Prophecy
of
Psalm 110
The
following Prophecy taken from the
Bible certainly negates the idea
of Prophet Jesus a.s. fulfilling it, since Prophet Jesus a.s. was
crucified by his enemies as shown in the Passion of Christ. In addition
to that, Prophet Jesus a.s. before his crucification, all his disciples
fled as stated in Matthew 26:55-56. We muslims believe that Prophet
Jesus a.s. was not crucified.
Psalm
110
Of
David. A psalm.
1 The LORD says to my lord: a
"Sit at my right hand until I
make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in
the midst of your enemies."
3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy
splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the
morning’s womb. b
4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest
forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
5 The Lord is at your right hand c;
he will crush kings on
the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the
rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way, d
and so he
will lift up his head.
Note
a 1 Or Lord
b 3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
c 5 Or My lord is at your right hand,LORD
d 7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Matthew
26:55-56,
55In
that hour Jesus said to the crowd,
"Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs
to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you
did not arrest me.
56But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might
be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.
First
of all, the prophecy of "Sit at
my right hand until I make your
enemies a footstool for your feet.", when did this prophecy was
fulfilled?
Psalm
110
Of
David. A psalm.
1 The LORD says to my lord: a "Sit at my right hand until I make your
enemies a footstool for your feet."
Now,
you really
want to know when the stated prophecy happened in the
past. Read the following Prophet Muhamad S.A.W. sayings from Sahih
Bukhari and verses relating to wars in Prophet's time.
Sahih
Muslim, The Affirmation Of The Torment Of The Grave
Book
040, Number 6868:
Anas b. Malik reported: We
were along with
Umar between Mecca and Medina that we began to look for the new moon.
And I was a man with sharp eye- sight, so I could see it, but none
except me saw it. I began to say to 'Umar: Don't you see it? But he
would not see it. Thereupon Umar said: I would soon be able to see it
(when it will shine more brightly). I lay upon bed. He then made a
mention of the people of Badr to us and said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) showed us one day before (the actual battle) the
place of death of the people (participating) in (the Battle) of Badr
and he was saying: This would be the place of death of so and so
tomorrow, if Allah wills. Umar said: By Him Who sent him with truth,
they did not miss the places (of their death) which Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had pointed for them. Then they were all thrown
in a well one after another.
Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him)
then went to them and said: O,
so and so, the
son of so and so; O so and so, the son of so and so, have you found
correct what Allah and His Messenger had promised you? I have, however,
found absolutely true what Allah had promised with me.
Umar
said: Allah's Messenger, how are you talking with the bodies without
soul in them. Thereupon he said: You cannot hear more distinctly than
(their hearing) of what I say, but with this exception that they have
not power to make any reply.
Sahih
Bukhari, Fighting for the Cause
of Allah (Jihaad)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 185:
Narrated
Abdullah:
Once the Prophet was offering
the prayer in
the shade of the Ka'ba. Abu Jahl and some Quraishi men sent somebody to
bring the abdominal contents of a shecamel which had been slaughtered
somewhere in Mecca, and when he brought them, they put them over the
Prophet Then Fatima (i.e. the Prophet's daughter) came and threw them
away from him, and he said, "O Allah! Destroy (the pagans of) Quraish;
O Allah! Destroy Quraish; O Allah Destroy Quraish," naming especially
Abu Jahl bin Hisham, 'Utba bin Rabi'a, Shaiba bin Rabi'a, Al Walid bin
'Utba, Ubai bin Khalaf and 'Uqba bin Abi Mitt. (The narrator, 'Abdullah
added, "I
saw
them all killed and thrown in the Badr well).
Surah
Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)/
Chapter 8, verse 7-8
7. And (remember) when Allâh promised you (Muslims) one of
the
two parties (of the enemy i.e. either the army or the caravan) that it
should be yours, you wished that the one not armed (the caravan) should
be yours, but Allâh willed to justify the truth by His Words
and
to cut off the roots of the disbelievers (i.e. in the battle of Badr).
8. That He might cause the truth to triumph and bring falsehood to
nothing, even though the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, polytheists,
sinners, criminals, etc.) hate it.
The
second prophecy, regarding your
troops will be willing on your day
of battle, was fulfilled when Prophet Muhamad S.A.W was urging the
muslims to fight the pagans and also in the battles that Prophet and
His Companions launched against the pagans, Persian and Byzantines as
stated in the following narations.
Psalm
110
Of
David. A psalm.
3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy
splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the
morning’s womb. b
Sahih Bukhari , Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh)
(Al-Maghaazi)
Volume
5, Book 59, Number 288:
Narrated
Ibn Masud:
I witnessed Al-Miqdad bin
Al-Aswad in a scene
which would have been dearer to me than anything had I been the hero of
that scene. He (i.e. Al-Miqdad) came to the Prophet while the Prophet
was urging the Muslims to fight with the pagans. Al-Miqdad said, "We
will not say as
the People of Moses said: Go you and your Lord and fight you two.
(5.27). But we shall fight on your right and on your left and in front
of you and behind you." I saw
the face of the Prophet getting
bright with happiness, for that saying delighted him.
Sahih
Bukhari, One-fifth of Booty to
the Cause of Allah (Khumus)
Volume
4, Book 53, Number 369:
Narrated
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf:
While I was standing in the
row on the day
(of the battle) of Badr, I looked to my right and my left and saw two
young Ansari boys, and I wished I had been stronger than they. One of
them called my attention saying, "O Uncle! Do you know Abu Jahl?" I
said, "Yes, What do you want from him, O my nephew?" He said, "I have
been informed that he abuses Allah's Apostle. By Him in Whose Hands my
life is, if I should see him, then my body will not leave his body till
either of us meet his fate." I was astonished at that talk. Then the
other boy called my attention saying the same as the other had said.
After a while I saw Abu Jahl walking amongst the people.
I said (to the boys), "Look!
This is the
man you asked me about." So, both of them attacked him with their
swords and struck him to death and returned to Allah'S Apostle to
inform him of that. Allah's
Apostle asked, "Which of you has
killed him?" Each of them said, "I Have killed him." Allah's Apostle
asked, "Have you cleaned your swords?" They said, "No. " He then looked
at their swords and said, "No doubt, you both have killed him and the
spoils of the deceased will be given to Muadh bin Amr bin Al-Jamuh."
The two boys were Muadh bin 'Afra and Muadh bin Amr bin Al-Jamuh.
Sahih
Bukhari , Military Expeditions
led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)
Volume
5, Book 59, Number 293:
Narrated
Al-Bara:
The companions of (the
Prophet) Muhammad who
took part in Badr, told me that their number was that of Saul's (i.e.
Talut's) companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him and they
were over three-hundred-and-ten men. By Allah, none crossed the river
with him but a believer. (See Qur'an 2:249)
Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow) / Chapter 2
247. And their Prophet
(Samuel) said to them, "Indeed
Allâh has appointed Talût (Saul) as a king over
you." They
said, "How can he be a king over us when we are better fitted than him
for the kingdom, and he has not been given enough wealth." He said:
"Verily, Allâh has chosen him above you and has increased him
abundantly in knowledge and stature. And Allâh grants His
Kingdom
to whom He wills. And Allâh is All-Sufficient for His
creatures'
needs, All-Knower."
248. And their Prophet (Samuel) said to them: Verily! The sign of His
Kingdom is that there shall come to you At-Tâbût (a
wooden
box), wherein is Sakinah (peace and reassurance) from your Lord and a
remnant of that which Musâ (Moses) and
Hârûn (Aaron)
left behind, carried by the angels. Verily, in this is a sign for you
if you are indeed believers.
249. Then when Talût (Saul) set out with the army, he said:
"Verily! Allâh will try you by a river. So whoever drinks
thereof, he is not of me, and whoever tastes it not, he is of me,
except him who takes (thereof) in the hollow of his hand." Yet, they
drank thereof, all, except a few of them. So when he had crossed it
(the river), he and those who believed with him, they said: "We have no
power this day against Jalût (Goliath) and his hosts." But
those
who knew with certainty that they were to meet their Lord, said: "How
often a small group overcame a mighty host by Allâh's Leave?"
And
Allâh is with As-Sâbirin (the patient ones, etc.).
250. And when they advanced to meet Jalût (Goliath) and his
forces, they invoked: "Our Lord! Pour forth on us patience and make us
victorious over the disbelieving people."
251. So they routed them by Allâh's Leave and Dawûd
(David)
killed Jalût (Goliath), and Allâh gave him
[Dawûd
(David)] the kingdom [after the death of Talût (Saul) and
Samuel]
and AlHikmah (Prophethood), and taught him of that which He
willed. And if Allâh did not check one set of people by means
of
another, the earth would indeed be full of mischief. But
Allâh is
full of Bounty to the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that
exists).
252. These are the Verses of Allâh, We recite them to you (O
Muhammad S.A.W) in truth, and surely, you are one of the Messengers (of
Allâh).
253. Those Messengers! We preferred some to others; to some of them
Allâh spoke (directly); others He raised to degrees (of
honour);
and to 'Iesa (Jesus), the son of Maryam (Mary), We gave clear proofs
and evidences, and supported him with Rûh-ul-Qudus [Jibrael
(Gabriel)]. If Allâh had willed, succeeding generations would
not
have fought against each other, after clear Verses of Allâh
had
come to them, but they differed - some of them believed and others
disbelieved. If Allâh had willed, they would not have fought
against one another, but Allâh does what He likes.
Sahih
Bukhari, Fighting for the Cause
of Allah (Jihaad)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 61:
Narrated
Anas:
My uncle Anas bin An-Nadr was
absent from the
Battle of Badr. He said, "O
Allah's Apostle!
I was absent from the first battle you fought against the pagans. (By
Allah) if Allah gives me a chance to fight the pagans, no doubt. Allah
will see how (bravely) I will fight."
On the day of Uhud when
the Muslims turned their backs and fled, he said, "O Allah! I apologize
to You for what these (i.e. his companions) have done, and I denounce
what these (i.e. the pagans) have done." Then he advanced and Sad bin
Muadh met him.
He said "O Sad bin Muadh ! By
the Lord of
An-Nadr, Paradise! I am smelling its aroma coming from before (the
mountain of) Uhud," Later on Sad said, "O Allah's Apostle! I cannot
achieve or do what he (i.e. Anas bin An-Nadr) did. We found more than
eighty wounds by swords and arrows on his body. We found him dead and
his body was mutilated so badly that none except his sister could
recognize him by his fingers." We used to think that the following
Verse was revealed concerning him and other men of his sort: "Among the
believers are men who have been true to their covenant with
Allah.........." (33.23)
His sister Ar-Rubbaya' broke
a front tooth of
a woman and Allah's Apostle ordered for retaliation. On that Anas (bin
An-Nadr) said, "O Allah's Apostle! By Him Who has sent you with the
Truth, my sister's tooth shall not be broken." Then the opponents of
Anas's sister accepted the compensation and gave up the claim of
retaliation. So Allah's Apostle said, "There are some people amongst
Allah's slaves whose oaths are fulfilled by Allah when they take them."
Any
english literate readers will be
confuse with the meaning of the order of
Melchizedek stated in the Bible. Why do you want confuse yourself
with the bombastic word? Read the verse from The Holy Quran, clearer
and accurate.
Psalm
110
Of
David. A psalm.
4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a priest
forever, in the order of Melchizedek."
Surah
Al-Ahzab (The Confederates)/
Chapter 33
40. Muhammad (S.A.W) is not the father of any man among you, but he is
the Messenger of Allâh and the last (end) of the Prophets.
And
Allâh is Ever All Aware of everything.
Finally,
who crushed the Persian
Empire and Byzantine Empire? The Arab
armies propagated Islam northwards of Arab and crushed the Persian
Empire in 637 A.D.. Carthege was taken from Byzantine in 698 AD and
finally Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD.
Psalm
110
Of
David. A psalm.
5 The Lord is at your right hand c; he will crush kings on the day of
his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the
rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way, d and so he will lift up
his head.
Based
on Prophet Muhammad S.A.W
prophecy, the Persian's will be
defeated first and then followed by the Byzantine.
Sahih
Bukhari, One-fifth of Booty to the Cause of Allah (Khumus)
Volume
4, Book 53, Number 349:
Narrated
Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "When
Khosrau (Persia)
is ruined, there will be no Khosrau after him; and when Caesar is
ruined, there will be no Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hands my
life is, you will spend their treasures in Allah's Cause."
Sahih
Bukhari, Fighting for the Cause
of Allah (Jihaad)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 191:
Narrated
Abdullah bin Abbas:
Allah's Apostle wrote to
Caesar and invited
him to Islam and sent him his letter with Dihya Al-Kalbi whom Allah's
Apostle ordered to hand it over to the Governor of Busra who would
forward it to Caesar. Caesar as a sign of gratitude to Allah, had
walked from Hims to Ilya (i.e. Jerusalem) when Allah had granted Him
victory over the Persian forces. So, when the letter of Allah's Apostle
reached Caesar, he said after reading t, 'Seek for me any one of his
people! (Arabs of Quraish tribe) if present here, in order to ask him
about Allah's Apostle.
At that time Abu Sufyan bin
Harb was in Sham
with some men frown Quraish who had come (to Sham) as merchants during
the truce that had been concluded between Allah's Apostle; and the
infidels of Quraish. Abu Sufyan said, Caesar's messenger found us
somewhere in Sham so he took me and my companions to Ilya and we were
admitted into Ceasar's court to find him sitting in his royal court
wearing a crown and surrounded by the senior dignitaries of the
Byzantine.
He said to his translator.
'Ask them who
amongst them is a close relation to the man who claims to be a
prophet." Abu Sufyan added, "I replied, 'I am the nearest relative to
him.' He asked, 'What degree of relationship do you have with him?' I
replied, 'He is my cousin,' and there was none of Bani Abu Manaf in the
caravan except myself. Caesar said, 'Let him come nearer.' He then
ordered that my companions stand behind me near my shoulder and said to
his translator, 'Tell his companions that I am going to ask this man
about the man who claims to be a prophet. If he tells a lie, they
should contradict him immediately."
Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah !
Had it not been
shameful that my companions label me a liar, I would not have spoken
the truth about him when he asked me. But I considered it shameful to
be called a liar by my companions. So I told the truth.
He then said to his translator, 'Ask him what kind of family does he
belong to.'
I replied, 'He belongs to a noble family amongst us.'
He said, 'Have anybody else amongst you ever claimed the same before
him?
'I replied, 'No.'
He said, 'Had you ever blamed him for telling lies before he claimed
what he claimed? '
I replied, 'No.'
He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?'
I replied, 'No.'
He said, "Do the noble or the poor follow him?'
I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.'
He said, 'Are they increasing or decreasing (day by day)?'
I replied,' They are increasing.'
He said, 'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his (the Prophet's)
Religion become displeased and then discard his Religion?'.
I replied, 'No. '
He said, 'Does he break his promises?
I replied, 'No, but we are now at truce with him and we are afraid that
he may betray us." Abu Sufyan added, "Other than the last sentence, I
could not say anything against him.
Caesar then asked, 'Have you ever had a war with him?'
I replied, 'Yes.'
He said, 'What was the outcome of your battles with him?'
I replied, 'The result was unstable; sometimes he was victorious and
sometimes we.'
He said, 'What does he order you to do?'
I said, 'He tells us to worship Allah alone, and not to worship others
along with Him, and to leave all that our fore-fathers used to worship.
He orders us to pray, give in charity, be chaste, keep promises and
return what is entrusted to us.'
When I had said that, Caesar said to his translator, '
Say to him: I ask you about his lineage and your reply was that he
belonged to a noble family. In fact, all the apostles came from the
noblest lineage of their nations.
Then I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you had claimed such
a thing, and your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in
the affirmative, I would have thought that this man was following a
claim that had been said before him.
When I asked you whether he was ever blamed for telling lies, your
reply was in the negative, so I took it for granted that a person who
did not tell a lie about (others) the people could never tell a lie
about Allah.
Then I asked you whether any of his ancestors was a king. Your reply
was in the negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would
have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom.
When I asked you whether the rich or the poor people followed him, you
replied that it was the poor who followed him. In fact, such are the
followers of the apostles.
Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing.
You replied that they were increasing. In fact, this is the result of
true faith till it is complete (in all respects).
I asked you whether there was anybody who, after embracing his
religion, became displeased and discarded his religion; your reply was
in the negative. In fact, this is the sign of true faith, for when its
cheerfulness enters and mixes in the hearts completely, nobody will be
displeased with it.
I asked you whether he had ever broken his promise. You replied in the
negative. And such are the apostles; they never break their promises.
When I asked you whether you fought with him and he fought with you,
you replied that he did, and that sometimes he was victorious and
sometimes you. Indeed, such are the apostles; they are put to trials
and the final victory is always theirs.
Then I asked you what he ordered you. You replied that he ordered you
to worship Allah alone and not to worship others along with Him, to
leave all that your fore-fathers used to worship, to offer prayers, to
speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep promises, and to return what is
entrusted to you.
These are really the qualities of a prophet who, I knew (from the
previous Scriptures) would appear, but I did not know that he would be
from amongst you.
If what you say should be true, he will very soon occupy the earth
under my feet, and if I knew that I would reach him definitely, I would
go immediately to meet Him; and were I with him, then I would certainly
wash his feet.' "
Abu Sufyan added, "Caesar then asked for the letter of Allah's Apostle
and it was read. Its contents were:-
"In the name of Allah, the
most Beneficent,
the most Merciful (This letter is) from Muhammad, the slave of Allah,
and His Apostle, to Heraculius, the Ruler of the Byzantine. Peace be
upon the followers of guidance. Now then, I invite you to Islam (i.e.
surrender to Allah), embrace Islam and you will be safe; embrace Islam
and Allah will bestow on you a double reward. But if you reject this
invitation of Islam, you shall be responsible for misguiding the
peasants (i.e. your nation). O people of the Scriptures! Come to a word
common to you and us and you, that we worship. None but Allah, and that
we associate nothing in worship with Him; and that none of us shall
take others as Lords besides Allah. Then if they turn away, say: Bear
witness that we are (they who have surrendered (unto Him)..(3.64)
Abu Sufyan added, "When
Heraclius had
finished his speech, there was a great hue and cry caused by the
Byzantine Royalties surrounding him, and there was so much noise that I
did not understand what they said. So, we were turned out of the court.
When I went out with my companions and we were alone, I said to them,
'Verily, Ibn Abi Kabsha's (i.e. the Prophet's) affair has gained power.
This is the King of Bani Al-Asfar fearing him." Abu Sufyan added, "By
Allah, I remained low and was sure that his religion would be
victorious till Allah converted me to Islam, though I disliked it "
Sahih
Bukhari, One-fifth of Booty to
the Cause of Allah (Khumus)
Volume
4, Book 53, Number 386:
Narrated
Jubair bin Haiya:
'Umar sent the
Muslims to the great
countries to fight the pagans. When Al-Hurmuzan embraced Islam, 'Umar
said to him. "I would like to consult you regarding these countries
which I intend to invade." Al-Hurmuzan said, "Yes, the example of these
countries and their inhabitants who are the enemies. of the Muslims, is
like a bird with a head, two wings and two legs; If one of its wings
got broken, it would get up over its two legs, with one wing and the
head; and if the other wing got broken, it would get up with two legs
and a head, but if its head got destroyed, then the two legs, two wings
and the head would become useless. The head stands for Khosrau, and one
wing stands for Caesar and the other wing stands for Faris.
So, order the Muslims to go
towards Khosrau."
So, 'Umar sent us (to Khosrau) appointing An-Numan bin Muqrin as our
commander. When we reached the land of the enemy, the representative of
Khosrau came out with forty-thousand warriors, and an interpreter got
up saying, "Let one of you talk to me!" Al-Mughira replied, "Ask
whatever you wish." The other asked, "Who are you?" Al-Mughira replied,
"We are some people from the Arabs; we led a hard, miserable,
disastrous life: we used to suck the hides and the date stones from
hunger; we used to wear clothes made up of fur of camels and hair of
goats, and to worship trees and stones. While we were in this state,
the Lord of the Heavens and the Earths, Elevated is His Remembrance and
Majestic is His Highness, sent to us from among ourselves a Prophet
whose father and mother are known to us. Our Prophet, the Messenger of
our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or
give Jizya (i.e. tribute); and our Prophet has informed us that our
Lord says:-- "Whoever amongst us is killed (i.e. martyred), shall go to
Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and
whoever amongst us remain alive, shall become your master."
(Al-Mughira, then blamed
An-Numan for
delaying the attack and) An-Nu' man said to Al-Mughira, "If you had
participated in a similar battle, in the company of Allah's Apostle he
would not have blamed you for waiting, nor would he have disgraced you.
But I accompanied Allah's Apostle in many battles and it was his custom
that if he did not fight early by daytime, he would wait till the wind
had started blowing and the time for the prayer was due (i.e. after
midday)."
Sahih
Muslim, Chapter 16: The
Qualities By Which The Inmates Of Paradise And The Denizens Of Hell Can
Be Recognised In This World
Book
040, Number 6853:
'Iyad b. Him-ar
reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), while delivering a sermon one day,
said: Behold, my Lord commanded me that I should teach you which you do
not know and which He has taught me today. (He has instructed thus):
The property which I have conferred upon them is lawful for them. I
have created My servants as one having a natural inclination to the
worship of Allah but it is Satan who turns them away from the right
religion and he makes unlawful what has been declared lawful for them
and he commands them to ascribe partnership with Re, although he has no
justification for that. And verily, Allah looked towards the people of
the world and He showed hatred for the Arabs and the non-Arabs, but
with the exception of some remnants from the People of the Book. And He
(further) said: I have sent thee (the Holy Prophet) in order to put you
to test and put (those to test) through you.
And I sent the Book to you
which cannot be
washed away by water, so that you may recite it while in the state of
wakefulness or sleep. Verily, Allah commanded me to burn (kill) the
Quraish. I said: My Lord, they would break my head (like the tearing)
of bread, and Allah said: You turn them out as they turned you out, you
fight against them and We shall help you in this, you should spend and
you would be conferred upon. You send an army and I would send an army
five times greater than that. Fight against those who disobey you along
with those who obey you.
The inmates of Paradise are
three: One who
wields authority and is just and fair, one who Is truthful and has been
endowed with power to do good deeds. And the person who is merciful and
kind hearted towards his relatives and to every pious Muslim, and one
who does not stretch his hand in spite of having a large family to
support.
And He said: The inmates of
Hell are five:
the weak who lack power to (avoid evil), the (carefree) who pursue
(everything irrespective of the fact that it is good or evil) and who
do not have any care for their family or for their wealth. And those
dishonest whose greed cannot be concealed even in the case of minor
things. And the third. who betray you. morning and evening, in regard
to your family and your property. He also made a mention of the miser
and the liar and those who are in the habit of abusing people and using
obscene and foul language. Abu Ghassan in his narration did not make
mention of" Spend and there would be spent for you."