Old
Testament Prophecies
By: Shahid Bin Waheed
033:002 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
رَبَّنَا
إِنِّي أَسْكَنْتُ
مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي
بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ
ذِي زَرْعٍ عِنْدَ
بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ
رَبَّنَا لِيُقِيمُوا
الصَّلَاةَ فَاجْعَلْ
أَفْئِدَةً مِنَ
النَّاسِ تَهْوِي
إِلَيْهِمْ وَارْزُقْهُمْ
مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ
لَعَلَّهُمْ يَشْكُرُونَ
"O
our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an uncultivable valley
by Your Sacred House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah) in order, O
our Lord, that they may perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât). So fill some hearts among men with love towards
them, and (O Allâh) provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks. {1}
{1} (V.14: 37). The Story of the building of the Ka‘bah at
Makkah: Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs رضي الله
عنهما:
(On the authority of the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم (See Fath Al-Bari, Vol. 7, Page
210)). The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ismâ‘îl. She used a
girdle so that she might hide her tracks from Sârah. * Ibrâhîm brought her and
her son Ismâ‘îl while she used to nurse him at her breast, near the Ka‘bah
under a tree on the spot of Zamzam, at the highest
place in the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Makkah, nor was
there any water. So he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather
bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and
set out homeward. Ismâ‘îl’s mother followed him saying, "O Ibrâhîm! Where
are you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person whose company
we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to enjoy)?" She repeated that to him
many times, but he did not look back at her. Then she asked him, "Has
Allâh ordered you to do so?" He said, "Yes." She said,
"Then He will not neglect us," and returned while Ibrâhîm proceeded
onwards, and on reaching the Thaniyyah where they could not see him, he faced
the Ka‘bah, and raising both hands invoked Allâh saying the following
supplication: ‘O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in an
uncultivable valley by Your Sacred House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah); in
order, O our Lord, that they may perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât). So fill some
hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allâh) provide them with
fruits, so that they may give thanks.’ (V.14: 37) Ismâ‘îl’s mother went on
suckling Ismâ‘îl and drinking from the water (she had). When the water in the
water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became
thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ismâ‘îl) tossing in agony; she left
him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of
As-Safâ was the nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and
started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. Then she descended from As-Safâ and when she reached the
valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress
and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached Al-Marwah mountain where
she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not see
anybody. She repeated that (running between As-Safâ and Al-Marwah) seven
times." The Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم said, "This is the source of the tradition of the Sa‘y
(the going) of people between them (i.e. As-Safâ and Al-Marwah). When she
reached Al-Marwah (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself
to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said, ‘O
(whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got something
to help me?’ And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zamzam, digging the earth
with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed from that place. She started to
make something like a basin around it, using her hands in this way and started
filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out
after she had scooped some of it." The Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم added, "May Allâh bestow mercy on
Ismâ‘îl’s mother! Had she let the Zamzam (flow without
trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her
water-skin), Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the
surface of the earth." The Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم further added, "Then she drank
(water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her, ‘Don’t be afraid of being
neglected, for this is the House of Allâh which will be built by this boy and
his father, and Allâh never neglects His people.’ The House (i.e. Ka’bah) at that time was
on a high place resembling g a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to
its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of
Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the
Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kadâ’. They landed in the lower
part of Makkah where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water
and not leaving it. They said, ‘This bird must be flying around water, though
we know that there is no water in this valley.’ They sent one or two messengers
who discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water.
So, they all came (towards the water)." The Prophetصلى الله عليه
وسلم
added, " Ismâ‘îl’s mother was sitting near the water. They asked her, ‘Do
you allow us to stay with you?’ She replied, ‘Yes, but you will have no right
to possess the water.’ They agreed to that." The Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم
further said, " Ismâ‘îl’s mother was pleased with the whole situation as
she used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they settled there,
and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them so
that some families became permanent residents there. The child (i.e. Ismâ‘îl)
grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to love and
admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty they made him
marry a woman from amongst them. After Ismâ‘îl’s mother had died, Ibrâhîm came
after Ismâ‘îl’s marriage in order to see his family that he had left before,
but he did not find Ismâ‘îl there. When he asked Ismâ‘îl’s wife about him, she
replied, ‘He has gone in search of our livelihood.’ Then he asked her about
their way of living and their condition, and she replied, ‘We are living in
misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,’ complaining to him. He
said, ‘When your husband returns, convey my salutation to him and tell him to
change the threshold of the gate (of his house).’ When Ismâ‘îl came, he seemed
to have felt something unusual, so he asked his wife, ‘Has anyone visited you?’
She replied, ‘Yes, an old man of such and such description came and asked me
about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state of living, and I
told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.’ On that Ismâ‘îl said,
‘Did he advise you anything?’ She replied, ‘Yes, he told me to convey his
salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.’
Ismâ‘îl said, ‘It was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back
to your family.’ So, Ismâ‘îl divorced her and married another woman from
amongst them (i.e. Jurhum). Then Ibrâhîm stayed away from them for a period as
long as Allâh wished and called on them again but did not find Ismâ‘îl. So he
came to Ismâ‘îl’s wife and asked her about Ismâ‘îl. She said, ‘He has gone in
search of our livelihood.’ Ibrâhîm asked her, ‘How are you getting on?’ asking
her about their sustenance and living. She replied, ‘We are prosperous and
well-off (i.e. we have everything in abundance).’ Then she thanked Allâhعز وجل Ibrâhîm said, ‘What kind of food do you eat?’ She said, ‘Meat.’
He said, ‘What do you drink?’ She said, ‘Water.’ He said, ‘O Allâh! Bless their
meat and water.’ " The Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم added, "At that time they did not
have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked Allâh to bless
it." The Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم added, "If somebody has only these
two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly
affected, unless he lives in Makkah." The Prophetصلى
الله عليه وسلم added, "Then Ibrâhîm said to
Ismâ‘îl’s wife, ‘When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him
that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.’ When Ismâ‘îl came back, he
asked his wife, ‘Did anyone call on you?’ She replied, ‘Yes, a good-looking old
man came to me,’ so she praised h him and added. ‘He asked about you, and I
informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in
a good condition.’ Ismâ‘îl asked her, ‘Did he give you any piece of advice?’
She said, ‘Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you
should keep firm the threshold of your gate.’ On that Ismâ‘îl said, ‘It was my
father, and you are the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered me to keep you
with me.’ Then Ibrâhîm stayed away from them for a period as long as Allâh
wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw Ismâ‘îl under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his
arrows. When he saw Ibrâhîm, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each
other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father). Ibrâhîm
said, ‘O Ismâ‘îl! Allâh has given me an order.’ Ismâ‘îl said, ‘Do what your
Lord has ordered you to do.’ Ibrâhîm asked, ‘Will you help me?’ Ismâ‘îl said, ‘I
will help you.’ Ibrâhîm said, ‘Allâh has ordered me to build a house here,’
pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it.’" The Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم
added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e. the Ka’bah). Ismâ‘îl brought
the stones and Ibrâhîm was building; and when the walls became high, Ismâ‘îl
brought this stone and put it for Ibrâhîm who stood over it and carried on
building, while Ismâ‘îl was handing him the stones, and both of them were
saying, ‘O our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily, You are the
All-Hearer the All-Knower.’" (V.2: 127). The Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم
added, "Then both of them went on building and going round the Ka‘bah saying ‘O our
Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the
All-Knower.’ " (V.2: 127) (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.4, Hadith No.583). * When
Ibrâhîm married Hâjar and she conceived Ismâ‘îl, Sârah, Ibrâhîm’s first wife
became jealous of her and swore that she would cut three parts from her body.
So Hâjar tied a girdle round her waist and ran away, dragging her robe behind
her so as to wipe out her tracks lest Sârah should pursue her. "Allâh
knows better."
وَإِذْ
يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ
الْقَوَاعِدَ
مِنَ الْبَيْتِ
وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ
مِنَّا إِنَّكَ
أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ
الْعَلِيمُ
And
(remember) when Ibrâhîm and (his son) Ismâ‘îl were raising the foundations of
the House (the Ka‘bah at Makkah), (saying), "Our
Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily! You are the All-Hearer, the
All-Knower." {1}
{1} (V.2: 127) See the
footnote of (V.14: 37 mentioned above).
I would like to remind the readers that in the above verses
of Bible and Qur’aan the “seed” are referring to the seed of Ishmael who
settled in the valley of Paran after raising the foundation of Kaa’bah Abraham
and Ishmael (PBUT) together prayed as mentioned in Glorious Qur’aan 2:129 and
62:2 already quoted above.
In conclusion, no one from the seed of Ishmael is more blessed that Muhammad (SAW) inheriting the land of Canaan, and no one else has the most upper hand with the possession of the keys of the treasures of the world and the keys of “The Kingdom of God. It must be pointed out that Muslim lands are full of natural resources like Uranium, Petroleum, Diamonds and Gold to name few, in short everything that makes this world go around.
033:002 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
In the Al-Javan-ul-Fasih following is quoted from
the Arabic version of Torah:
“ The Lord came from Sinai,
shined forth for us from Seir and rose from mount Paran”
And in the Urdu version it
reads as: “He (Moses) said: The Lord came from Sinai and rose from Seir and
shined forth from mount Paran; He came with ten thousand of sainths and from
His right hand went a fiery law for them.”(Same as in the KJV quoted above)
Glorious Qur’aan 96:1-5 the first five revealed
verses:
اقْرَأْ
بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ
الَّذِي خَلَقَ
(1) خَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ
مِنْ عَلَقٍ (2) اقْرَأْ
وَرَبُّكَ الْأَكْرَمُ
(3) الَّذِي عَلَّمَ
بِالْقَلَمِ
(4) عَلَّمَ الْإِنْسَانَ
مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ
(5)
Read! In the Name of your Lord Who has created (all that
exists). (2) He has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated
blood). (3) Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. (4) Who has taught (the
writing) by the pen. (5) He has taught man that which he knew not.
Genesis
21:20-21 describes the state of affairs
of Hagar and Ishmael in the following way:
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.
Ishmael’s dwelling in Makkah is indisputable,
knowing the fact about the prayer of Abraham and Ishmael for a prophet which
was granted this prophecy in Deuteronomy 33:2 clearly signify the prophet who
will shine forth from Paran and will fill the earth with divine light of his
message. Fiery Law is reference to Glorious Qur’aan in this prophecy. The “Ten Thousand Saints” is the reference to
best of the generations of Muslims who were the army of Islaam at the bloodless
conquest of Makkah. They were exactly ten thousand in numbers.
We can further compare the Deuteronomy 33:2 and its
references from Glorious Quraan Surah Tin, 95:1-3 which reads:
وَالتِّينِ
وَالزَّيْتُونِ
(1) وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
(2) وَهَذَا الْبَلَدِ
الْأَمِينِ (3)
By the fig, and the olive. (2) By Mount Sinai. (3) By
this city of security (Makkah). {1}
{1} (V.95: 3) See footnote
of (V.2: 191).
The arrangement and syntax of the verses quoted above (of this prophecy) are worthy of noticing as they solve a very subtle problem:
The Law given to Moses (PBUH) on mount Sinai at the dawn
of human intellect was followed by the message of Jesus that rose from mount Seir,
as the time of sunrise, which was obscured
then obliterated by the noontime full sun that shone from mount
Paran. Moses (PBUH) ended the unbelief
and the arch disbelievers like Korah, Pharoah, and Haman who perished during
his days.
Whereas the advent of Jesus son of Mary
(PBUT) the light of guidance appeared on eastern horizon. And at the advent of
the Last and final Prophet Muhammad (SAW) the sun came to its zenith with his
message making light (message) penetrating every corner of the world.
How shocking and astonishing it may be for
Jews and Christians, but it is worth mentioning that after the demise of
Prophet “Samuel” king David (Dawud A.S.) lived in wilderness of
Paran, performed Hajj and wrote his Psalms (see 1 Samuel 25 and Psalms 20:5 and
84:4-6 with a clear mention of Hajj in Makkah and he also described his sojourn
there as being in the land of Kedar). The second son of Ishmael was Kedar, the
book of Isaiah (see chapter 21 &
42:1-13) mentions that Kedar lived.