at what Allah promised them and what is meant by Chosen people it has one Parallel in the Quran, “And when thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to place a viceroy in the earth,” (2:30), those who represent Allah are His Khalifah (viceroy) upon the earth, the Quran elsewhere shows that Allah intends to complete this spiritual path with them before the hour is established.

Allah was so strict in His requirements of them that it should be clear what is expected from the many passages of the Torah and Bible to achieve this. This is nothing less than what a real Muslim would love to see in himself because Allah is asking Ihsan (excellence) of them and the people of Ihsan love to see each other Just like the prophets of various nations love to see each other.

But was Allah harsh as the translations of the Torah indicate, the reality is He was not because everything He said to the Jews are realities you will find in Islam asked of the Muslim Ummah. But in the Torah we have a translation of a translation of someones memory who memorized it from someone else’s memory and so on so, the passage is rougher than necessary because it was passed on as it was felt by a people in harsh conditions.

The prophet Muhammad (saws) said “All good (you earn) comes from Allah, and all evil (you earn) comes from ourselves”, evil is the result of our own hands (karma in short), the reality is the translation has lost the intent of the words, Allah is not bringing Evil upon the Jews, this is rather what Allah revealed to Moses (as) would happen to the Jews in a barbaric world if they ignored living by His religion, our prophet (saws) similarly said if His (saws) nation stopped upholding justice in society Allah would make their enemies overtake them, Allah was teaching the Jews the spiritual reality of the universe, the rules of its“Karma”.
From the beginning of time this is how the universe worked: “Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved.” (2:286) what Musa (as) said has to be understood in the context of this verse.

Allah explains the reason for the Misery of the Jews in the Quran; “Ignominy has been their (the Jews’) portion wherever they have been found, except for (when they hold on to) a rope from God or a rope from other peoples (this explains it all, when the light of God upon them wards of the evil of the world or they light of others); and they were visited with a wrath (humiliating punishment) from God, and misery has been pitched upon them – and all this because (meaning it had causes, Karma, it was not random) they were persistently disbelieving in Our Revelations (Choosing the religion of Pagans), rejecting Our signs of truth (that they continually observed in their lives), and killing the Prophets against all right; and all this because they disobeyed and kept on transgressing (not understanding the Law was to help them survive and grow in the world).” (3.112)

“And We delivered the Children of Israel from the shameful doom; (30) from Pharaoh. Lo! he was a tyrant of the wanton ones. (31) And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures. (32) And We gave them portents wherein was a clear trial.” (44:33)

The advice Musa (as) gave to His (as) people should sound like the following, it is no different than what the prophet Muhammad (saws) said to His (saws) people and it is a description of the reality of the universe reacting to your actions:

Abdullah ibn ‘Umar said, “The Prophet, peace be upon him, came to us and said, ‘O Muhajirun, (Muslim emigrants from Makkah to al-Madinah) you may be afflicted by five things; God forbid that you should live to see them. If fornication should become widespread, you should realise that this has never happened without new diseases befalling the people which their forebears never suffered. If people should begin to cheat in weighing out goods, you should realise that this has never happened without drought and famine befalling the people, and their rulers oppressing them. If people should withhold zakat (charity), you should realise that this has never happened without the rain being stopped from falling; and were it not for the animals’ sake, it would never rain again. If people should break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, you should realise that his has never happened without Allah sending an enemy against them to take some of their possessions by force. If the leaders do not govern according to the Book of Allah, you should realise that this has never happened without Allah making them into groups and making them fight one another.'” [Ibn Majah]

‘Ali ibn Abi Talib said, “The Prophet said: ‘If my Ummah (nation) bears fifteen traits, tribulation will befall it.’ Someone asked, ‘What are they, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘When any gain is shared out only among the rich, with no benefit to the poor; when a trust becomes a means of making a profit; when paying Zakat (charity) becomes a burden; when a man obeys his wife and disobeys his mother; and treats his friend kindly whilst shunning his father; when voices are raised in the mosques; when the leader of a people is the worst of them; when people treat a man with respect because they fear some evil he may do; when much wine is drunk; when men wear silk (become effeminate); when female singers and musical instruments become popular; when the last ones of this Ummah curse the first ones – then let them expect a red wind (possibly death by poison gas during war), or the earth to swallow them, or to be transformed into animals.’ ” [At-Tirmidhi]

This is exactly what happened to the Jews before them; “And you know well the story of those among you who broke Sabbath. We said to them: “Be apes—despised and hated by all.” Thus We made their end a warning to the people of their time and succeeding generations, and an admonition for God-fearing people.” (2:65-66)

The speech of most prophets is sophisticated and nuanced because prophet hood entails discernment (firasa) in order to know the self, but what we have in the words of the Bible and Torah are the limitations of scribes. Looking at what Moses (as) said you should now see something else in his words:

(If you stop practicing the religion) “3 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher (spiritually), but you will sink lower and lower (spiritually). 44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them (they will surpass you in society and thus business, meaning the thing uplifting you will leave you until you no longer see opportunity, in other words be inspired). They will be the head, but you will be the tail (and you wont know why).

45 All these curses will come on you (as a result of your own hands). They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because (Here Allah is telling you why, but the translation is emphasizing blame over advice which was the intent of Moses (as)) you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you (that are warding off the evils of the world from you and inspiring you to excel in life. You can deduce from the curses being mentioned everything Allah gave to the Jews for practicing Judaism because all Allah is saying here is if you stop it will all go away).

The light of Allah in Israel was turned off when they brought their darkness into the temple of Allah that was spreading His light and defiled its spirituality by worshiping low things that lowered the reality of people, once the light of the Jews was gone so was the guidance in their heart that was lifting their spirituality, this is meant by the verse “The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,” you will not have unity in your hearts because you now worship various things, so you are no longer a united community.

Allah intended for the Jews to be a light of “relative” sophistication for the world, they would be its role models that would turn it away from Paganism and heathenism to knowledge, science and worship, they where intended to be Allah’s spear against ignorance, they where His chosen people because their was no one else and when the defenses of a people fails the city is over run and the barbarians will do as they please, which is what we see in the words of Moses (as).

We see in multiple places that Allah intended for His promise to the Jews to be eternal (until the day of judgment), if they are able to maintain themselves in the sight of Allah until the hour Allah’s promise will always be with them, there would be no need for Christianity or Islam because they are doing Allah’s work, but in the end they began to adopt the ways of the barbarians they where meant to enlighten and left the religion of Allah except for a few of them.

Imam Al-Bukhari narrates 6 Ahadith in his Sahih about the analogy the prophet Muhammad (saws) gave regarding the example of the Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Abu Musa (ra) said, the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said: “The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed labourers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till midday and then said, ‘We do not need your money which you have fixed for us and let whatever we have done be annulled.’ The man said to them, ‘Don’t quit the work, but complete the rest of it and take your full wages.’ But they refused and went away. The man employed another batch after them and said to them, ‘Complete the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I had fixed for the first batch.’ So, they worked till the time of `Asr prayer. Then they said, “Let what we have done be annulled and keep the wages you have promised us for yourself.’ The man said to them, ‘Complete the rest of the work, as only a little of the day remains,’ but they refused. Thereafter he employed another batch to work for the rest of the day and they worked for the rest of the day till the sunset, and they received the wages of the two former batches. So, that was the example of those people (Muslims) and the example of this light (guidance) which they have accepted willingly.

In another variation Imam Bukhari reports in his Sahih from Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, “Your life in comparison to the lifetime of the past nations is like the period between the time of `Asr prayer and sunset. Your example and the example of the Jews and Christians is that of a person who employed laborers and said to them, “Who will work for me till the middle of the day for one Qirat (a special weight)?’ The Jews did. He then said, “Who will work for me from the middle of the day till the `Asr prayer for one Qirat each?” The Christians worked accordingly. Then you (Muslims) are working from the `Asr prayer till the Maghrib prayer for two Qirats each. They (the Jews and the Christians) said, ‘We did more labor but took less wages.’ He (Allah) said, ‘Have I wronged you in your rights?’ They replied, ‘No.’ Then He said, ‘This is My Blessing which I give to whom I wish.”

The Muslims where Allah’s backup plan if the Jews failed which is why He began to prepare them from the time of Abraham (as):

26Abraham and his son Ishmael (the father of the Arabs) were both circumcised on that very day. 27And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner (adopted into it), was circumcised with him.

The religion of Abraham (as) was worshiped among the Arabs from the time of Abraham (as), before all of this, right until the Advent of the prophet Muhammad (saws), the pagan Arabs called them “Hanif” (those one the straight path of Abraham (as)).

“Etymologically, the name Allah is probably a contraction of the Arabic al-Ilāh, “the God.” The name’s origin can be traced to the earliest Semitic writings in which the word for god was il or el, the latter being used in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)” (Encyclopedia Britannica).

“Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but Hanif (inclining towards truth) submitting to Allah. And he was not of the polytheists” (3:67).

Babylonian Captivity

“The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile is the period in Jewish history during which a number of people from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia. After the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon besieged Jerusalem, resulting in tribute being paid by King Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim refused to pay tribute in Nebuchadnezzar’s fourth year, which led to another siege in Nebuchadnezzar’s seventh year, culminating with the death of Jehoiakim and the exile of King Jeconiah, his court and many others; Jeconiah’s successor Zedekiah and others were exiled in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year; a later deportation occurred in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year. The dates, numbers of deportations, and numbers of deportees given in the biblical accounts vary. These deportations are dated to 597 BCE for the first, with others dated at 587/586 BCE, and 582/581 BCE respectively.”

“After the fall of Babylon to the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE, exiled Judeans were permitted to return to Judah. According to the biblical book of Ezra, construction of the second temple in Jerusalem began around 537 BCE.”

But not all Jews returned, in his Travels into Bokhara, which he published in 1835, Sir Alexander Burnes wrote: “The Afghans call themselves Bani Israel, or the children of Israel, but consider the term Yahoodi, or Jew, to be one of reproach (because of their actions that caused the exile). They say that Nebuchadnezzar, after the overthrow of Israel, transplanted them into the towns of Ghore near Bamean and that they were called after their Chief Afghan, they say that they lived as Israelites till Khalid (Ibn Walid the famous General of the Prophet Muhammad (as) responsible for ending the Persian Empire and defeating the Roman Empire in Syria) summoned them in the first century of the Muhammadans (and they accepted Islam). Having precisely stated the traditions and history of the Afghans I see no good reason for discrediting them… the Afghans look like Jews and the younger brother marries the widow of the elder. The Afghans entertain strong prejudices against the Jewish nation, which would at least show that they have no desire to claim – without just cause – a descent from them. (Sir Alexander Burnes, Travels into Bokhara, Vol. 2:139-141.)

Sulayman ibn ‘Isa that he said: “It has reached me that at the hands of the Mahdi, the Tabut as-Sakinah [the Ark of the Covenant] will appear from the lake of Tabariyyah (sea Of Galilee in Israel), until it is carried and placed before him in Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). When the Jews look at it, they will all become Muslims except for a small number of them. Then the Mahdi will die (sometime after, this will occur at the end of His (as) time on earth).” (Imam Suyutyi)

People often think Allah cursed the Jews for ever but this is not the case they were stubborn in not seeing right from wrong so Allah wanted to purify them of their faults before the end which is why the long exile.

We mention this because at the end before the hour they are the strength of Islam supporting it against the enemies of Allah. We see this fate in the fact one of the Jewish tribes accepted Islam at the hands of Khalid Ibn Walid (ra) who was called one of Allah’s swords, it means this is their spiritual lineage (silsila) back to the prophet Muhammad (saws), it means Allah wished Jihad for them in His way like He originally asked of them, Khalid Ibn Walid the sword of Allah whose only regret was not dying in battle and never having seen defeat, is the one Allah chose for them to take as a spiritual archetype because they accepted Islam through His eyes.

We see the fruit of that in the prophecies of the Prophet (saws) regarding them and Imam Mahdi (as) who will be the other person they accept Islam through.

The Jews of Afghanistan will establish Imam Mahdi’s (as) dominion for him in the Arabian peninsula and Jerusalem before He emerges and fight with Him (as) when He (as) does, He (as) will then guide the rest of the Jews in Israel to Islam after He (as) brings out the Ark in which is the Original Torah, it is because of this act with the Jews of Israel Allah called Him al Mahdi (the one who guides) and when Armageddon is upon the Imam (as) the remainder of the Jews will fight it with Him (as).

Ka’b that he said: “The Mahdi will be sent to fight the Romans (European Union). He will be given the fiqh [understanding] of ten men. He will bring out the Tabut as-Sakinah [the Ark of the Covenant] from a cave at Antioch (It will be found here and become public when it is near the sea of Galilee), which contains the Tawrah that Allah [ta’ala] revealed to Musa [‘alayhis-salam] and the Injil that Allah [‘azza wa-jall] revealed to ‘Isa [‘alayhis-salam]. He will judge between the people of the Tawrah by their Tawrah, and between the people of the Injil by their Injil.” (Imam Suyutyi)

After Armageddon is fought the Muslim Jews will go on to conquer Constantinople, Imam Mahdi (as) will send an army consisting of 70,000 soldiers to take it, either because Europe took if by force during the war or Turkey Joined the European Union by that time:

Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Apostle (may peace he upon him) saying: You have heard about a city the one side of which is in the land and the other is in the sea (Constantinople). They said: Allah’s Messenger, yes. Thereupon he said: The Last Hour would not come unless seventy thousand persons from Bani lsra’il (Jews) would attack it. When they would land there, they will neither fight with weapons nor would shower arrows but would only say: “There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest,” that one side of it would fall (They are pure saintly men who Allah will respond to their prayers). Thaur (one of the narrators) said: I think that he said: The part by the side of the ocean. Then they would say for the second time:” There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest” that the second side would also fall, and they would say:” There is no god but Allah and Allah is the Greatest,” when the gates would be opened for them and they would enter therein and, they would be collecting spoils of war and distributing them amongst themselves when a noise would be heard and It would be said: Verily, Dajjal (Anti Christ) has come. And thus they would leave everything there and would turn to him. (Muslim)

The Baraka (blessing) of their supplication will affect reality, will be miraculous, hence their state is one of wilaya (sainthood):

Abu Huraira (ra) narrated Allah’s Apostle (saws) said, “Among the nations before you there used to be people who were inspired (literally spoken to, by the Angels though they were not prophets). And if there is any of such a persons amongst my followers (today), it is ‘Umar (The second Khalif of Islam who would go on to restore the Jewish right to settle back in Jerusalem).” (Muslim)

Abu Huraira (as) narrated the Prophet (saws) said, “Among the nation of Bani Israel (Jewish Nation) who lived before you, there were men who used to be inspired with guidance though they were not prophets, and if there is any of such persons amongst my followers, it is ‘Umar.” (Muslim)

“they will all become Muslims except for a small number of them. Then the Mahdi (as) will die,” this hadith tells us that just before the Imam (as) fights Armageddon the Jews of Israel will accept Islam and will go on to fight it with Him, after which the Imam (as) will send them to conquer Constantinople.

It also tells us that when Jerusalem is taken by the Jews of Afghanistan a decade or so earlier, that war will not be bloody, it may be that under Jewish law because the Jews of Afghanistan are part of the original promise of Allah to that land the Jews of Israel will concede their right and it is recognized as part of their unavoidable conquest, it may also be that when they seem them fighting the Arabs calling for Justice before reaching Israel they will see them in a different light, Allahu Allam.

Between Armageddon and the conquest of Constantinople is seven months, and between it and the emergence of the Dajjal (Anti Christ) is seven months, the Jews with Imam Mahdi (as) will go on to face the Dajjal (Allah’s curse be upon him) after Constantinople and more than likely will be among the Muslims with Him (as) when Isa (as) descends.

“And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death.” (4:159) This verse shows Allah did not intend for the curse upon the Jewish people to last until Qiyamah and what He plans for them before the end, belief in it is obligatory upon all Muslims.

Al Zuhari said ” The black flags (Jews of Afghanistan) will come from the East, led by mighty men, with long hair and beards, their last names are taken from the names of their home towns and their first names are from a Kunya (nick name, usually starts with ‘Abu’, which means ‘father of”).” (Nuaim bin Hammad’s Kitab Al-Fitan)

The Jews of Afghanistan who took Islam from Khalid Ibn Walid (as) fought the U.S.S.R for ten years and defeated them, then they fought America for twenty years and defeated them, this is their strength which we will see with Imam Mahdi (as) at the end.

The disunited Jews of History are not the Jews of today, today they want to fight and most of them serve in their army, some even calling it one of the most effective armies in the world, this is a sign Allah has purified them of their former weaknesses and is ready to accept them back from their exile.

Rasul Allah (saws) described the 40 year struggle of the Jews of Afghanistan as thus: “Pity poor Taliqan [Afghanistan]. At that place are treasures of Allah, but these are not of gold and silver but consist of people who have recognized Allah as they should have (Accepted Islam and practiced Allah’s laws devoutly). They are the Mahdi’s (saws) supporters. (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi ‘Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir az-l-Zaman, p. 59.)

The Prophet Muhammad (blessing and peace be upon him) said ”When you hear the news of Black Flags coming from the East, then, you must join them even if you have to crawl over ice (to reach them)”. (Tirmdhi)… ‘“People will come from the east, paving the way for the Mahdi,” meaning, for his rule’ (Ibn Maja).

Abdullah bin Masood narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “A group of people will come from the East with Black Flags and they will ask for some “Khair” (leadership, stability in the region which will be torn by wars), but they will not be given what they ask for (the Arabs won’t respond to them). So, they will fight and win against those people (the Arabs causing fitnah). Now, they will be given what they asked for (it will be offered to them to rule the Arabian Peninsula), but they will not accept it until they hand it over to a person from my Ahl Bayt (Imam Mahdi) who will fill it (the Earth) with justice just as they (the non-Muslims) filled it with oppression. So, whoever of you will be alive at that time should go to them even if they have to crawl over ice” (the Authority of Islam will be with them at that time). (Ibn Maja, Muhammad Al-Barzanji’s Isha’ah li Ashrat Al-Sa’a)

Abu Hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khorasan (Afhganistan). No power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach إيلياء Eelya (Jerusalem) where they will erect their flags” (they will conquer Israel, America is no longer around having been defeated by Europe). (Tirmizi)

This event is mentioned in the Bible and means Allah is preparing the way for the Jews: “The sixth angel poured out his bowl (of punishment) on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.” (Book of Revelations)

The river Euphrates drying up will cause a major war in the Arabian Peninsula, the Black flags (kings from the east) will March in order to stabilize the region fearing for Islam and its holy sites and they will not stop until they reach Jerusalem:

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “The fourth Fitna (ad Duhaima) is 18 years, then it clears. Once it clears, the Euphrates will recede revealing a mountain of gold (wealth) that the Umma (Muslim nation) will fight for it. Seven out of every nine (people fighting for it) will be killed.” (Nuaim ibn Hammad’s Kitab Al-Fitan)

Rasul Allah (saws) said about their leader an Imam descendant from Abraham (as) through the lineage of the prophet Muhammad (saws), but raised among these Jews as a farmer, Sufyan al-Kalbi that he said: “Under the banner of the Mahdi will be a youth, young in age, with a sparse beard, yellow in complexion. If he were to fight the mountains, he would shatter them, until he settles in Ayliya’ [Jerusalem].”

Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (ra) that he said: “A man will come, from the descendants of al-Hasan (the prophets grandson). If the firm mountains were to face him, he would shatter them and make pathways through them (Nothing will stop him from taking Arabia and Jerusalem).”

We see that Allah sent Imam Mahdi (as) to guide the Jews before the end and in both the Bible and the Torah Allah promises to send them someone before Jesus (as) returns who will affirm god is Allah to the world and correct everything wrong with it.

So, Insha Allah we will discuss where all of this is possibly in Jewish and Christian scripture and prophecy:

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord (to guide you).” (Malachi 4).

Jesus (as) said: “And he said to them, “the one who affirms god is Allah” does come first to restore all things.”

We have translated the verse according to its meaning because through out the bible each time the name of Elijah (as) is mentioned Jesus (as) tries to tell His (as) followers, in His (as) manner of speaking, the name is figurative, a description and not literal by using it to call other people they knew by that name, but they do not understand:

Here is the original verse where Jesus (as) calls the John the baptist (as) who was abused, Elijah: They asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah (the prophet) must come?” And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man (Jesus) that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? But I tell you that Elijah (the one who affirms god is Allah) has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.” (Mark 9:11–13)

They are confused because Jesus (as) is not saying Elijah the label, but the meaning of the name, which is “the one who Affirms god is Yahweh”, the Biblical name for Allah.

Here is another account of the same verse but more clearly:

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

And the disciples asked him, “Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?” He answered, “Elijah does come, and he will restore all things (The Elijah you refer to will come in the future and he will fix everything). But I tell you that Elijah (the first and second use of the name are not the same, here Jesus is using the meaning of the name, the one who testifies god is Allah, John the Baptist, it is a label which can be used for all prophets because that is their role) has already come, and they did not recognize him (In the Torah their is a separate prophecy about John the Baptist, from the prophecy about Elijah, which Jesus (as) is referring to here), but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man (Jesus) will certainly suffer at their hands.”

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking (figuratively) to them of John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:9–13)

Finally, in this next verse we have it in plain words from Jesus (as) that the name Elijah is meant according to its meaning, speaking of John the Baptist He (as) says;

“If you are willing to accept it, he (John the baptist) is Elijah who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Matthew 11)

The Prophet John was prophesied about in Malachi 3, while Imam Mahdi (as) was meant in Malachi 4 because it clearly stipulates the timing is just before the hour and not in the time of Jesus (as):

“Behold, I send my messenger (John the Baptist), and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.” (Mal 3)

But before the Hour Allah will send another to correct all things in the world, which is what Imam Mahdi (as) will do just before Jesus (as) returns and it is mentioned so often by the prophet (saws) the accounts are to many to enumerate here.

The prophet (saws) said: “If there were only one day left for the world, Allah would lengthened it until a man from among the people of my household (Imam Mahdi), was sent; just as the Earth is filled with cruelty, He will fill the earth with Justice.” (Abu Dawud, 5/92)

The prophet (saws) said: “The Mahdi is one of my people, and He will fill the earth with truth and Justice, just as it is was filled with cruelty and torture.” (Abu Dawud, 5/93)

The prophet (saws) said: “This (Amr/fate) [Imam Mahdi] will fill the earth with Justice, just as people previously filled it with cruelty.” (Ibn Majah, 10/348)

The prophet (saws) said: “He (Imam Mahdi) will be from my progeny and will be forty years of age. His face will shine like a star (in the night sky) and he will have a black spot on his left cheek. He will don two “Qutwaani” (Jewish) cloaks and will appear exactly as a person from Bani Israeel (He will look like a Jewish man)…” (Tabrani)

Malachi 4

3 And ye shall tread down the wicked (it will be a time when the wicked will see retribution); for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant (The Original Torah will be found in the Ark), which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

5 Behold, I will send you “one who will affirm your god is Allah” to guide you (the original meaning of prophet) before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord (Day of Judgment): (Hinei, I will send you Eliyahu HaNavi before the coming of the great and dreadful Yom Hashem;)

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

This last statement is not one about good will, rather it is a prophecy about the state of the world mentioned by the prophet Muhammad (saws), the world is such that the elderly will not have mercy upon the youth and the youth will not have mercy upon the elderly, Allah is saying Imam Mahdi (as) will reverse that or He will curse the earth if it remains the same.

Regarding the name Elijah, the one who affirms god is Allah, the name is used for Imam Mahdi (as) because He (as) will guide the Jews to Islam and that is the meaning of the name Elijah, He is called Al Mahdi because of this act: “The profession of faith (shahādah) by which a person is introduced into the Muslim community consists of the affirmation that there is no god but Allah” (Encyclopedia Britannica).

The Jewish prophecy was spoken in a time when names where still being derived from phrases and phrases where being used as names, only history can tell us to what extent the name was emphasized over the phrase.

So we see that Jewish prophecy and Islamic prophecy are talking about the same person under names each people at the time would recognize.

Jeremiah 25:1-14

Seventy Years of Captivity

25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 2 So Jeremiah the prophet said to all the people of Judah and to all those living in Jerusalem: 3 For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

4 And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. 5 They said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. 6 Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

(It is more accurate to translate it as no Harm will come to you, because that is the reality and purpose of religion to ward of evil. The only reason Allah would phrase something like this is if a people could not understand harm and benefit so He ascribes Harm to Himself so they can still act, this is an early time in mans history).

7 “But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.”

(Here Allah says exactly what we just explained, the harm came because of your own evil, we see Allah ascribing the matter to Himself because people can not understand how evil invites evil so Allah is teaching them another way, through fear for their own benefit, remember when reading these passages ultimately “All good is from Allah and All Evil is from us”).

8 Therefore the Lord Almighty says this: “Because you have not listened to my words, 9 I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” (servant here means under my command) declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin. 10 I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

(The severity here is spiritual repercussions because they left Judaism entirely and could not carry the light of Allah to protect them from the evil created by the pagans and idol worshipers, which spread around the world, literally Jerusalem was a light in the dark and they turned it of, Allah is telling them the consequences of that).

12 “But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate forever.

(If it was Allah who actually invited the Babylonians this would be a contradiction that Allah is now punishing them for what He asked of them, hence the translation is lacking, rather they invaded because now nothing was holding them back from what they wanted all along, Allah was saying they are under His command of the universe which is referring to its “Karma” or Balance)

13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

The exile ultimately occurred because of the crimes of the Jews and so Allah condemns all people who turn away from His laws:

1 Kings 9:6-9

6 “But if you or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 8 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 9 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the Lord brought all this disaster on them.’”

In the subtext of this passage is the fact the people speaking are foreigners who Believe in Allah which is an indirect prophecy that Allah will send prophets to other nations.

The reason why the Jews would suffer all of this, why the universe works in such a way, Allah states it in Surah al Mulk (67:1-2);

“Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the dominion, who has power over all things. Who created death and life, that He may test which of you is best in conduct. And He is the All-Mighty, the Forgiving.”

The verse begins with Allah referring to Himself in a dissociative manner, removing Himself from the verse because it is inclusive of more than just Him, it is the reality of the universe and everything in it. “Blessed is the one who has dominion over the world”, “Blessed is the one who owns land”, but the term blessed here is used to help you understand “physics”, how things work, other translations of the verse translate Tabaruk (Blessed) according to its intent “Exalted is He in Whose Hand is the dominion”.

Exalted means raised above others spiritually and so the verse is saying the spiritual reality of the universe revolves around those who control and own things, and in this is a clear statement of why the world is the way it is, why the rich are in control, it is not saying the rich are holy people because of their wealth the term Blessed is used in an operative manner.

The Jewish people saw severe consequence because Allah gave them Dominion over the best lands on earth, the most blessed lands on earth and so He elevated and exalted them the most on earth through it, when that was gone the Jews suffered the loss of that blessing and its reality in their life.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

18 ‘Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

19 ‘Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien (foreigner), orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

1 Kings 9:4

4 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws, 5 I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

Allah promised nothing to Zionists, He promised everything to the Jews, you cannot achieve what Allah gave to the Jews except under Jewish Law by avoiding everything Allah cursed, that is the fulfillment of prophecy anything else is breaking Allah’s word and promise.

Insights

Insha Allah we will present insights into the present day situation from Allah’s perspective considering our knowledge of His scriptures.

“The Emperor Constantine, only one year after convening the Council of Nicea (The council that decided on the books of the Bible), had his own son (Crispus) put to death. Later he suffocated Fausta (his wife) in an overheated bath. Then he had his sister’s son flogged to death and her husband strangled. It was also during the reign of Constantine that the cross became a sacred symbol in Christianity, just as it had been in pagan religions (across the world). Throughout his reign, Constantine treated the bishops as political aides. He agreed to enforce whatever opinion the majority of the bishops formulated (and the Bishops sought to win His favor with compromise).”

“The Jewish Temple was destroyed in 70 CE by the Romans under Titus. Then Israel was totally destroyed as a nation with the defeat of Bar Kochba (a false Messiah) in 135 CE. Hundreds of thousands of Jews were massacred (nothing remained of the Jewish community that knew Jesus (as) only foreigners reading books of scripture they did not understand the culture and society they came from). Most of the survivors were dispersed into the Gamut (Diaspora or Exile), many of who were sold into slavery. The final utter defeat of Israel was seen by many Christians as a sign that Israel was rejected by her God. The “Church” was seen as the new Israel. Anti-Semitism began to take a firm hold on Christianity. By the time that Constantine called the first general church council at Nicea in 325, anti-Semitism was endemic in the “Church.” The Council of Nicea was attended by 318 bishops, none of whom were of Jewish ancestry (Jesus (as) was a Jew who lived by the Torah and Tannakh and these people had no knowledge of either).”

Allah made a covenant with Abraham (as) regarding His (as) son Isaac (as) and His (as) descendants the Jews in which He promised Abraham (as) the lands of Israel, when Allah finally exiled the Jews from this land, after they left His religion and they could not possibly return to it to rule because of the Romans, Allah gave custody of this land to the other descendants of Abraham (as) the Arabs who could take it from the Romans.

By this time in Jewsih History like any Empire, the strength of these people had been spent.

Allah made spiritual provisions for this from the beginning because He made the covenant with Abraham (as) while His (as) son Ishmael (as) was a witness to it and Isaac (as) was not, Isaac (as) being to young at the time.

Allah promised Ishmael (as) a nation He would be proud of, in a similar light as the nation of Israel because it was a promise from God who is above what they accuse Him of giving, it was an Empire that was able to take back Jerusalem from the Romans the leading super power of the time, and place it back in the hands of the descendants of Abraham (as) who where present when the covenant was made, they once again purified it from the pagan religions of the Romans and made it a safe place for Muslims, Jews and Christians, the religions of Allah.

Through History the land has mostly been in the hands of the descendants of Abraham (as) and it seems that it will remain that way until the hour.

When the Arabs lost Palestine to the British it was because they followed in the footsteps of the Jews of old no longer valuing their religion, it was because they no longer represented Allah on earth that Allah gave the land back to the Jews who where now in a position to take it from the British.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure (a Lizard), you would follow them.” We said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said, “Whom else?” (Bukhari)

The covenant between Abraham (as) and Allah is one above any kind of national pride because National identity destroys your ability to identify with Allah;

The prophet Muhammad (saws) said to the Muslims “Everything which is outside the call of Islam and the Qur’an, with regards to lineage, land, nationality, schools of thoughts and ways, it is from the calls of jahiliyyah (Ignorance of the pagans).” Indeed, even when the Muhajirun (those Companions who migrated from Makkah to Madinah because of persecution) and the Ansar (the people of Madinah who took them in) argued, such that one of the Muhajirun said (to His people): ‘O Muhajirun! (meaning; rally to my aid).’ And one of the Ansar said (to his people): ‘O Ansar!’ (rally to my aid) The Prophet (saws), upon hearing this, said: ‘Is it with the calls of jahiliyyah (labels of ignorance) that you call (each other), and I am still amongst you!’ And he became very angry at that. (Bukhari (8/137))

The Prophet (saws) said in His (saws) last sermon before His (saws) blessed death: “Indeed there is no excellence (Ihsan) for an arab over a non-arab, nor a non-arab over an arab, nor a white person over a black one, nor a black person over a white one, except through taqwa (piety through life, for Allah).” (Ahmad)

Most Muslims through history see what happened to the Palestinians and the Arabs as punishment from Allah for betraying the Ottoman Khalifah, the last Khalifah of Islam. They understood that Allah cursed them for their betrayal, the prophets (saws) said when Allah curses a people He curses them for seven generations, or 70 years, which is why the Jews where exiled for 70 years and when 70 years had passed since the Palestinian and Arab betrayal of their rulers they began to ask why matters did not go back to normal.

They did not go back to normal for the Jews and they will not go back to normal for the Arabs because; “Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron.” (13:11)

Verse (13:11) in the Quran begins by saying “For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah,” because Angels are the agents of change who support your efforts as you do them.

This is what Allah wanted for the Jews all along and the Arabs are today suffering the same punishment from Allah;
Ezekiel 11:17-20

17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’

18 “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols. 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

Allah kept trying with the Jews long after their exile right up to the last prophet He sent them Jesus (as) whose mission was to achieve what Allah said in these verses, the only way was to send them a highly spiritual prophet to move them away from their materialism, considering their place in Israel today it can not be said they are banned from the land because of the exile, because Allah kept trying. The Jews may not acknowledge His (saws) prophet hood but their books stop recording history about 400 years before His (saws) time and so there is nothing from Allah with them regarding any later prophets including the prophet Muhammad (saws).

Allah made it clear to the Jews from the start repeatedly that if you want to rule this land you must live by my laws that I gave to you, you must have taqwa (sincerity in your piety) and achieve Ihsan (excellence), but the Jews in Israel are not doing that;

17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

19 ‘Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien (foreigner), orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Allah begins both statements with the words cursed, the same statement He made against the Jews when He exiled them, “cursed”, as long as these two laws are broken Allah will not lift the exile He placed upon the Jews, only those who live by His laws can purify the land and the temple.

One Justification I have heard for what Israel is doing today is that Allah commanded them in the old testament to rid Israel of the pagans that lived there, to purify it of all non chosen people, we quoted the passage earlier.

Allah’s intention is to make it like Makkah and Madinah where only Jews are allowed, in order to purify it. But Arabs are the exception to that intent because Allah tasked Ishmael (as) with safekeeping His (as) brothers (as) inheritance and Abraham (as) circumcised Him (as) to ensure He (as) was part of the covenant (as) that Allah made Him (as) witness.

So who will Allah give the land to now if it can not be given back to the Arabs because most of them will perish in the coming wars.

The people who are left that have the most right to it are Jews subject to the covenant of Abraham (as) and who “recognize Allah as He deserves to be recognized”, and that is the Muslim Jews of Afghanistan, Khair Insha Allah.

“And We said to the Children of Israel after him: “Dwell in the land, then, when the final and the last promise comes near [the Day of Resurrection is close or the descent of Christ]. We shall bring you altogether (back to Israel) as mixed crowd ( having different ethnicities gathered out of various nations)” (17:104). [Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol. 10, Page 338]

The term Judah refers to the Jewsih tribes that settled in the northern part of Israel while Israelite refers to the tribes that settled in the south, the lost tribes of Israel is a reference to the Judaen tribes in the north that where captured by the Assyrians and forced to live in distant parts of the Assyrian empire (Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Afghanistan) and where ever else they had influence.

Hence the verse in the Quran and in the Tanak, which says the same, means before the hour comes Allah will gather the Jews back in Israel all having different ethnicities.

Much of what will occur from these lost tribes is mentioned in the Tanak, Jewish prophecy says that equal numbers of Judean’s and Israelites, people from the lost tribes and people from modern Israel in other words Jews as we know them, will herald the Messiah (as), the number of Pathans (Muslim Jews of Afghanistan) and Jews in the world today is virtually identical.

Jewish prophecy also says that it is the Jewish tribes of Menashe and Efraim that will take the lead in the return of the Messiah, they will pave the way for Him (as) before His (as) arrival, similarly Islam says the Jews of Afghanistan will establish the Dominion of the Mahdi (Elijah) for Him (as) by conquering Arabia and Israel, then establishing His (as) capital in Jerusalem, they will all then pave the way for the Messiah (as) by preparing the world for His (as) arrival.

The Afghani people are from the tribe of Efraim, they are the only surviving descendants, the Jews of Israel and the Jews of Afghanistan will prepare the way for the return of the Messiah (as) with Imam Mahdi (as).

If we where to describe the Journey mentioned in ahadith of the Jews of Afghanistan in a few words they would be relentless effort, Rasul Allah (saws) described their victories and losses until He (saws) said “they will keep on coming” forward year after year to face the tyrants and oppressors of the middle east until their numbers at the end dwindle and hardly any men are left among them, such is their strength and persistence.

Considering the Jewish belief at present regarding Muslims, it is more than likely in the future after witnessing their struggle to defend Jerusalem year after year that its Jews will see their resolve and strength and accept them, a people who train for war rigorously will hardly stand by while someone else defends their lands, at the end they will take the mantle from them renewing the strength of Imam Mahdi’s (as) armies and fight Armageddon with Him, which Rasul Allah (saws) reported in Ahadith.

Rasul Allah (saws) said about their leader, Sufyan al-Kalbi that he said: “Under the banner of the Mahdi will be a youth, young in age, with a sparse beard, yellow in complexion. If he were to fight the mountains, he would shatter them, until he (and his army) settle in Ayliya’ [Jerusalem].” (Imam Suyuti)

Al Zuhari said ” The black flags (Jews of Afghanistan) will come from the East, led by mighty men, with long hair and beards, their last names are taken from the names of their home towns and their first names are from a Kunya (nick name).” (Nuaim bin Hammad’s Kitab Al-Fitan)

Sulayman ibn ‘Isa that he said: “It has reached me that at the hands of the Mahdi, the Tabut as-Sakinah [the Ark of the Covenant] will appear from the lake of Tabariyyah (sea Of Galilee in Israel), until it is carried and placed before him in Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). When the Jews look at it, they will all become Muslims except for a small number of them. Then the Mahdi will die (sometime after, this will occur at the end of His (as) time on earth).” (Imam Suyutyi)

The War Between The Muslims and Jews

Unjustifiable hatred has existed between the Muslims and Jews because of a number of ahadith which say the Jews will fight the Muslims at the end of time, a simple study and chronological arrangement of the narrations is all it takes to understand what is actually occurring:

Allah’s Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: “The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews”. (Muslim)

Why is this hate unjustifiable ? simply, the Jews of Afghanistan are called Muslims and they are the only ones who will conquer Jerusalem and make it their capital until they hand it over to Imam Mahdi (as), after this event by about a decade or so the Jews of Israel will convert to Islam at the hands of Imam Mahdi (as), so if the Jews of Israel convert who is left and who is fighting who?

The Miraculous event of the trees and stones talking is a known miracle of Jesus (as) when He (as) returns to kill the Dajjal (Antichrist), the Dajjal before this time will have emerged from Iran, His army consisting of 70,000 Iranian Jews, 70,000 Muslims all wearing turbans, as well as Christians. The Jews mentioned in the narration are the Jewish portion of the Dajjal’s army that will be in Jerusalem when Jesus returns to kill him and his followers, it is more than likely that it will be Jewish Muslims killing Jewish followers of the Dajjal (Allah’s curse be upon him) because by this time as Rasul Allah (saws) also states most of the Arabs will have perished in the wars prior to this.

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Dajjal will camp in this salty, barren ground in Marr Qanat [a valley in Madinah], and most of those who go out to him will be women, to the extent that a man will go back to his relative, to his mother, his daughter, his sister and his paternal aunt, and will tie her up for fear that she may go out to him. Then Allah will give the Muslims power over him (when Jesus (as) returns and kills him in Israel), and they will kill him and his party, until a Jew (from his army) will hide beneath a tree or a rock, and the rock or tree will say to the Muslim: ‘Here is a Jew beneath me; kill him.’” (Narrated by Imam Ahmad in al-Musnad (9/255))

Here is another account taken from a lengthier narration:

…“There will be no part of the earth left that he (the Dajjal) does not enter and prevail over, except for Makkah and Al-Madinah, for he will not approach them on any of their mountain paths but he will be met by angels with unsheathed swords, until he will stop at the red hill at the end of the marsh. Then Al-Madinah will be shaken (with an earthquake) with its people three times, and no hypocrite, male or female, will be left, all will come out to him (because the quake placed fear in them of staying). Thus it will be cleansed of impurity just as the bellows cleanses the iron of dross. And that day will be called the Day of Deliverance.’ “Umm Sharik bint Abi ‘akar said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, where will the Arabs be that day?’ He said: ‘On that day (after the Dajjal emerges) they will be few (in number), and most of them will be in Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem, most of the Arabs of Arabia at that time will live in one city sharing it), and their leader will be a righteous man (Imam Mahdi). When their leader has stepped forward to lead them in subh (morning) prayer, ‘Eisa bin Maryam (Jesus) will come down to them. Their leader will step backwards so that ‘Eisa can come forward and lead the people in prayer, but ‘Eisa will place his hand between his shoulders and say to him: “Go forward and pray, for the Iqamah (call to prayer) was given for you.” Then their leader will lead them in prayer. When he has finished, ‘Eisa (as), will say: “Open the gate.” So they will open it and behind it will be Dajjal with seventy thousand Jews (from Iran), each of them carrying an adorned sword (intricate weapon, a rifle) and wearing a greenish cloak. When the Dajjal looks at him, he (his persona and power) will start to melt as salt melts in water. He will run away, and ‘Eisa (as), will say: “I have only one blow for you, which you will not be able to escape!” He will catch up with him at the eastern gate of Ludd, and will kill him. Then Allah will defeat the Jews (in His army), and there will be nothing left that Allah has created which the Jews (of his army) will be able to hide behind, except that Allah will cause it to speak – no stone, no tree, no wall, no animal – except for Al-Gharqad (the box-thorn), for it is one of their trees, and will not speak – except that it will say: “O Muslim slave of Allah, here is a Jew (from his army), come and kill him!” (Ibn Majjah)

Umm Sharik said “I heard Allah’s Messenger (saws) say”: The people would run away from the Dajjal seeking shelter in the mountains. She said: Where would be the Arabs then in that day? He said: They would be very few (in number). (Muslim)

Thawban (ra) said the Messenger of Allah (saws) said “Three men will fight for this treasure of yours (the Kaaba, meaning the Saudi throne), each of them the son of a caliph (ruler), but none of them will gain it. (After civil war destroys Saudi rule) Then the black banners will come from the east (to stabilize the region), and they will kill you (Arabs) in an unprecedented manner (to achieve this).” – Then he mentioned something that I (the narrator) do not remember, then he said (skipping to events in the future)– “When you see him, then pledge your allegiance to him even if you have to crawl over snow, for that is the caliph of Allah, the Mahdi.”

From all of this, the Torah, Injeel and Ahadith of the prophet Muhammad (saws) we see Allah’s intent to return the Jews to the lands He promised them as people who submit to His will (Muslim), but are they still His chosen people?

The answer is no according to their modern understanding of the term which is exclusivity but yes in a way according to Islam and the traditional meaning of the term which is Sayyid as we know it.

Allah singled out the direct descendants of the prophets in both Islam and Judaism, the Baraka (Blessing) Allah placed in them is through their lineage. Allah made His covenant with Ibrahim (as) sealed by flesh, He did it with circumcision, in that spot of man because lineage is meant to lead who is in the covenant of Ibrahim (as) and that is the manner by which the next generations come into the world therefore its spirituality will always be attached to them and ahead of them.

Allah did not divide the family of Ibrahim (as) between Jews and Arabs, He began with the Jews when they failed He went to the Arabs to continue His work on earth and when the Arabs fail in the future He will go back to the Jews, it is written in the Quran.

In Judaism He made the original Jewish people all Sayyid this is what He meant by chosen people and in Islam He made Ahl al Bayt, the family and descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (saws) whose lineage goes directly back to Abraham (as) through Ishmael (as), Sayyid, which we see in the Quran.

The history of the Jews in the Tanak shows that Allah revoked that status when they could no longer live up to the Hikmah of what Allah gave them, this is the meaning of exile which can only be removed by a prophet, with new revelation showing Allah’s will, but the Baraka of their lineage still persists hence as Sayyid they are singled out above the other people on earth.

Under Islam they will be redeemed of everything Allah said in the Tanak because Islam wipes away all that cam me before it:

Amr ibn al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When Allah put Islam in my heart, I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: “Give me your right hand so that I may swear allegiance to you.” He held out his hand and I withdrew my hand. He said, “What is the matter, O ‘Amr?” I said, “I want to stipulate a condition.” He said, “What do you want to stipulate?” I said, “That I will be forgiven.” He said, “Do you not know that Islam removes that which came before it?” (Muslim)

“Say to those who have disbelieved [that] if they cease, what has previously occurred will be forgiven for them. But if they return [to it], then the examples of those (punished) before them have already preceded (as a warning)” [al-Anfaal 8:38]

This has already occurred with the Jews of Afghanistan and we saw how Rasul Allah (saws) spoke of them and their future they will inherit Israel and as descendants of Abraham go on to fulfill the Jewish prophecies mentioned in the Tanak, eventually the Jews of Israel will join them, they are Imam Mahdi’s (as) supporters, and under Islam those who have preserved their direct lineage among them are Sayyid, descendants of one of Allah’s prophets.

This is what Allah wishes for the descendants of the Prophets, we see it with what Allah asked of the Jews and what Allah asked of the Prophets family and their descendants under Islam setting them aside from the rest of the community:

“Allah wishes only to remove Ar-Rijs (the causes of evil) from you, O members of the (prophets) family, and to purify you with a thorough purification.” (33:33)

Some Arabs may say circumcision means they are part of the covenant of Allah to Ibrahim (as) and He (as) circumcised His (as) son Ishmael (as) first after the covenant to establish this with Him (as), therefore all Arabs are Sayyid, while all Arabs circumcised are part of the covenant because no one can undo the actions of a prophet, they are not Sayyid according to the Laws of Islam while the Jews are Sayyid according to what Allah gave to them at that time in history. By analogy Allah chose the Jewish community to be subject to verse 33:33 and its consequences while He only chose the prophets (saws) household for the same, and so most saints in Islam are descendants of the prophet Muhammad (saws).

It may seem strange to the Jews that at the end they are led by Islam, but Allah set this precedent for them at the start with Ishmael (as) who witnessed the covenant of Allah regarding them, and it may seem strange to the Muslims that at the end the affair is with the Jews, but the first of this nation have fulfilled their duties to Allah and put forward their works to earn their place with Him, now Allah wants to bring the remainder of Abraham’s (as) family back to Him before the end.

It will surprise Jews to know that the first people to believe in Jesus (saws) where Jews, as a Jewish prophet, but they where persecuted for 300 years and their beliefs subjugated and drowned out under foreign beliefs regarding Him (saws), Allah raised Jesus (saws) like Elijah (saws) and Enoch (saws) before Him (saws) to protect Him (saws) from the Romans so it should not be a surprise to Muslims and Arabs that He (saws) will return to fulfill Allah’s will for them because that is who He sent Jesus (saws) to originally.

When Allah makes a promise it will be fulfilled, Jesus (as) was sent to fulfill Ezekiel 11:17-20 but because He (as) could not in the time of the Jews since they where unresponsive, the Rabbis where given authority among the Romans and hated to leave it, while hostilities where increasing between the Jewish public and the Romans Empire because of fear of Jewish rebellion, all of this made the Romans hostile to Jesus (as) a new Jewish leader that would have united all of them, Allah raised him (as) and postponed that fulfillment until the end.

17 “Therefore say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.’

18 “They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols (Jesus (as) would have had to defeat or convert the Roman empire to achieve this). 19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh (one that is alive and feels). 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God” (Insha Allah you will see that this is the description of the Jews before the end by the prophet Muhammad (saws)).

Jesus (saws) among the prophets above all was known for His (as) spirituality, Allah uniquely strengthened Him (as) with Ruh al-qudus (Gabriel) the purified soul, His (as) spirituality is the only thing that could give Jews a new heart because appreciation for the spiritual is what turns hearts from materialism and gives it life, Jesus tried to teach the Jews and people at large one thing through his (as) speech metaphor, analogy and similitude, non literal language which is the path to spirituality but a material heart is focused entirely on literalism and literal interpretation.

He (as) was a Jew from the descendants of Abraham (as) and an inheritor of the promise Allah made to the Jews, Allah did not completely exile the Jews from Jerusalem or destroy the temple (70.CE) until after He raised Jesus (as), like He did to other prophets before Him (as).

Allah’s will will be fulfilled “And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death.” (4:159)

The Prophet (saws) said, “The best people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them. Then, there will come people after them whose testimony precedes their oaths and their oaths precede their testimony (they will be less honest).” (Bukhari)

The Prophet (saws) said, “My Ummah (nation) is like the rain, I do not know whether the first of it is better or the last of it.” (Tirmidhi) It is not known who will perform the best deeds, its first or last generations, the best actions and the best generation are different things because one is talking about Ihsan, personnel excellence, human perfection, achieving sainthood and prophet hood, while in this narration He (saws) is talking about feats and achievements, good deeds.

He (saws) explained about the end of days compared to His (saws) time: “Ahead of you there lie days of patience, during which being patient will be like grasping a hot coal. The one who does good deeds then (during this extreme period) will have a reward like that of fifty men who do such deeds (in our time). They said: O Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of Us? He said: “The reward of fifty of you.” (Abu Dawwud)

The Prophet (saws) also said “The best of my Ummah (Community) are the first and the last, and between them there will be some crookedness. Would that I could see my brethren (brothers).” They said, “Are we not your brethren?” He said, “You are my companions (friends),” in another hadith regarding the saintly men who will fight in Jerusalem at the end, He (saws) added “they are my beloved”.

The Prophet (saws), speaking the end of time when Islam would be on the brink of ruin, said “Islam started as a stranger and it will eventually go back to being a stranger as it started, so Toobaa (Repentance) for the strangers”. The companions, may Allah be pleased with them, asked, ‘Who are these strangers?’, the Prophet said, “They are individuals from different tribes.” (Ahmad & Ibn Majah).

‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Prophet (saws) said while we were with him, “Toobaa (Repentance) to the strangers” the companions asked, ‘Who are these strangers?’, the Prophet said, “They are righteous people amongst a great number of evil people; those who disobey them (when they invite them to righteousness) are greater than those who obey them” (Ahmad).

In another narration the Prophet (saws) said, “Islam started as a stranger and it will eventually go back to being a stranger as it started, so Toobaa (Repentance) to the strangers”. The companions, may Allah be pleased with them, asked, ‘Who are these strangers?’. The Prophet said, “They are those who revive my Sunnah (good conduct) and teach it to people”.

What is stranger than Jews leading Islam, in another lengthier narration He (saws) described them and said the last of them will be in Jerusalem, the hadith literally says in Bayt al-Maqdis (بيت المقدس‎), this Arabic name comes from the Hebrew name Beit HaMikdash and it is the name for the Temple in Jerusalem.

The last of them will face the humiliation this world will face under the Dajjal (Antichrist) and that is the Jews of this Ummah, most of the Arabs would have perished before than fighting in Armageddon.

“Verily, Allah chose Adam, Nuh, the family of Ibrahim and the family of Imran (the father of Mary) above the worlds.” (3:33)

Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layli said Ka’b bin. Ujrah met me and said, “Shall I not give you a present I got from the Prophet (saws) ?” I said, “Yes, give it to me.” He said, “We asked the Messenger of Allah (saws) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! What is the manner of the salat (sending prayer) upon you, and Ahl al-Bayt (and your family), for Allah has taught us how to send salam (peace, upon) you (and your family)?’ He replied, ‘Say: O Allah! Send salat (prayers) upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, in exactly the same manner as You sent salat (prayers) upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim. You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, in exactly the same manner as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most Glorious.’”

Right now the Jews and Arabs hate each other but that is something that was manufactured into both societies by their enemies, the Jews no doubt are happy to get Israel back but it was given to them by the British so they would become a thorn in the side of the Islamic world in order to pull it apart.

Jews often confuse the date of the holocaust with when Israel was given to them a time when the reasons for their present situation did not exist, many have heard of divide and conquer in war but there is another strategy often used in war and that is misdirection, distraction from the real threat, the Jews where used to distract the Islamic world during a time when their enemies planned to change the entire world through world wars, nothing is free the Jews where used as canon fodder in a war they had nothing to do with.

The Arabs lost Palestine because Rasul Allah (saws) promised that if fitnah increased in His Ummah Allah would allow their enemies to conquer them, exactly as Moses (as) promised the Jews long before them and afterwards they became exiled from their own lands, and so the Khalifah was ended, do the Muslims think Allah treated them for their crimes any less than He promised to do with the Jews when they wronged, we come from the same lineage and worship the same god why would the consequences be any less.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and cubit by cubit so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you would follow them.” We said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said, “Whom else?” (Bukhari).

The Muslims now are in a kind of exile, the Jews from the time of Moses (as) until the first exile is about 820 years, while Muslims from the time of the Prophet (saws) until the end of the Khalifah which is the period Muslims are able to govern their own lives, is about 1320 years, we lasted a little longer “a half a day” but the end result was the same, now Allah has to fix the affairs of both peoples.

We lifted the burden of the Jews from them in history now Allah will lift the Burden of the Ummah with the Jews. There is a famous prophecy in Islam which no scholar in history has been able to understand the reason for it or why it occurred, but looking at the matter after everything we have written it becomes very clear, it is because Imam Mahdi (as) is the namesake of the Jews that Allah granted this to Him (as);

The Prophet (saws) said in a dua: “I hope my community will not fail to maintain their position in the sight of their Lord if He delays them half a day. Sa’d asked: How long is half a day? He said: It is five hundred years (500 Years)”. (Abu Dawud)

The Prophet (saws) said: If only one day (1000 Years, this is an Arab expression) of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day, till He raised up in it a man (Imam Mahdi) who belongs to me or to my family, whose father’s name is the same as my father’s and whose name will be the same as mine. (Abu Dawud)

The Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) said: “Allah will not fail to detain this community for less than half a day (500 Years)”. (Abu Dawud)

The Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) said: “How can my Ummah die (expire, perish) of which I am the first, the Mahdi the middle and the Messiah the last” (this is an expression) (Hakim, Abu Nayeem, Ibn Asakar, Jamia Al Suyuti)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If only one day of this world remained. Allah would lengthen that day (according to the version of Za’idah), till He raised up in it a man who belongs to me or to my family whose father’s name is the same as my father’s, who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it has been filled with oppression and tyranny (according to the version of Fitr). Sufyan’s version says: The world will not pass away before the Arabs are ruled by a man of my family whose name will be the same as mine.” (Abu Dawwud)

Imam Mahdi (as) will rule over the Arabs with a Jewish Army and He (as) will fight the Major wars with them, He (as) will look like them, it becomes clear that Allah extended the time of the Ummah on earth, asked them to do the work for an extended period of time for Imam Mahdi (as) so He (as) can bring the Jews back to Allah and fulfill the promise He made to them after their exile.

Imam Mahdi (as) takes His name “Al Mahdi”, the one who guides, from the fact He (as) will show the Jews the Ark of the covenant and help them accept Islam. Jews may ask we have the Tanak and Torah what is the difference between them and the Torah in the Ark, if you ask a Jew is the Tanak and Torah holy they would say yes, and certainly it is, if you then ask is the Tanak and Torah revelation? the words of God, how many would say yes out of loyalty and how many would say no out of knowledge?

Revelation are the words Allah revealed to His prophets, His exact words as spoken by Him, much of the Tanak and Torah are the Histories of the Jews written by Prophets and later Rabbi’s in their own words, while the Torah Allah gave to Moses (as) is a complete Book like the Quran with His exact words no less in significance than it.

Insha Allah understand this is not about us and them, but reality, the Jewish Empire was sacked more than once and its holy texts and temples destroyed, what survived among them through their long exile and persecution in History through out most of the world are things that reached us through time via the memory of men, their later words of what the first generations said and consequently their phrasing. Consider one reality, that a people who went through time almost as Gypsies, traveling with out a home, lost much of their eloquence and so today you see the words of the prophets in the Torah and Tanak less eloquent than we know the prophets where.

Moses (as) was raised in the palace of Pharaoh given the best education possible, yet there is more roughness in His (as) words than He (as) deserved being attributed to Him (as). The spirituality of prophet hood may be something new to some people but understand, its first step is to know thy self, then to learn discernment and refinement because reading the sings of Allah in the universe require being able to notice subtleties, any person who achieves such things can only do so as His vocabulary becomes refined in order to give reality in His mind to the subtleties He is seeing, yet this is not reflected in the Torah or Tanak or the Bible as it should be regarding any of the prophets of Allah, so insha Allah understand the prophets where both the masters of spirituality and eloquence.

No amount of questions raised on the subject of Muhammad (saws) and Jesus (saws) will ever give a precise and exact answer to the Jews because random questions from a multitude of perspectives do not recreate History, they only generalize it and so how can something general in nature be claimed to be the absolute truth, what we explained earlier is the best proof, Allah made a promise to both the sons of Abraham (as) and He made Ishmael (as) witness the promise to Isaac (as) so their fates and the fates of their children would be connected, as soon as the revelation stopped Abraham (as) immediately circumcised Ishmael to make Him (as) inherit His (as) religion and be part of the promise of circumcision.

The book of Genesis says, “God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his slaves as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be ‘cut off’ from their people” (Genesis 17:10-14) Arabs and Muslims are the only other people who are circumcised because of this covenant while Christians are not and have never been.

The Jews have to understand that their religion ended with their exile, the point Allah turned from them and an unfulfilled promise, so far over the past few thousands years He has not revealed anything different. This is why their holy books stopped recording history abruptly at a point in time and do not speak about other prophets. Allah did not stop guiding the world during this time if that where so it would be more barbaric and the events during the time of Noah (as) would have been futile, the world would have reverted to that state if guidance was removed from the world because that is human nature, Allah does not stop guiding people, He does not exert less effort but He requires a heart that listens that is the difference between us the the people of Noah (as) He destroyed.

In fact He continued to send the Jewish people prophets until the time of Jesus (as), that is 400 years after they say Allah stopped talking to them, Jesus (as) was sent to fulfill what He promised them earlier and that is to rebuild and purify the temple and give them new hearts but He (as) could not because of the Romans so Allah raised Him (as) like He raised other prophets before Him (as).

“And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David (in other words Sayyid among the Jews); my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us (chasing us).” 24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Allah only sent Him to help the Jews).” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs (a metaphor for why He (as) should not help none Jews).” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! (He was testing her with this heavy metaphor to see if her heart would be firm) Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.”

After Roman dominance of that region and the known world, Allah then turned to the other children of Abraham (as) to continue His work the people He knew could defeat the Roman Empire if they worked, “The Roman Empire has been defeated” (30:1). They where there from the start of everything and Allah was not going to ask foreign people to have a hand in what He promised to Abraham (as), and so He sent them a prophet among them to perfect His light on earth until the coming of the hour when Jesus (as) would return to finish His (as) work. Allah did not leave the world for 2000 years and as history records from who took the Jews in when they found only persecution in the world, from who lifted their exile by the Romans and Christians, that Judaism would not have been preserved in the world and Allah’s word would have disappeared if the older brother of Isaac (as) was not entrusted with the promise Allah made to Isaac (as) in front of their father (as).

Many Jews today don’t like Arabs, looking past present history into some of the biblical things they bring up, they often attempt to reduce the place of Ishmael (as) and Hagar (as) with Allah because by extension that exalts them, the reality is each stands with Allah on his own deeds not on the backs of others. It is almost certain Hagar (as) was the better of the wives of Ibrahim (as) for simple reasons in front of everybody, how many Angels and how Many times did Allah speak to Sarah (as), while it is in front of everyone that Allah and the Angels spoke to Hagar (as) on multiple occasions, this is only possible if a person has reached sainthood, Her (as) saintly place with Allah is further established with the main thing Sarah (as) is known for, Her (as) jealousy of Hagar (as), the fact it existed.

The reality of Jealousy in a heart is that it makes it smaller, when Allah grants prophet hood and sainthood to any person He expands the chest so it can gain wisdom, a person falling into Jealousy means they are in the opposite direction of that, it is for this reason prophets and saints do not become jealous because they always see the bigger picture. So here we have a simple proof for the saintliness of Hagar (as) and the state of Sarah (q), She (as) was a good women and one of the best women in the next life which is seen in the fact she received one of Allah’s miracles, but not as good as Hagar (as) because Allah uses Her (as) story and Her (as) jealousy to teach moral lessons by it in the Torah, Bible and Quran, and in these we are seeing the wisdom Allah is passing onto later generations.

“[Moses] said, “My Lord, expand for me my breast (heart, so it gain wisdom), And ease for me my task, “And make loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, (i.e. remove the incorrectness from my speech), That they understand my speech, And appoint for me a helper from my family, Harun (Aaron), my brother; Increase through him my strength And let him share my task (of Prophethood) That we may exalt You much And remember You much, Lo! Thou art ever Seeing us.” (20:25-35)

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation (the Muslims Nation is promised from God), because he is thy seed (He will receive your heavenly inheritance).

Why is Allah choosing the Jews at the end of time, they had their chance at the start of things, the answer is simple you can not experience something for the first time twice. Today the world is ruled by leaders who use the occult to govern just as Pharaoh did, they see themselves as almost gods just as Pharaoh did, Allah is going to break them on the spirituality (reality) that matured with the Jews under Musa (as) and the prophets (as) who have with them the sunnah of living with such matters. It is a sunnah the spiritual beings of this world these leaders rely on will be forced to deal with because Allah established it in this world like a rock with its age, and primacy is the primary power behind all spiritual matters, this is knowledge from those who understand the spiritual realities of this world.

There is a spiritual reason why the Empire of Russian, the former USSR, could not defeat a small country like Afghanistan and why the Empire of America lost the same war years later, they are Jews who have experienced the same occult war from the place both these empires stole their bag of tricks from.

Arabs may look at Jews with dislike but they are doing injustice to what Allah taught them, the covenant Allah made with Ibrahim (as) that is with every Muslim today through circumcision is that Palestine is for the Jews until Qiyamah, how the land was returned to them is against the laws of both religions, but who it belongs to Allah took an oath from us regarding it that each child is circumcised into, insha Allah the only way is forward, the Arabs are no longer strong enough to rule this land it is a fate brought upon them because of their own hands, but now the land is with the people Allah intended it for (17:104).

If you would to see the place of the Jews with Allah past all the history, then understand this, each verse of the Quran is what Rasul Allah (saws) achieved for mankind, this is Islam, here is what Rasul Allah (saws) said the Jewish Ummah achieved for us, it is equivalent to giving mankind His place in the universe:

“Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one (soul) – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.” (5:32)

By Allah, the Jews will love their own prophets more with us because of how we remember them, this is the way of every people of religion who converted to Islam before them.

Insha Allah the last point is the most important point in Islam and Judaism, it proves Allah is already using the Jews not only to guide mankind but fulfill His oaths and even today they are fulfilling His will.

Allah says in the following verse that He is going to teach mankind science so that they can understand everything in the Qur’an: “In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the universe] and within themselves [the microscopic and subatomic], so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth.” [Qur’an 41:53]

This means the basis of everything mystical and spiritual in Islam is not philosophy or metaphysics but Science and Physics, Allah says every statement of His in the Qur’an is a scientific one and that is the basis of our work at large to explain the words of Allah and fulfill this verse.

Who else taught mankind the knowledge that it knows today if not Allah, the father of Physics, which is the subject of this verse, Albert Einstein was a Jew who inherited Allah’s covenant with Ibrahim (as), today scientists are in awe of the amount of discoveries he made to the point of accusing him of theft to answer for what is within themselves, rather he was a Mujtahid in his field through who Allah helped fulfill His promise in the Qur’an 41:53, most of physics is based on his work and is a focal point for it.

The dark ages of Europe wiped out its history, the modern world began with the Arabs but their time has come to an end, hence around the time Allah asked the Jews to do His work again is around the time Allah began fulfilling His other promise to them “We shall bring you altogether (back to Israel) as mixed crowd”. This was also just after the point in time the Palestinians betrayed Allah and the Ummah and took theirs enemies as Khalifah (Guides and protectors) over them, so Allah turned away from them to His other children.

“You will see many of them befriending those who disbelieve; certainly evil is that which their souls have sent before for them, that Allah became displeased with them and in chastisement shall they abide.” (5:80)

In terms of basic human rights Palestinians have that right and the right to the covenant of Abraham (q) as we have shown from the Torah and God will curse who ever breaks His laws, Allah is now preparing this land for the future of this world, you can not be Gods people with atrocities on your hands so people should prepare their selves and their hearts.

A Mujtahid is a person accepted as an original authority in Islamic law besides the Qur’an and Sunnah, because they are considered inspired but this is not limited to Islam or Law, Einstein was subject to the prophets (saws) words regarding Ijtihad and what it is He (saws) said;

“In the nations before you (among the Jews) were people who were spoken to (muhaddathun taught by the Mala’ikah) though they where not prophets”, this is the basis for all higher Ijtihad (independent thinkers) in the past and present from it you can see Allah fulfilling His promise and paving the way for the Jews to come back to Him, the last part of the verse says “so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth.”

Just as the Arabs are circumcised to remember the promise Allah made to Abraham (as) regarding Issac (as) and Israel, the Jews are circumcised to remember the promise Allah made to Abraham (as) regarding Ishmael (as) and the Kingdom promised to Him, it is all part of the same covenant, hence the Jews should see the Kingdom of Islam in the larger picture of things because it is one they will inherit.

Revelation 7:3–8: … (The Jews will accept Islam before the return of the messiah, before the world changes) saying: “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until after we have sealed (Makhtum/Preserved) the servants of God on their foreheads (Spiritually this means newly created saints and saints, Awliyah in Arabic meaning those who come first, are those who race ahead spiritually to the truth before everyone else).” And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.

Revelation 14:1: “Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads (They left their fate in their hands, complete submission to their guidance).”

Revelation 14:3–5: “And they were singing a new song (these saintly Jews where given a new heart) before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song (Sunnah) except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. For it is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as first fruits (lit. Awliyah/Saints) for God and the Lamb, and in their mouth no lie was found (Sidiqun/Absolutely Truthful), for they are blameless (Have no hidden crime).”