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has added a new journalBy Sheikh Abu Al-Waleed Al-Ansari,
Translated by Abu Al-Waleed Al-Hamawi
It is evident that Allah has Promised to subject upon
the corrupted Children of Israel His believing
servants who will afflict them with a horrible
torment...
Praise be to Allah who grants dominance to whom He
wills and deprives it of whom He wills. He is the
Enricher and the Preventer. He the Almighty Says:
"And so are the days (good and not so good), We give
to men by turns, that Allah may test those who
believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you.
And Allah likes not the Zalimun" .
Peace and blessings upon His servant and messenger who
was sent as a Mercy to this world. He (saws) said:
"Verily, this matter (i.e. this Religion) will reach
what the night and the day has reached (i.e. the whole
earth). Allah will not exclude an urban nor a nomad
household without which this religion would have
entered" .
During these times when the affliction upon the people
of Islam is exacerbated, Islam continues to suffer
ruthless attacks by its cunning enemies. These are the
times of hardship and agony when the Muslim struggles
to convince himself about the reality of the inverted
facts. This is expected when polytheism becomes
religious monotheism, when adulation of the enemies of
Allah is regarded as wisdom and craftiness, when
slackening to support and defend the oppressed Muslims
is a sign of intelligence and aptitude. In short, when
truth becomes falsehood and falsehood becomes truth.
Living these critical times, one feels the urgent need
of those honest and trustworthy people of knowledge
and religion who are sincere to Allah, His Book, His
Messenger and to the Imams of the Muslims and their
common folk.
Unfortunately, we observe that many of those who claim
to have knowledge are negligent in declaring the truth
and in inviting people to it. Instead they garnish the
falsehood and dissolute its identity in order to
justify their negligence while accepting the transient
adornments of this world. This lead the ignorant
blind-followers to regard the statements made by these
false men of religion as true evidence to dismiss them
from preparing for revival.
One of the consequences of this chronic disease that
was caught by the Muslim Ummah is the content and
approval of our people when the infidel rulers of
today held a permanent accord with the Jews. Those who
did not approve this accord were nevertheless
influenced by the fabrications made by those rulers
and said: "The presence of the Jews on the land of
Palestine has become an unavoidable reality that we
must accept. The Ummah must now be prepared to deal
with it!!". There are also those poor and defeated
people who thought that this cursed accord will
relieve their difficulties. The best of those people
were crying: "Land in exchange for peace". All those
people overlooked the fact that this is a matter of
Kufr and Iman and that it is a trial from Allah to
test His servants and to distinguish the wicked from
the good, and to witness those who will give victory
to the religion by sincerely fighting for Allah's
Cause, as He the Most High said:
"Do you think that you shall be left alone while Allah
has not yet tested those among you who have striven
hard and fought and have not taken Walijah besides Allah and His
Messenger, and the believers. Allah is Well-Aquatinted
with what you do" ,
"Or think you that you will enter Paradise without
such (trials) as came to those who passed away before
you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and
ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger
and those who believed along with him said, 'When
(will come) the Help of Allah?' Yes! Certainly, the
Help of Allah is near!" .
Indeed it is a trial and an affliction by Allah who
promised to give victory, honour and consolidation to
the believers. There is no doubt that disbelief and
falsehood will be abolished, in particular the state
of the Jews who earned Allah's Anger, the murderers of
the Prophets and the enemies of the Messengers. The
termination of this state is announced in the Book of
our Lord and proclaimed by our Prophet (saws).
Allah (swt) States: "And we decreed for the Children
of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do
mischief on the earth twice and you will become
tyrants and extremely arrogant! So, when the promise
came for the first of the two, We sent against you
slaves of Ours given to terrible warfare. They entered
the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a
promise (completely) fulfilled. Then We gave you once
again, a return of victory over them. And We helped
you with wealth and children and made you more
numerous in manpower. (And We said): 'If you do well,
you do good for your ownselves, and if you do evil
(you do it) against yourselves'. Then, when the second
promise came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to
make your faces sorrowful and to enter the mosque (of
Jerusalem) as they had entered it before, and to
destroy with utter destruction all that fell in their
hands. : 'It may be
that your Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you
return (to sins), We shall return (to Our Punishment).
And We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers"
.
In the previous verses, Allah (swt) mentions how the
Children of Israel rebelled and disobeyed the Command
of Allah, and how they became extremely arrogant. The
Qur'anic Mufasiroon (commentators) - May Allah have
mercy upon them - have lengthily described how the
Jews did mischief on this earth twice. Most of them
report that the doing of mischief twice had passed
when the Jews killed Zachariah (as) and then killed
Yahiah (John) son of Zachariah (as). However, the
scholar Al-Shinqeety -may Allah have mercy on him-
says in his Tafseer (Adwa'ul-Bayaan), that their
conclusions were based on Israi'liat (Jewish reports).
Al-Shinqeety in commenting on the verse 'But if you
return (to sins), We shall return (to Our
Punishment)', says:
"The Most High explains how he decreed for the
Children of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed they
will do mischief on the earth twice. When the first
promise came, He sent against them slaves of His given
to terrible warfare who occupied their homes and
tortured them. Then, when the second promise came to
pass, He sent to them a tribe that made their faces
sorrowful and who entered the mosque (of Jerusalem) as
they had entered it before, and who destroyed with
utter destruction all that fell in their hands. He
(swt) also explained that if they return to doing
mischief for the third time, then He will return to
take revenge from them by subjecting their enemies
upon them 'but if you return (to sins), We shall
return (to Our Punishment)'.
Moreover, Allah (swt) did not explain here whether
they have or have not returned to mischief for the
third time. However, He did indicate in many other
verses that they have returned to mischief by
disbelieving in the Messenger ,
by covering his characteristics that are mentioned in
their books, and by breaking their covenant with him
and supporting his enemies, and many of their other
hideous habits. So Allah (swt) has retaliated to
fulfil 'but if you return (to sins), We shall return
(to Our Punishment)' by sending His Prophet (saws) and
the Muslims upon Bani Quraitha and An-Naddeer, Bani
Qainuqa' and Khaybar where they were killed, made
captives and expelled, and those who remained were
forced to pay the Jiziah, so that they were deprived
and dishonored. Among the verses that prove their
return to mischief is the Sayings of the Most High:
'And when there came to them (the Jews), a Book (this
Qur'an) from Allah confirming what is with them , although a foretime they had invoked
Allah in order to gain
victory over those who disbelieved, then when there
came to them that which they had recognized, they
disbelieved in it. So let the Curse of Allah be on the
disbelievers. How bad is that for which they have sold
their ownselves, that they should disbelieve in that
which Allah has revealed (the Qur'an), grudging that
Allah should reveal of His Grace unto whom He wills of
His slaves. So they have drawn on themselves wrath
upon wrath. And for the disbelievers, there is
disgracing torment' ,
and His Saying: 'Is it not (the case) that every time
they make a covenant, some party among them throws it
aside?' ,
and His Saying: 'And you will not cease to discover
deceit in them..' ,
and His Saying: 'And those of the people of the
Scripture backed them (the disbelievers) - Allah
brought them down from their forts and cast terror
into their hearts, (so that) a group (of them) you
killed, and a group (of them) you made captives. And
He caused you to inherit their lands, and their
houses, and their riches, and a land, which you had
not trodden (before)' ".
It is evident that Allah has Promised to subject upon
the corrupted Children of Israel His believing
servants who will afflict them with a horrible
torment. And here they are today, they have become
tyrants and extremely arrogant, they have spoiled the
tillage and the progeny and caused mischief on earth.
We ask the Almighty to hasten His Promise for He has
Stated:
"And (remember) when your Lord declared that He would
certainly keep on sending against them (ie. the Jews),
till the Day of Resurrection, those who would afflict
them with a humiliating torment. Verily, your Lord is
Quick in Retribution (for the disobedient, wicked) and
certainly He is Oft-Forgiving (for the obedient and
those who beg Allah's Forgiveness)" .
Commenting on this verse, Ibn Katheer reports how
Mousa (as) forced the Jews to pay land tax, then they
were conquered by the Greeks, the Kashdanies and
others, then they were surmounted and degraded by the
Christians, then when Muhammad (saws) came, they were
under Islam's subjugation and custody, compelled to
pay the land tax and Jiziah. Finally, their end will
come when they emerge as supporters of Ad-Dajjal
(Anti-Christ), who will be killed by Eesa bin Maryam
(Jesus) (as) and the Muslims. This battle will take
place at the end of time.
The Praiseworthy Said: "The Jews say: 'Allah's Hand is
tied up (ie. He does not give or spend of His
Bounty)'. Be their hands tied up and be they accursed
for what they uttered. Nay, both His Hands are widely
outstretched. He spends (of His Bounty) as He wills.
Verily, the Revelation that has come to you from Allah
increases in most of them their obstinate rebellion
and disbelief. We have put enmity and hatred amongst
them till the Day of Resurrection. Every time they
kindled the fire of war, Allah extinguished it; and
they (ever) strive to make mischief on earth. And
Allah does not like the Mufsidun (mischief-makers)"
.
In this verse, Allah (swt) revealed how their Kuffr,
extreme envy and departure from the truth, led them to
deceive the believers. He (swt) further revealed that
He will defend His believing servants and will repel
the conspiracy of the Jews in two ways:
Firstly, He (swt) has put enmity and hatred amongst
them till the Day of Resurrection, they will never
agree upon the truth so long as they deny and
disbelieve in the Prophet (saws).
"You would think they were united, but their hearts
are divided" .
Secondly, Allah (swt) has promised to extinguish every
fire of war they kindle. Hence, every time they
betrayed the Prophet (saws) and the Muslims or
continue to contest the religion of Allah, He the
Almighty abolishes their cunning ambitions.
It is important for the Muslim to know the
characteristics of the Jews that are mentioned in
Allah's Book because it will be these characteristics
that will initiate their downfall and humiliation.
Some of these distinctive characteristics of the Jews
are explained below:
They like to spread mischief and corruption on earth
and strive hard to accomplish this, "and they (ever)
strive to make mischief on earth. And Allah does not
like the Mufsidun (mischief-makers)" .
They have incurred the Curse and Wrath of Allah. The
consensus opinion of the Imams of Tafseer regarding
the people asserted in the verse, "those who earned
Your Anger" is the Jews. This opinion is
supported by the Allah's Saying:
"Say : 'Shall I inform you of something worse
than that, regarding the recompense from Allah: those
who incurred the Curse of Allah and His Wrath, those
of whom (some) He transformed into monkeys and
swine's, those who worshiped Taghut (false deities
such are worse in rank (on the Day of Resurrection in
Hell-fire), and far more astray from the Right Path
(in the life of this world)" .
They are people of indignity, disobedience and
transgression as Stated by Allah (swt): "Indignity is
put over them wherever they may be, except when under
a covenant (of protection) from Allah, and from men;
they have drawn on themselves the Wrath of Allah, and
destruction is put over them. This is because they
disbelieved in the Ayats (evidences, verses,
revelations, etc.) of Allah and killed the Prophets
without right. This is because they disobeyed (Allah)
and used to transgress beyond bounds (in Allah's
disobedience, crimes and sins)" .
They are people of cowardliness, dismay and weakness
as described by Allah (swt): "They fight not against
you even together, except in fortified townships, or
from behind walls. Their enmity among themselves is
very great" ,
"and if they fight against you, they will show you
their backs, and they will not be helped" .
As a result of the above, they tend to adhere strongly
to this life even if it was a humiliating villainous
life, as Allah Said:
"And verily, you will find them (the Jews) the
greediest of mankind for life.." .
Furthermore, they will always remain divided and
disagreed among themselves; and conceal enmity and
hatred towards each other as verified by Allah (swt):
"We have put enmity and hatred amongst them till the
Day of Resurrection" . and "You would think they
were united, but their hearts are divided" .
This is a great advantage for Muslims since during
wars and fighting, their ranks will disunite and their
assemblies will disintegrate.
If one is to follow the stories of the Jews in Surat
Al-Baqarah, Al-A'araf and others, and how they treated
their prophets, one would find wonders. Their
disbelief and rejection of the Message of Allah with
utmost arrogance is the true nature of the Jews. That
is why no deviant nation has been Cursed by Allah more
than that of the children of Israel. They truly earned
the Wrath and Resentment of Allah, and thus they have
lost all the factors of survival and existence.
As for the glad tidings of the Sunnah which were
articulated by the trusted and the trustworthy
Muhammad (saws), Ibn Umar (ra) narrates that the
Prophet (saws) said: "The Dajjal (anti-Christ) will
appear behind the city, then Allah will exploit the
Muslims to kill his followers, so that the Jew would
hide under a tree or (behind) a stone, and that tree
or stone will say to the Muslim: 'There is a Jew
(hiding behind me)! Kill him' " .
The Prophet's (saws) saying, 'You will fight the Jews'
is addressed to the Companions; however, within the
context it intends those who come after them. The
above mentioned Ahadeeth and others confirm the
occurrence of a battle with the Jews wherein they will
be killed. Those Ahadeeth embody great tidings for
this Ummah, which are the continuity of the religion
of Islam till the time when E'esa bin Maryam (as)
descends and the continual existence of the Supported
Group (At-Ta'ifah Al-Mansoorah) which will continue to
fight till he (as) descends as stated by the Prophet
(saws):
"There will always remain a group from among my Ummah
who will continue to fight by the truth, they are
apparent to those who oppose them, until the last
(followers) of them fight the Maseeh Ad-Dajjal"
.
The Ahadeeth that describes At-Taai'fah Al-Mansoorah
are famous and numerous in both of the Saheehs and
other compilations. Many of the Sahabah (ra) narrated
the descriptions of this group which include the fact
that they establish Allah's Commands, and that they
are supported and upheld by Allah (swt).
The above mentioned sacred verses and narrations
indicate that this Ummah has been promised victory and
consolidation when it abides by the prerequisite
causative means, ie. when it arms itself with steeds
of war and prepares itself to fight for the Cause of
Allah (swt). Thereafter, the State of the Jews will
perish.
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Ya ayyuha alnnasu inna khalaqnakum min thakarin waontha wajaAAalnakum shuAAooban waqaba-ila litaAAarafoo inna akramakum AAinda Allahi atqakum inna Allaha AAaleemun khabeerun
Translations:
Note for every verse of the quran there are numerous translations. The quran is incredibly difficult to understand and easy to misinterpret without knowledge.
Literal
You, you the people, that We created you from a male and a female, and We made/created you (into) nations/communities and groups/tribes to know each other, that truly (the) most honoured/kind of you at God (is) your most fearing and obeying, that truly God (is) knowledgeable, expert/experienced.
Yusuf Ali
O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other). Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).
Shakir
O you men! surely We have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other; surely the most honorable of you with Allah is the one among you most careful (of his duty); surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.
Sarwar
People, We have created you all male and female and have made you nations and tribes so that you would recognize each other. The most honorable among you in the sight of God is the most pious of you. God is All-knowing and All-aware.
Khalifa
O people, we created you from the same male and female, and rendered you distinct peoples and tribes, that you may recognize one another. The best among you in the sight of GOD is the most righteous. GOD is Omniscient, Cognizant.