Ka’abah and its superiority
was foretold in the Bible!
By: Shahid Bin Waheed
All the versions of the Bible point out that Allaah (SWT)
had told the People of the Book that the Mosque that will be determined “Qibla”
later, will be superior in degree to the former Qibla i.e. Jerusalem.
Let us look at Isaiah chapter 60 (KJV)!
060:001 Arise, shine; for thy light is
come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 060:002 For, behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 060:003 And the
Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
060:004 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves
together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters
shall be nursed at thy side. 060:005 Then thou shalt
see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because
the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the
Gentiles shall come unto thee. 060:006 The multitude of camels shall cover
thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and
incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. 060:007 All the
flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth
shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and
I will glorify the house of my glory.
060:008 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their
windows? 060:009 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish
first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto
the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath
glorified thee. 060:010 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and
their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my
favour have I had mercy on thee. 060:011 Therefore thy gates shall be open
continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee
the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 060:012 For
the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations
shall be utterly wasted. 060:013 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the
fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my
sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 060:014 The sons also
of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that
despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they
shall call thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
060:015 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through
thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
060:016 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the
breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 060:017 For brass I will bring gold, and for
iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also
make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 060:018 Violence
shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders;
but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 060:019 The sun
shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give
light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy
God thy glory. 060:020 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon
withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of
thy mourning shall be ended. 060:021 Thy people also shall be all righteous:
they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my
hands, that I may be glorified. 060:022 A little one shall become a thousand,
and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
In Revelations 3:12-13 we read “003:012 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,
and the name of the city of my God, which is new
Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will
write upon him my new name.” 003:013 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
The New Jerusalem is Ka’abah! The new name of Allaah that was not known
to the people of Arabia was “Rahman” which shot to prominence by means of
Islaam only. Descending of New Jerusalem from Heaven means that Divine Order to
make the Ka’abah, the new Qibla. Glorious Qur’aan also point to it in the
following words:
Qur’aan
2:144! Verily! We have seen the
turning of your (Muhammad's (SAW) face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall
turn you to a Qiblah (prayer direction) that shall please you, so turn
your face in the direction of Al-Masjid- al-Harâm (at Makkah). And
wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction.
Certainly, the people who were given the Scriptures (i.e. Jews and the
Christians) know well that, that (your turning towards the direction of the
Ka'bah at Makkah in prayers) is the truth from their Lord. And Allâh is
not unaware of what they do.
In Psalms chapter 84 we read:
084:004 Blessed are they that dwell in
thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. 084:005 Blessed is the man
whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 084:006 Who
passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the
pools.
1. The verse 4 says that there is one house of Allaah in which people are auspicious who are always busy in reciting the name of Allaah and His praise.
2.
The verse 5
describes the source of strength and
respect, without any effect of worldly matters on these people.
3.
The name of
the valley is Baca (Makkah) the inhabitants have constructed a well (pointing
to the well or fountain of ZamZam).
4.
The people
who are mentioned dwelling in the House of Allaah are Ismaeel (A.S.) [Ishmael]
and the Ishmaelites.
Glorious
Qur’aan, (3:96) says!
Verily,
the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah
(Makkah), full of blessing, and guidance for Al-'Alamîn (the mankind
and jinns).
The Glorious Qur’aan and Psalms are unanimous about Ka’abah.
Psalms
84:6 is referring to another Prophecy in the Bible (Book of Genesis) which
reads as:
021:013 And also of the son of the bondwoman will
I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 021:014 And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 021:015 And the water was spent in
the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 021:016 And she
went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot:
for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against
him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 021:017 And God heard the voice of the
lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her,
What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad
where he is. 021:018 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for
I will make him a great nation. 021:019 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and
she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 021:020 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer. 021:021 And he dwelt in the wilderness of
Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
The fulfillment of this prophecy began
to come at the with the eruption of fountain of water that is called Zamzam
which still exists in Makkah (Kaa’bah) mentioned in Genesis 21:19 and
God remained with the lad as stated in later verses. The part of making him a
great nation was fulfilled about 1,423 years before at the advent of Muhammad
(SAW), the Son of Man, and the Spirit of Truth who brought the living and
eternal miracle i.e. Glorious Qur’aan and established the Empire of Faith of
Islaam, the largest religion on earth not the Christianity. Thus God fulfilled
the promise making Muhammad who is the descendant of Ishmael a great nation as
described in Genesis 21:18.