JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN
By
Imran N. Hosein
PART ONE
Chapter 8
JESUS, THE
TRUE MESSIAH,
AND DAJJAL,
THE FALSE MESSIAH
“We shall confound their hearts and eyes in
consequence of their previous rejection of this (message). And We shall leave
them in their obstinate rejection (of this revealed Truth), to wander in
distraction (or to live in a state of aimlessness and drift).”
(Qur’an, al-An’am, 6:110)
[I.e.
We shall confound their Jewish hearts and eyes in consequence of their previous
rejection of this message when, among other things, they rejected the Messiah,
son of the Virgin Mary.]
JESUS THE MESSIAH
Prophets of Allah Most High communicated to Banu Israil
a divine promise to send to them a Prophet who would be their Prophet, who
would be known as the Messiah, and who would rule the world from the throne of
King David (‘alaihi al-Salaam). This, in fact, amounted to a prophecy of
the return of the golden age of Solomon (‘alaihi al- Salaam).
In 1 Chronicles, 17:11-15, the Prophet Nathan spoke
to King David about the Messiah and called him the Son of David:
“And it shall come to pass, when your days have
expired and you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up one of
your descendents after you, who shall be of your sons, and I will establish his
kingdom. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
I will be his father, and he will be My son: and I will not take My mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: But I will settle him in
My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever
more”.
(1 Chronicles, 17:11-15)
Years later Isaiah added to this as follows:
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder (i.e., he will rule the
world): and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father, the Prince of
Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there
shall be no end (i.e., he will rule the world eternally) upon the throne of
David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgement
and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts
will perform this.”
(Isaiah 9:6-7)
Isaiah further wrote of him that:
“Behold My servant, in whom my soul delighteth: I
have put my spirit unto him: he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice
to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking
flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgement unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, ‘till he
have set judgement unto the earth : and the isles shall wait for his law.
(Isaiah: 42:1-4)
I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,
that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
(Isaiah: 49:6)
{While Jewish scholarship recognized these prophecies as
pertaining to the advent of the Messiah there are Muslim scholars who declare
that the prophesies refer to the advent of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu
‘alaihi wa sallam).}
Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)
declared that he, the Messiah, would be Hakimun ‘Adil (a Just Ruler of
the world):
“Narrated Abu Hurairah: Allah’s Messenger said:
‘By Him in Whose Hand is my soul (I swear that) the son of Mary will shortly
descend amongst you as a just ruler. He will break the cross and kill the pigs
and abolish Jizyah (a punitive tax imposed upon Jews and Christians resident in
the territory of Islam). Then there will be abundance of money and nobody will accept
charitable gifts.’ ”
(Sahih Bukhari)
to be continued....
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