THE QUR’AN DECLARED THAT THE HOLY LAND, INCLUDING JERUSALEM, WAS GIVEN TO THE ISRAELITES

JERUSALEM IN THE QUR’AN

By Imran N. Hosein

PART ONE

Chapter 4

THE QUR’AN DECLARED THAT THE HOLY LAND,

INCLUDING JERUSALEM,

WAS GIVEN TO THE ISRAELITES

“Remember Moses said to his people: O my People! Remember the favour of Allah unto you, when He produced prophets among you, made you kings, and gave you what He had not given to any other among the peoples. 

“O my people! Enter the Holy Land which Allah gave to you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will you be overthrown, to your own ruin.” 

(Qur’an, al-Maidah, 5:20-21)

 Daniel Pipes, in his article published in the Los Angeles Times (‘Jerusalem means more to Jews than to Muslims’ July 21, 2000), attempts to dismiss the Islamic claim to Jerusalem by declaring of Jerusalem, among other things, that: “It is not once mentioned in the Qur’an or in the liturgy”.

It is true that the word ‘Jerusalem’ does not explicitly occur in the Qur’an, but that appears to be in consequence of Divine Wisdom. The Qur’an refers to Jerusalem in an enigmatic way (and appropriately so) as a city that was destroyed, its people expelled, and banned from ever returning to reclaim it. The ban would remain in force until such time when Gog and Magog come forth (see Qur’an, al-Anbiyah, 21:95-6.)  The Arabic name for Jerusalem ‘Bait al-Maqdis’ occurs several times in the Ahadith. The Roman name ‘Aelia’ also occurs in a very important prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam).

It is amazing, really, that Dr. Pipes should have chosen to ignore those verses of the Qur’an that unambiguously declared that the Holy Land (of which Jerusalem is the very heart) was given by Allah Most High to the Jews. When Moses (‘alaihi al-Salam) took the Israelite people out of slavery in Egypt, and they had miraculously crossed the sea and entered Sinai, Moses (‘alaihi al-Salam) addressed them and ordered them to make the effort to win control of the Holy Land. He said:

“Oh my people, enter into the Holy Land which Allah gave to you, and do not turn back (since such will be a betrayal of your faith) for then you will be lost (which also includes the loss of the Holy Land).”

“They replied: Oh Moses, there are ferocious people dwelling in that land, and we will not enter it unless and until they depart from it. If they leave, then we will enter it”(see also: Numbers 13:32-33).

“Then spoke two God-fearing men (Joshua and Caleb according to the Torah) who had been blessed by Allah: Enter upon them by the gate (i.e., make a frontal attack) for if ye enter by it, lo! You will be victorious. So put your trust (in Allah) if ye are indeed believers.”

(Qur’an, al-Maida, 5:21-23)

The Jews responded to Moses (‘alaihi al-Salam) with an answer that was so insulting that Allah Most High immediately prohibited their entry into the Holy Land:

“They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the Holy Land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here. He said: My Lord! I have control over none but my brother and myself so hold us apart from these sinful rebellious people.

“(Their Lord) said: For this (act of betrayal) the land (i.e., the Holy Land) will surely be forbidden them for forty years. They will wander in the earth (Sinai) bewildered. So grieve not (Moses) over these sinful rebellious people.”

(Qur’an, al-Maida, 5:24-6)

The Qur’an actually reconfirmed elsewhere the declaration that the Holy Land was given to the Jews:

("Pharaoh) sought to wipe them [the Israelites] off the face of the earth. But We (Allah) drowned him (Pharaoh) together with all who were with him. Then We (Allah) said to the Israelites: ‘Dwell in security in the land (i.e., the Holy Land)’…”

(Qur’an, Banu Israil, 17:103-104)

and again:

“Whereas unto a people who (in the past) had been deemed utterly low (and of no account), We gave as their heritage the Eastern and Western parts of the (Holy) Land that We had blessed. And (thus) the fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy in adversity, whereas We utterly destroyed all that Pharaoh and his people had wrought and all that they had built (with such pride).”

(Qur’an, al-‘Araf, 7:137)

Again it amazes me that Jewish and Zionist scholarship should so studiously have avoided quoting these plain statements in which the Qur’an declared that the Holy Land was given to the Jews:

“Oh my people enter into the Holy Land which Allah gave to you….”

“Then We (Allah) said to the Israelites: ‘Dwell in security in the (Holy) Land’….”

“We gave as their heritage the Eastern and Western parts of the (Holy) Land that We had blessed.”

Our readers who sincerely seek the Truth in respect of the subject of the destiny of Jerusalem should ponder over this reluctance on the part of Euro-Jewish, Zionist and Israelite scholarship to refer to the Qur’an on this matter.  This book offers an explanation for that strange behavior. The explanation resides in their reluctance to reveal the corruption of the divine conditions in the Torah which Allah Most High had ordained for inheritance of the Holy Land. The fraud in the rewritten Torah is exposed in the Qur’an. What was that fraud?

Source: Jerusalem in the Qur'an by Imran N. Hosein

to be continued....

And he fell into Sin - Mankind and Satan

And he fell into Sin

When Satan fell into sin and he realized that by his rebellion he was expelled from Allah’s Mercy and was doomed to eternal torment He asked Allah to reprieve him till the Day of Judgment and not to take his soul until the Trumpet is blown as narrates the Noble Qur’an what means:

“He said, ‘My Lord, then reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected.’” (Sâd, 38: 79)

It is noted here that Satan used the words “My Lord” and not “My God” because he is addressing Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, as the Lord of all mankind, meaning the Lord of all what He created, believers and disbelievers.

Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, has two ways of bestowal: bestowal by Rububiyyah [Lordship] by being the Lord of all mankind. He is the One Who created them and brought them into being, therefore by His Lordship He gives those who believes in Him and those who disbelieves in Him, Allah forbid. But this bestowal is only in this world, where He gives both the believers and the disbelievers, for the Hands of Allah are ever stretched out with means of subsistence on the earth giving believers and disbelievers alike. Thus, whoever adopts the means will have fruits. For whoever cultivates well the land using the best equipments, the land will give him abundantly whether he is a believer or a disbeliever. Whoever adopts the means of development, study and search, means will let him achieve the progress he worked for…but this is in worldly life only.

As for the bestowments of Uluhiyyah [Godship], they are conferred only on those who have believed that Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, is the One and Only True God, Who has no partner. These are the bestowments of Godship that shall be bestowed by Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, in the Hereafter upon the believers in Him when the world of giving through means and causes ends and everything is directly taken from the Giver, directly from Allah to His believing servants. Once a thing crosses the believer’ minds they shall find it before them…without means, without effort.

The devil is whoever invites to the desertion of worshipping Allah, and pulls away from the truth and incites to sin whatever be his kind. Satan is one of the creatures of Allah, who rebelled against the Law of Allah by the power of free choice to obey or disobey that Allah has given him, thus he rejected the Command of Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, and by that act of disobedience he disbelieved and he persisted in disbelief and asked Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, to keep him alive till the Last Hour befalls.

But why did Satan ask that? And what did he harbor in mind against mankind?  

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan

No Superiority of a Component Over Another - Mankind and Satan

No Superiority of a Component Over Another

Satan by his ingratitude and arrogance made the component of creation the pretext of claiming superiority. As such his pride made him think and he believed himself the one superior. He forgot that all these privileges are not self-given; gifts he did not attain by himself, but Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, is the One Who placed all these properties in the substance from which the jinn are created. Had not Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, originated these properties in the creatures from fire, they would not have existed. Each component has its role and none is superior over the other, for fire has its mission and clay as well and neither can perform the role of the other, for you cannot plant in fire.   

Thus, excellence should not be ascribed to the component from which Satan was created but to The Originator of these specifications in the fire element. Whenever Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, decides, He can easily remove all these factors from fire and Satan become the most abject creature of Allah.

This was the first step in the capital sin of pride and arrogance committed by Satan, for he ascribed the favor to himself, of being created from a component higher than clay, which is fire, exactly as Qârûn (Korah) did as relates to us the Noble Qur’an what means:

“He said, ‘I was only given it because of knowledge I have.’” (Al-Qasas, 28: 78)

 

And his punishment was that Allah caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling. Satan tenaciously persisted in sin as relates to us the Noble Qur’an what means:

“[Satan] said, ‘Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.’” (Al-A‘râf, 7: 16)

Here we must pause a little to contemplate the words of Satan: “Because You have put me in error” , by it Satan wants to impute his straying into wrong to Almighty Allah. Satan wants to blame Allah for his sin. And we say: “No, our Lord did not send you astray, for the Truth, all praise and glory is to Him, only guides and never sends astray.”

Satan deserved straying into wrong because of what his hands have earned (by his guilt). Pride filled his soul and he imagined that what he possesses, be it excellence of the elements of his creation or his knowledge, are self-given; thus Allah left him to his pride and Satan strayed from the right path. Satan started evil, therefore he deserved that Allah should desert him to his unjust self and his arrogance and thus infidelity arouse. Allah, Whose Majesty reigns supreme, says in the Noble Qur’an what means:

 “And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.” (Al-Mâ’idah, 5: 108)

And the Saying of The Most Exalted which means:

“Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people.” (Al-Mâ’idah, 5: 67) 

Satan has rebelled and disbelieved; rebelled by disobeying the Command of Allah regarding prostration. Al-Fasuq in Arabic means detachment from the Divine Law. Fasqat is used to describe the dates when they are ripe. When the fruits of date palm are red their peel is stuck to the fruits and it cannot be peeled off, but when ripe the peel is detached from the fruit and it can be easily peeled off. Therefore, in Arabic we say “the dates fasqat” meaning the peel became detached from the fruit. Thus, Fasuq is detachment from the Law. Allah, all praise and glory is to Him, informs us that Satan fasq and disbelieved, in the Ayah saying what means:

“And they prostrated, except for Iblees (Satan). He was of the jinn and departed Lord.” (Al-Kahf, 18: 50)

Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, abandoned Satan to himself, thus Satan went astray and fell into sin and infidelity. Allah treats no one with injustice, but injustice is from oneself. When the creature wrongs himself and follows the path of disbelief, Allah leaves him to the path he has chosen. Since he has preferred ingratitude, infidelity and denial, Allah is All-Rich (Free of all wants) and stands in no need of him, because Allah is superbly beyond need of any of His creatures.

Source: (Book) Mankind and Satan