Showing posts with label promise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label promise. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Allah's Promise is True

 an illustration in Surah Yusuf 


Joseph (12:4)


إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًۭا وَٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِى سَـٰجِدِينَ ٤


When Joseph said unto his father: O my father! Lo! I saw in a dream eleven planets and the sun and the moon, I saw them prostrating themselves unto me.

— M. Pickthall

جب یوسف نے اپنے باپ سے کہا کہ ابا جان، میں نے خواب میں گیارہ ستارے اور سورج اور چاند دیکھے ہیں  میں نے ان کو دیکھا کہ وہ مجھ کو سجدہ کر رہے ہیں

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

[https://quran.com/yusuf/4]

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Joseph (12:100)


وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا۟ لَهُۥ سُجَّدًۭا ۖ وَقَالَ يَـٰٓأَبَتِ هَـٰذَا تَأْوِيلُ رُءْيَـٰىَ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَعَلَهَا رَبِّى حَقًّۭا ۖ وَقَدْ أَحْسَنَ بِىٓ إِذْ أَخْرَجَنِى مِنَ ٱلسِّجْنِ وَجَآءَ بِكُم مِّنَ ٱلْبَدْوِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَن نَّزَغَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ إِخْوَتِىٓ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَطِيفٌۭ لِّمَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ١٠٠


And he placed his parents on the dais and they fell down before him prostrate, and he said: O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream of old. My Lord hath made it true, and He hath shown me kindness, since He took me out of the prison and hath brought you from the desert after Satan had made strife between me and my brethren. Lo! my Lord is tender unto whom He will. He is the Knower, the Wise.

— M. Pickthall


اور اس نے اپنے والدین کو تخت پر بٹھایا اور سب اس کے ليے سجدے میں جھک گئے اور یوسف نے کہا اے باپ، یہ ہے میرے خواب کی تعبیر جو میں نے پہلے دیکھا تھا میرے رب نے اس کو سچا کردیا اور اس نے میرے ساتھ احسان کیا کہ اس نے مجھے قید سے نکالا اور تم سب کو دیہات سے یہاں لایا بعد اس کے کہ شیطان نے میرے اور میرے بھائیوں کے درمیان فساد ڈال دیا تھا بے شک میرا رب جو کچھ چاہتا ہے اس کی عمدہ تدبیر کرلیتا ہے، وہ جاننے والا، حکمت والا ہے

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

[https://quran.com/yusuf/100]


The child Joseph (Yusuf عليه السلام) saw a dream, and related it to his father, Jacob (Yaqub عليه السلام), a prophet of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى . 

He understood that it was a true dream. 

Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى 's Promises are Always True. 

After many strange events, and many setbacks, twists and turns in the story which would make one wonder if this prophesy was ever going to come true, the sequence of events led up to the realisation of the very thing that was shown to Joseph (Yusuf عليه السلام).

The next ayat in Surah Yusuf records the invocation (dua) of Joseph (Yusuf عليه السلام):

So, in Surah Fatir, we read:


يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّۭ ۖ فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْغَرُورُ ٥


O mankind! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. So let not the life of the world beguile you, and let not the (avowed) beguiler beguile you with regard to Allah.

— M. Pickthall


اے لوگو ! اللہ کا وعدہ سچا ہے تو دیکھو دنیا کی زندگی تمہیں دھوکے میں نہ ڈال دے اور نہ ہی تمہیں دھوکے میں ڈالے اللہ کے بارے میں وہ بڑا دھوکے باز۔

— بیان القرآن (ڈاکٹر اسرار احمد)

[https://quran.com/fatir/5]



Related Readings 

Surah Yusuf (links page) 

The Covenant & Its Ratification 

Deen-e-Qayyimah (Q12:40) 



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Thursday, 26 March 2026

The Persians & The Romans

history repeating, as promised?  


Screenshot from quran.com/17/8


excerpt from The Quran on the Bani Israel: 

Every time the Jews have kindled the fire of war, Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎ has extinguished it. And they strive to corrupt the Earth, but Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎ does not love the corrupters (Q5:64). 

The Rejectors / Disbelievers (kafirs) among the Bani Israel were cursed by the tongues of David (Dawood عليه السلام) and Jesus (Isa عليه السلام) because they were disobedient and habitual transgressors (Q5:78). 

It was foretold that the Bani Israel will cause corruption in the Earth twice, and become haughty. Both times, Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎ punished them severely with destruction and exile (Q17:4). 

In the first punishment, the servants of Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى‎ , people of great military might, entered their homes... (Q17:5) 

In the second punishment, their faces were saddened, and their Masjid was destroyed with complete destruction (Q17:7).  

They have been warned that if they repeat / return, 'We' will repeat / return (Q17:8). 

Surah Bani Israel also informs us that when the promise of the Hereafter comes, they will be collected together, and brought forth in a single gathering (Q17:104). 

So, if we are living in end times, the State of Israel is but a means to collect the Bani Israel from all over the world in a single gathering. 

If we are not living in the end-times, then they have been warned that if they repeat / return to their corruption and haughtiness, 'We' will repeat / return. 

First the Babylonians were sent against them; then the Romans. 

 

The Babylonians were replaced by the Persians and the Medes (ref: Book of Daniel). 

Now, we see Israel at war with Iran, a war Israel and USA initiated themselves against Iran. 

They are suffering at the hands of the Persians (Iran). 

Iran is to the East of Israel.  

Perhaps, ...

We also have a prophecy, attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , about the Romans (Bani alAsfar) alliance (secure peace treaty) with you (Arabs / Muslims), and fighting a common enemy. Does the common enemy mean Israel? 

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'al Asfar' means 'the Yellow'. 

According to some scholars, the Turks are of 'yellow' descent. 

The Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire was centred on Constantinople, present day Turkey. 

Turkey is to the North of Israel. 

But present-day Turkey is Muslim. 

The Bani alAsfar/Romans will be People of the Cross. 

Will the second beating of Israel be from the North West (Byzantine (Turkey) || Rome (Italy))? 

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Some relevant Hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ


حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏ "‏ سَتُقَاتِلُونَ جَزِيرَةَ الْعَرَبِ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ تُقَاتِلُونَ الرُّومَ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ تُقَاتِلُونَ الدَّجَّالَ فَيَفْتَحُهَا اللَّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَمَا يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ حَتَّى تُفْتَحَ الرُّومُ ‏.‏


It was narrated from Jabir bin Samurah, that Nafi' bin 'Utbah bin Abu Waqqas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "You will fight the Arabian Peninsula and victory will be granted by Allah. Then you will fight the Romans and victory will be granted (by Allah). Then you will fight Dajjal and victory will be granted (by Allah)." Jabir said: "Dajjal will not appear until you have fought the Romans."

Sunan Ibn Majah 4091

https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:4091


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حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ زَبْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ بُسْرَ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ، وَهْوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ اعْدُدْ سِتًّا بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ، مَوْتِي، ثُمَّ فَتْحُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، ثُمَّ مُوتَانٌ يَأْخُذُ فِيكُمْ كَقُعَاصِ الْغَنَمِ، ثُمَّ اسْتِفَاضَةُ الْمَالِ حَتَّى يُعْطَى الرَّجُلُ مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَيَظَلُّ سَاخِطًا، ثُمَّ فِتْنَةٌ لاَ يَبْقَى بَيْتٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ إِلاَّ دَخَلَتْهُ، ثُمَّ هُدْنَةٌ تَكُونُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ بَنِي الأَصْفَرِ فَيَغْدِرُونَ، فَيَأْتُونَكُمْ تَحْتَ ثَمَانِينَ غَايَةً، تَحْتَ كُلِّ غَايَةٍ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا ‏"‏‏.‏


Narrated `Auf bin Mali: I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the Ghazwa of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent. He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour: my death, the conquest of Jerusalem, a plague that will afflict you (and kill you in great numbers) as the plague that afflicts sheep, the increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied; then an affliction which no Arab house will escape, and then a truce between you and Bani Al-Asfar (i.e. the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers.

Sahih al-Bukhari 3176

https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3176 

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