08-10-2005, 06:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-10-2005, 06:47 PM by reepicheep.)
radiyah quotes surah 17:104 as follows:
> (And We said to the Children of Israel after him:
> "Dwell in the land, then, when the final and the
> last promise comes near, We shall bring you
> altogether as mixed crowd.'') meaning,
> all of you, you and your enemies.
The part I have left in black is from the Koran. The part in red is conjecture made by an Islamic scholar, and is based upon opinion and not surah 17:104.
Is the scholar's conjecture plausible? I say no. The phrase <b>"Dwell in the land, then, when the final and the last promise comes near, We shall bring you altogether as mixed crowd"</b> is clearly addressed towards the <b>"Children of Israel".</b> Therefore, the phrase "mixed crowd" is referring to a group of Jews.
The scholar you quote says the phrase <b>"mixed crowd"</b> must be interpreted as<b> "Jews and their enemies". </b>I see no evidence here which supports his claim.
Four times now, the combined Arab armies have attempted to destroy Israel. And four times they have failed. Obviously, it was the will of Allah (swt) that Israel be victorious in these wars.
Egypt and Jordan have both signed peace treaties with Israel. Hopefully, sometime in the future, the other Arab countries will also sign treaties, and we will finally have peace in the Middle East.