Allah protected the two
branches of the descendants of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) in order for them to
establish their dominion. In the End Times, He will unite the Imam al-Mahdi
(pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) in order for that promise to be fulfilled.
This period of dominion, revealed in the Qur'an and in the hadiths of our
Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), is also promised in the
Torah to a community descended from the line of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh):
I will bless you greatly, and increase your offspring like
the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring shall inherit
their enemies' gate; all the nations of the world shall be blessed through your
descendants—all because you obeyed My voice. (Genesis, 22:17-18)
God said to Abraham:... I will make you into a great
nation. I will bless you and make you great; you shall become a blessing. I
will bless those who bless you, and he who curses you, I will curse. All the
families of the earth will be blessed through you. (Genesis, 12:1-3)
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of
the sky, and grant them all these lands. All the nations on earth shall be
blessed through your descendants. (Genesis, 26:4)
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and
you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.
All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. (Genesis,
28:14)
Parts of the Torah that
describe how true believers of Allah will have leadership and responsibility on
earth and how religious moral values will prevail in the End Times, the final
age of this world:
The Lord replied, "I have forgiven them, as you
asked. Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the Lord
fills the whole earth." (Numbers, 14:20-21)
... The meek will inherit the land and enjoy great
peace... for the power of the wicked will be broken, the Lord upholds the
righteous. The days of the blameless are known to the Lord and their
inheritance will endure forever... (Psalm, 37:11, 17-18)
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the
Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for
dominion belongs to the Lord. (Psalm, 22:27-28)
For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the
Lord will inherit the land. A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found. (Psalm, 37:9-10)
... For the power of the wicked will be broken, but the
Lord upholds the righteous... The wicked will perish: The Lord's enemies will
be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish—vanish like smoke. (Psalm,
37:17, 20)
Wait for the Lord and keep his way... The salvation of the
righteous comes from the Lord... The Lord helps them and delivers them; He
delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
(Psalm, 37:34, 39-40)
As these passages make
clear, the "dominion" described in the Torah is not that of one
specific group or lineage over other communities, but that of the moral values
of the true faith–commanded to everyone by Allah–over the world. However,
expressions of praise for the believing Jews in the Torah are the good news
imparted to devout believers when the Torah was revealed. Therefore, taking
Torah passages referring to the dominion promised to the People of Israel as
the superiority of a certain nation, without considering sincere faith in
Allah, will not be a correct approach.
In fact, the concept of
"the dominion of the moral values of the religion (deen)," which
exists in Islam and Judaism, is the eradication of evils and difficulties
stemming from religious moral values not being complied with on earth with the
commencement of that compliance, and the spread of moral virtues. Muslims hope
that the moral values commanded by Allah–namely, solidarity, justice, honesty,
loyalty, modesty, forgiveness and compassion—will form the basis of relations
between people, and construct an environment wherein everyone competes to
behave in accord with moral values to attain Allah's pleasure. The establishment
of such a climate will undoubtedly eradicate all evils stemming from the lack
of these virtues. Muslims who share that understanding aim not to possess power
and sovereignty, but to use any blessings Allah bestows on them in the finest
manner in order to spread the moral values of the faith. This excellent
attribute of Muslims is revealed in the Qur'an:
... those who, if We establish them firmly on the earth,
will establish the prayer and pay alms, and command what is right and forbid
what is wrong. The end result of all affairs is with Allah. (Surat al-Hajj, 41)
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