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The Holy Land: “My righteous

servants shall inherit the land” – The
past and future
13th August 2021

Last Updated on 19th December 2022

Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, Al Hakam

In the Holy Quran, Allah the Almighty mentions His promise which he made
regarding the Promised Land, Palestine. He said:

‫اد َي الص)لِ ُح ۡو َن‬

ِ َ‫ۡض يَ ِرثُ َها ِعب‬ َ ۡ ‫ن‬9 َ ‫بُ ۡو ِر ِم ۢنۡ بَع ِۡد الذ; ۡك ِر ا‬9‫َو َل َق ۡد َكتَبۡنَا ِفی الز‬
َ ‫ر‬8‫ا‬

“And already have We written in the Book [of David], after the exhortation,
that My righteous servants shall inherit the land.” (Surah al-Anbiya, Ch.21:
V.106)

Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmadra, Musleh-e-Maud, provided a

detailed insight into this promise. During his speech of 28 December 1954, he
said:

“How wonderful this promise was, and how gloriously it has been fulfilled!
The detail of this promise is that Allah the Almighty states in Surah Bani
Israil:

ِ ‫اسوۡا‬
8ًۡ ‫مفۡ ُعو‬9 ‫خ ٰل َل ال ;ديَا ِر ؕ َو َكا َن َو ۡع ًدا‬ ُ ‫ش ِدي ٍۡد فَ َج‬ ٍ ‫لنَا ۤ اُولِيۡ بَا‬9 ‫فَ ِاذَا َجآ َء َو ۡع ُد ا ُ ۡو ٰل ُه َما بَ َعثۡنَا َع َليۡ ُك ۡم ِعبَا ًدا‬
َ ‫ۡس‬

ٍ ‫رةَ َع َليۡ ِه ۡم َو ا َ ۡم َد ۡدنٰ ُك ۡم ِبا َ ۡم َو‬9 ‫م َر َد ۡدنَا َل ُك ُم ا ۡل َك‬9 ُ‫ث‬

َ ۡ ‫و بَ ِن‬9 ‫ال‬
‫ َو َج َع ۡلن ٰ ُك ۡم ا َ ۡكث َ َر نَ ِفي ًۡرا‬a

“[So when the time for the first of the two warnings came, We sent against
you [some] servants of Ours possessed of great might in war, and they
penetrated the [innermost parts of your] houses, and it was a warning that
was bound to be carried out. Then We gave you back the power against
them, and aided you with wealth and children, and made you larger in
numbers. (Surah Bani Israil, Ch.17: V.6-7)].

“Then [Allah the Almighty] says:

‫و لِ ُيتَب; ُروۡا َما َع َلوۡا تَت ۡ ِبي ًۡرا‬9 ‫ر ٍة‬9 ‫و َل َم‬9 َ ‫خ ُل ۡوهُ ا‬ ُ ‫س ٓوۡءٗا ُو ُج ۡو َه ُك ۡم َو لِيَ ۡد‬
َ ‫ َۡسج ِ َد َك َما َد‬g‫خ ُلوا ۡا‬ ُ َ‫ٰخ َر ِة لِي‬
ِ 8‫ا‬
ۡ ‫فَ ِاذَا َجآ َء َو ۡع ُد‬

ِ ‫ َم لِ ۡل ٰك ِف ِريۡ َن َح‬9 ‫ ۡم ُع ۡدنَا ۘ َو َج َع ۡلنَا َج َهن‬m‫ر َۡح َم ُك ۡم ۚ َو ِا ۡن ُع ۡدت‬9‫ ُك ۡم ا َ ۡن ي‬m‫سی رب‬

‫صي ًۡرا‬ َ ٰ ‫َع‬

“[[Now], if you do well, you will do well for your own souls; and if you do evil,
it will [only go] against them. So when the time for the latter warning
came, [We raised a people against you] to cover your faces with grief, and to
enter the Mosque as they entered it the first time, and to destroy all that they
conquered with utter destruction. It may be that your Lord will [now] have
mercy on you; but if you return [to your previous state], We [too] will return,
and We have made Hell a prison for the disbelievers. (Surah Bani Israil,
Ch.17: V.8-9)]

“[Allah the Almighty] said that He had given them [the Jews] another land –
which had some conditions attached as well. [They were told] that Palestine
would be given to the ‘righteous servants of God.’” (Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 25, p.
73)

Huzoorra continued by citing those conditions in light of the above-

mentioned verses. He said that Allah the Almighty said that after some time,
this land would be taken away from the Jews, and a nation possessing huge
military power would enter all cities of Palestine and dissolve their
government.

Huzoorra said:

“Therefore, the Babylonian armies invaded and they destroyed places of

worship, cities, occupied the country and ruled for almost a hundred years.
After that, the government was changed, and the Jews got their country
back.” (Ibid, pp. 74-75)

Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra explained that Allah the Almighty states that He

would again take away this land from the Jews. Those who would occupy it,
would humiliate them and disrespect their places of worship, and they
would spread destruction everywhere, just like the Babylonians did earlier.

Huzoorra added that then Allah the Almighty states:

‫ر َۡح َم ُكم‬9‫ ُك ۡم ا َ ۡن ي‬m‫سی َرب‬

ٰ ‫َع‬

Meaning “It may be that your Lord will [now] have mercy on you.”

Huzoorra elaborated:

“Here, [Allah] did not say that it would come to them [the Jews], instead, it
stated that Allah the Almighty would show mercy, meaning that the
previous humiliation would be removed, it did not mean that the Jews
would get [the land] again.” (Ibid, p. 74)

Huzoorra said:

“Then, after the Messiahas [of Nazareth], the Romans invaded this country
again and destroyed and ruined it. Hence, they destroyed the ‘mosque’, and
sacrificed the swine inside [the mosque], and they got its occupation. But at
last, the Roman king accepted Christianity.

“That is why [Allah] did not say here that the land would be returned to the
Jews. Earlier [He] stated that it would be returned, meaning that the Jews
would get it back. But at the second place, [He] did not say it would be
returned, instead [He] stated that ‘Your Lord will [now] have mercy on you’,
meaning their humiliation would be removed.

“Hence, when the Roman king became a Christian, he started to accept

Mosesas, Davidas and similarly all prophets who had come. Although he was
a follower of Jesusas, as Jesusas was from the Mosaic line – the Christian
kingdom showed respect for the Jewish prophets and the Torah as well,
[they] even considered the Torah to be their holy book. Meaning God had
mercy on them. Although the Jews did not get the government, it went into
the hands of Christians [who were obviously the followers of the Mosaic
Law].” (Ibid, p. 75)

Huzoorra said that Allah the Almighty further stated that “if you return to
your previous state”, then the land would be taken away from the Christians
as well, who were a group among the Jews as they also followed the Mosaic
Law.

Huzoorra added that here, Allah the Almighty indicated that after this, the
Muslims would come to this land, and they would occupy it, and
become ‫اد َي الص)لِ ُح ۡو َن‬
ِ َ‫ – ِعب‬the righteous servants of Allah.

Huzoorra elaborated:

“But here, [Allah] did not say that they [Muslims] would disrespect the
‘mosque’. Look, at the first two instances, it is stated that they [the invaders]
would disrespect the mosque. But the third time when the punishment had
to come – during which the land was to be taken away from them [the Jews]
– He did not say that they would disrespect the ‘mosque’, because
Mosesas and all the prophets under his law were holy in the eyes of Muslims,
and their places were also sacred [for them]. For this reason, the Muslims
could not do any harm to their [Jews’] ‘mosques’ [place of worship], which
the Babylonians and the Romans did.” (Ibid, p. 76)
Huzoorra said it was strange that when European authors wrote books, they
did not object to the Babylonians and the Romans, but they abuse and object
to the Muslims, who respected the “mosques” of the Jews.

He said:

“Now, when Palestine went into the hands of the Muslims, it could be
questioned that in this case it did not remain in the hands of the Jews or the
[followers of the] Mosaic Law, and so what is the mystery to this?

“However, if we ponder, this is a baseless objection because sometimes a

dispute arises when some inheritors emerge, then the actual inheritors say
that we are the real inheritors. The same is the case here.

“The fact of the matter is that it was God who granted the land – the case
was presented before God Almighty [and He was asked,] ‘Are these Muslims
the inheritors of Mosesas and Davidas, or the Jews and the Christians?’

“Thus, the Court [of Allah] decided that now the Muslims are the [true]
inheritors of Mosesas and Davidas. Hence, the inheritance was granted to
them.” (Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 25, pp. 77-78)

Concerning the return of the Jews to Palestine, Huzoorra said:

“Then, further [Allah the Almighty] states:

ِ ‫ٰخ َر ِة‬
‫جئۡنَا ِب ُك ۡم َل ِفيۡفًا‬ ِ 4‫ا‬
ۡ ‫فَ ِاذَا َجآ َء َو ۡع ُد‬

“Meaning, ‘And when [the time of] the promise of the latter days comes, We
shall bring you together [out of various peoples].’ (Surah Bani Israil, Ch.17:
V.105)
“[In other words] Then a time would come when the Jews would be settled
in Palestine by gathering them from around the world. That time has come
now [the establishment of Israel], when the Jews have arrived here.” (Ibid, p.
78)

Huzoorra further said:

“Some people say that after the arrival of the Jews [to Palestine], Islam has
been abrogated. Meaning that according to them, the argument for the
abrogation of Islam is that as the ‘righteous servants’ were promised to get
the occupation [of Palestine], so when the Muslims have lost the occupation,
then the Muslims are no longer the ‘righteous servants’ […]

“But if the temporary occupations of the Babylonians and the Romans –

which lasted for one hundred years and almost three hundred years
respectively, were not termed as the sign for abrogation of the Message
[Law] of Mosesas and Davidas, then at this instance […] how can it be termed
as the sign for Islam’s abrogation?

“Instead it is a sign for the truthfulness of Islam, because it had prophesied

itself that the Muslims would lose the occupation, and the Jews would come
back [to Palestine]. The return of the Jews is not the sign of Islam’s
abrogation; in fact, it is a sign of Islam’s truthfulness […]

“In regard to the question that how did it remain in the hands of the
‘righteous servants’, the answer is that in the past, [the Muslims] had
temporarily lost the occupation [of Palestine] twice as well and have lost it
now too. And when we say ‘temporarily’, it necessarily means that the
Muslims will again go to Palestine and will rule it. It necessarily means that
the Jews will again have to leave it and it necessarily means that Allah the
Almighty will enable the Muslims to defeat this whole order which is being
established with the help of the UNO and America, and once again let the
Muslims settle here […]

“So, I say ‘temporarily’ because there is a [Quranic] injunction ‘My righteous

servants shall inherit the land’ [Ch.21: V.106] […] So, the ‘righteous servants’ of
God Almighty, the people of Muhammad Rasulullahsa, will surely go to this
country [Palestine].
“Neither can America’s atomic bombs and H-bombs do anything, nor can the
help of Russia do anything. This is God’s decree, which will come to pass
eventually, no matter how much power the world exerts.” (Anwar-ul-Ulum,
Vol. 25, pp. 78-81)

Now a question arises as to how long this land will remain in the occupation
of the Jews. Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra has provided an answer to this as well:

“There is no doubt that the Holy Quran and ahadith tell us that the Jews will
settle in Palestine once more, but it has not been stated that they will settle
here forever. The permanent occupation of Palestine has been decreed for
the ‘righteous servants’ […] The first [part of the] prophecy of Allah the
Almighty has been fulfilled in this way that the Jews have announced their
independent government there, but if we will not follow the path of
righteousness, then [the fulfilment of] the prophecy [of the Jews’ occupation]
will continue for a long time, and will prove to be a dangerous setback for
Islam.

“So, we need to minimise the duration of [fulfilment of] this prophecy

through our actions, sacrifices, unity, prayers and cries, and bring the era of
Muhammad Rasulullah’ssa government over Palestine, as close as possible.”
(Al-Kufru Millatun Wahidah, Anwar-ul-Ulum, Vol. 19, p. 574)

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