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by Saied Shoaaib
January 15, 2018 at 4:30 am
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Quranic passages clearly illustrate the Jews' imperative to enter the land of Israel.
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember
the favor of Allah [God] upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made
you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds. O
my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back
and [thus] become losers." — Quran, Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:20-21.
According to verses in the Quran, God punishes the Jews for their sin of refusing to fight
the indigenous people in the land, and God is angry that the Jews refused to convert to
Islam. Yet the verses are consistent in their assertion that God gave the Jews the Holy
Land.
Although ordinary Muslims who might not actually have read their holy book could be excused
for their ignorance about the Jewish roots of and rights to Israel and Jerusalem, the same cannot
be said for the leaders of Muslim countries, imams and the heads of illustrious Islamic
institutions. Dignitaries and scholars of that caliber should know better. Yet many of them repeat
false assertions that contradict the Quran and scholarly interpretations of its verses.
The fact is that the Quran does not mention Jerusalem or Palestine. It does refer to the sanctity of
other holy places, such as Mecca -- which is called the "Mother of Cities" -- where the Prophet
Muhammad was born and where the house of God was built by Abraham, the "father of the
prophets."
The Quran also mentions the city of Yathrib [Medina], where the Prophet Mohammed emigrated
after he was persecuted in Mecca, and the location of his grave and the Prophet's Mosque.
Other cities cited in the Quran are Babel and Aram; and a country named is Egypt. Yet, not only
are Palestine and Jerusalem absent from the text; there is a consensus of interpretation among the
most respected Sunni and Shiite Muslim scholars of past centuries -- such as Al-Tabari, Al-
Qurtubi, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abi Zayd, Mahmud al-Alusi, Al-Baghawi -- that, according to the
Quran, God gave to the Jews the land from the Nile to the Euphrates, territory that includes not
only Jerusalem and Palestine, but a large part of Egypt and Iraq, and all of Jordan, Syria and
Lebanon.
The following Quranic passages clearly illustrate the Jews' imperative to enter the land of Israel:
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember
the favor of Allah [God] upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made
you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds. O
my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back
and [thus] become losers." [Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:20-21]
They said, "O Moses, indeed within it is a people of tyrannical strength, and indeed, we
will never enter it until they leave it; but if they leave it, then we will enter." [Surah Al-
Ma'idah 5:22]
Two men among those who feared [disobeying the people upon whom] Allah had
bestowed favor said, "Enter upon them through the gate, for when you have entered it,
you will be predominant. And upon Allah rely, if you should be believers." [Surah Al-
Ma'idah 5:23]
[The Israelites] said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are
within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here."
[Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:23]
[The Israelites] said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are
within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here."
[Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:24]
[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess except myself and my brother, so part us
from the defiantly disobedient people." [Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:25]
[God] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will
wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."
[Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:26]
According to the verses above, God punishes the Jews for their sin of refusing to fight the
indigenous people in the land. And God is angry that the Jews refused to convert to Islam. The
Quran is even harsher towards the Jews when recounting the stories of Muhammad's battles
against them. Yet the verses are consistent in their assertion that God gave the Holy Land to the
Jews.
The reason this is relevant today is that it exposes the hypocrisy of those radical Muslims who
claim to believe in and adhere to the letter of the Quran, yet use the claim that Palestine and
Jerusalem are Islamic for political purposes and propaganda.
This is not to say that because the land of Israel was a divine gift to the Jews, they therefore have
all rights to it. On the contrary, no future peace between Israelis and Palestinians, both of whom
reside there, will or should be determined by scripture. This proclamation, however, is as good a
reason as any to stop misquoting it.
Saied Shoaaib is a Muslim writer and researcher, specializing in Islamic movements. He is so-
author of the recently published book, SUBMISSION: The Danger of Political Islam to Canada –
With a Warning to America, written with co-authors Tom Quiggin, Tahir Gora, Jonathon Cotler,
and Rick Gill with a foreword by Raheel Raza. The book is available on Amazon.com in both
paperback and Kindle versions.
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Según los versículos del Corán, Dios castiga a los judíos por su pecado
de rehusarse a luchar contra los indígenas en la tierra, y Dios está enojado
porque los judíos se negaron a convertirse al Islam. Sin embargo, los versos
son consistentes en su afirmación de que Dios le dio a los judíos la Tierra
Santa.
Dos hombres entre los que temían [desobedecer a las personas a quienes] Allah
les había otorgado un favor dijeron: "Entrad en ellos por la puerta, porque
cuando hayáis entrado, seréis predominantes. Y si Alá confía, debéis ser
creyentes. " [Sura Al-Ma'idah 5:23]
[Los israelitas] dijeron: "Oh, Moisés, ciertamente no entraremos en ella,
siempre y cuando estén dentro de ella; ve, tú y tu Señor, y luchen. De hecho,
nos quedamos aquí". [Sura Al-Ma'idah 5:23]
[Los israelitas] dijeron: "Oh, Moisés, ciertamente no entraremos en ella,
siempre y cuando estén dentro de ella; ve, tú y tu Señor, y luchen. De hecho,
nos quedamos aquí". [Sura Al-Ma'idah 5:24]
[Moisés] dijo: "Mi Señor, de hecho, no poseo, excepto yo y mi hermano, por lo
que nos separamos de las personas desafiantes y desobedientes". [Sura Al-
Ma'idah 5:25]
[Dios] dijo: "Entonces, de hecho, está prohibido para ellos durante cuarenta
años [en los cuales] vagarán por toda la tierra. Así que no se lamenten por
las personas desafiantes y desobedientes". [Sura Al-Ma'idah 5:26]
Según los versículos anteriores, Dios castiga a los judíos por su pecado de
negarse a luchar contra los indígenas en la tierra. Y Dios está enojado
porque los judíos se negaron a convertirse al Islam. El Corán es aún más
severo con los judíos cuando relatan las historias de las batallas de
Muhammad contra ellos. Sin embargo, los versos son consistentes en su
afirmación de que Dios le dio la Tierra Santa a los judíos.
Esto no quiere decir que debido a que la tierra de Israel fue un regalo
divino para los judíos, por lo tanto, tienen todo el derecho a ella. Por el
contrario, ninguna paz futura entre israelíes y palestinos, quienes residen
allí, será o debería ser determinada por las escrituras. Esta proclamación,
sin embargo, es una razón tan buena como para dejar de citarla.