QUESTION:
Some people say that the Quraan Shareef says that the people of Palestine will have to come out of their land. Is this true?
ANSWER:
We have not come across any such verse in the Quraan Sharif which explicitly states that the Palestinians will have to leave their land. However, the following commentary in recorded under verses 4-6 of Ma’ariful Quraan of Mufti Muhammad Shafi Sahib Rahimahullah:
وَقَضَيۡنَاۤ اِلٰي بَنِيۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِيۡلَ فِي الۡکِتٰبِ لَتُفۡسِدُنَّ فِي الۡاَرۡضِ مَرَّتَيۡنِ وَلَتَعۡلُنَّ عُلُوًّا کَبِيۡرًا۔ فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ اُوۡلٰٮہُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡکُمۡ عِبَادًا لَّنَاۤ اُولِيۡ بَاۡسٍ شَدِيۡدٍ فَجَاسُوۡا خِلٰلَ الدِّيَارِ ؕ وَکَانَ وَعۡدًا مَّفۡعُوۡلًا۔ ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَا لَکُمُ الۡکَرَّةَ عَلَيۡہِمۡ وَاَمۡدَدۡنٰکُمۡ بِاَمۡوَالٍ وَّبَنِيۡنَ وَجَعَلۡنٰکُمۡ اَکۡثَرَ نَفِيۡرًا۔
We announced to the Bani Isra’eel in the book (Torah), “You will certainly cause corruption on the earth twice and will certainly engage in great tyranny. When the promise of the first of the two comes, We will send against you such slaves of Ours who will be great warmongers, and they will barge into homes (killing and destroying whatever they can without any concern for you.) This is a promise that will be fulfilled. Thereafter, we will restore your authority over them reinforce you with wealth and children and greatly multiply your numbers.
The calamity of the Jewish usurpation of Baytul-Maqdis in our time and the added sacrilege of setting fire to it has thrown the world of Islam into acute anxiety. In reality, it is confirming the Quraan. Muslims forgot Allah and His Rasul, ignored the life waiting for them in the Hereafter and opted to scrounge for their share in the glamour and grandeur of the mortal world. When they became aliens to the dictates of the Quraan and Sunnah, the same divine law stood activated before them. A few hundred thousand Jews overcame them. They also inflicted the loss of life and property on them. Worse still is the fate of one of the three greatest Masajid of the world according to the religious law of Islam, a Masjid that has the distinction of being the Qiblah of all prophets. It was snatched from them and those who took it over had a track record of being the most disgraced people in this world, that is, the Jews. In addition to that, it is common observation that these people stand nowhere close to Muslims in terms of their numbers, nor do they have some significant superiority over the current collective Muslim holdings of war materials. This also tells us that this event does not really give Jews any niche of honour in the annals of world nations. However, it does provide punishment for Muslims in return for their disobedience. It clearly shows that everything that came to pass came as the punishment of our own misdeeds. And it also shows that there is no remedy for it except that we should feel ashamed of our misdeeds, make a genuine Taubah (repentance), start obeying the commandments of Allah, become true Muslims and shun the great sins of imitating and trusting others. If we were to do just that, then Insha ‘Allah, true to the Divine promise, Baytul-Maqdis and Palestine shall return to us. But, it is regrettable that the present-day Arab rulers and common Muslims living in Arab lands have yet to be alerted to that reality. They are still relying on foreign assistance while making plans of taking Baytul-Maqdis back, something that does not appear to be probable, at least outwardly. Where else shall we lodge our complaint but Allah!
The only weapon system and military hardware with which Baytul-Maqdis and Palestine can return to Muslim hands are still there waiting to be picked up – Return to Allah, genuinely and passionately. Have certitude of Aakhirah. Obey the injunctions of the Shariah. Stay away from imitating and trusting others in our social and political goals. Finally, let us place our trust in Allah and wage a purely Islamic Jihad as enjoined by the Shariah. May Allah Ta’ala give our Arab rulers and other Muslims the ability to answer the challenge effectively.
[Re: Ma’ariful Quraan English version Vol:5 Pg:468-470]
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Maulana Ahmed Saeed
Date:- 29 Jumādal Ula 1445 / 13 December 2023
CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
