Yunus (Jonah) (PUH) : The prophets who were sent not to his own clan but to the people of Nineveh

They mentioned that God sent him to the people of Nineveh and it is a village that belongs to Al-Mosul in Iraq, and it is also an agricultural village near Kufa and it is now beside the shrine of Al-Husain the son of the prince of believers, the martyt of Karbala, may greetings and blessings be upon them who fell there and peace, and Yunus ben Mattâ's (Jonah ben Amittai) story was told by God in many chapters in His holy book, in Al-Nisâ', Al-An`âm, Yunus, Al-Anbiyâ', Al-Sâffât, Al-Qalam..etc. He is also the man of the whale and Dhu'n-Nun [Arabic: Nun = Whale], and perhaps he is one of the Israelites and nothing is known about him except that he is the son of Amittai as it was mentioned in narrations and interpretations. As it was mentioned, he was sent to the people of Nineveh and he was thirty years old that time and they counted as many as one hundred thousand or more, and some said one hundred and thirty thousand, and he lived with them for thirty three years calling them all the time for God and to obey Him and none did answer except of two men, a worshipper and a scholar, and the worshipper's name was Melikha and the scholar's name was Rubeel, and he (Rubeel) was a man from the house of knowledge and prophecy with wisdom and he was an old friend for Jonah before God sent him with prophecy, and Melikha, or Tenukha was a weak man, a woshipper that worships all his time and had no knowledge nor wisdom, and Rubeel was a shepherd and Tenukha was a wood-cutter, and Rubeel had a place near Jonah another than that of Tenukha for his wisdom and his old friendship.

The people of Nineveh were extremely tyrant and Jonah wanted to pray against them, and the worshipper pointed out that he (Jonah) must pray against them and the scholar forbade him and said: God doesn't like to destroy His slaves even if they were disbelievers and they are appointed to the doomsday and their reward would be in hell, and they are in this life reproducing and working on earth and others are having benefits with their works and their crafts and God wants to give time to His servants, and God shall answer your pray upon them and they have among them the handicapped and the children, and by their destruction animals would be so also and the whole land would be destroyed by the destruction of servants. It is mentioned that he (Jonah) didn't listen to him and was not convinced, and the worshipper was insisting on praying against them, and then he prayed against them to be destroyed and God answered his prays in a special time that was appointed by Him and that was after forty days after the pray and after warning them, and perhaps his pray was on the fifteenth of Ramadhan [9th month in lunar calendar], and it is mentioned that the day of the punishment was to be on wednesday in the middle of Shawwâl [10th month in the lunar calendar] and he foretold them about it, but they didn't care about it, but the scholar remained between them and warned them against God's wrath, and when it was the time, Jonah and the worshipper went out of the village waiting for the punishment to be done, and when the signs of the punishment appeared, the scholar ordered them to repent and be faithful and to go out from the village with humiliation and crying for God, and to separate children from their mothers and animals from their offsprings and to cry to God to forgive them, and they did all that and the scholar was with them in all of their conditions, and at the appointed time, the punishment was revealed as a yellow wind the came from the east while they were sitting as we described before, and the punishment turned around over their heads and then spreaded in the mountains and they were saved from the punishment.

And in the second day, thursday the sixteenth of Shawwâl from that year, Jonah and the worshipper Melikha came to see what happened to them and they saw them in the best conditions and nothing was done to them, and for this they say that God never stopped a punishment except for the folk of Jonah, and Jonah used to call them back to the faith but they refuse and he prayed against them and his pray was answered but then it was avoided for what we mentioned before, and then Jonah went out with anger and reached the seashore and saw a ship with a cargo that was near the land so he asked its owners to carry him with them and they answered him and made him ride with them, and when the ship moved and been in the middle of the sea, a large whale appeared for them in front of the ship and blocked its sailing and Jonah moved from his place to the other side and found out that the whale was opening his mouth and wants to swallow him and Jonah ran away with fear, and they said that someone in the ship shouted out and said: one who did a sin let him show himself, but none did answer him and then they made a lot and the arrow pointed at Jonah and they were sure that he was the sinner so he threw himself into the sea and the whale swallowed him, so God said: And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn), When he fled unto the laden ship, And then drew lots and was of those rejected; And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy; And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah), He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised; Then We cast him on a desert shore while he was sick; And We caused a tree of gourd to grow above him; And We sent him to a hundred thousand (folk) or more, And they believed, therefor We gave them comfort for a while(Al-Sâffât:139-148).

It is probable that the whale casted him on a desert shore as it is shown in the holy phrase, and it is the land of no plants and for this God planted for him a gourd tree to shade him against the sun's heat because he was casted while he was sick, and he was swallowed while he was angry and confused so he is considered a sick as well, and he remained in the billy of the whale for three days, and some said nine hours, and others said seven days..etc. They say that Jonah was delighted for the gourd tree and out of sudden there were an insect that were eating its base so it dried out and the wind carried it away and he was sad for this, and then a call from God came saying: are you sorry for a gourd that doesn't care of itself and the Creator wouldn't care about a village made of one hundred thousand or so that He wants to guide them from their wrong-doing and likes to avoid them from His punishment? Then God sent him back to them and they believed in him and they enjoyed the life for some time.

and Jonah for the people of the Scriptures [meaning jews and christians] is called Yonan ben Amittai [in Hebrew he is called Yonah, so the name seems in Aramaic], and he had a book with advices and regulations, and included in it that God ordered him to go to Nineveh because their evil is growing, and so then Yonan went to escape to a village called Tarshish and so he stayed in Yâfâ (Yafo) and there he found a ship that would sail to Tarshish, so when the ship sailed while he was on it, God sent a severe wind that made the ship almost sinking with everyone on it, and everyone of them was calling his god while Yonan was sleeping in the base of the ship so they woke him up and they made a lot to know who was the reason of the anger of God and the lot pointed to him and then he told them about his story and they wanted to go back to the shore but they couldn't, so he pointed out for them to throw him into the sea so that the anger of God may fled away from them, and they did so and a great whale swallowed him then the sea calmed down after, and the content is almost the same for the truth for which was founded in interpretations and history.

Then, most of what was mentioned of stories and opinions are from the Israelites and some of what was mentioned in them is against what was mentioned in Quran, and they mentioned whatever seemed right in their opinions and ornamented what they understood and manipulated of clues that they hanged on and whoever is interested in their sayings let him check their books, and in the chapter of Al-Qalam it was said to the prophet (PUH): But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair, Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate, But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous(Al-Qalam:48-50). In another chapter: If only there had been a community (of all those that were destroyed of old) that believed and profited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah! When they believed We drew off from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the world and gave them comfort for a while(Yunus:98), and what is understood from the holy phrase is that the previous nations that disbelieved in God, when a punishment was revealed on them, their faith would be useless except for the folk of Jonah for their faith was of benefit for them when the punishment was revealed upon them and God carried it away from them, and also God said: And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer, Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers(Al-Anbiyâ':87-88).

The meaning is, and only God knows, in God's saying "deemed that We had no power over him" that he deemed that God will relief him when he goes out from his people and he wouldn't have to tell his message, as in His saying: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me(Al-Fajr:16), and "cried out in the darkness" [note that darkness has no plural in English but in Arabic it has and the plural is mentioned in the holy phrase], means the darkness of the night and the darkness of the sea and the darkness in the billy of the whale so they are three levels of darkness, and when he went off in anger, he had anger against his people and for God because they were tyrants and stubborn and forbid him to had have anger against God! how come and he is the infallible prophet and avoided from doing anything against obeying God, and he is a holy prophet that can't deem wrongly about his Creator according to the justice and the Godly wisdom, or even claim that He is not able to deal with him or with others, but everyone is under His rule without a doubt and everything against this should be interpreted in a right way, in opposition to the ideas of some ignorants who said that he was angry against God and for this he was punished and rejected and swallowed by the whale. No doubt that such thing and such ideas do oppose the idea of infallibility and suggests that he didn't know the power and the ability of God in such a way that he would not be forgiven for, and this is as it is said in the tales of Abdul-Wahâb (Al-Najjâr).

We say that there are levels for the gifts and characteristics for the prophets and for the viceroys and also the believers, so they are different in the levels of their good nature like patience, how much they depend on God, complete satisfaction and the presence of mind, and all infallible people that gather around the faith of God share the complete knowledge of His greatness and His will with His mercy and forgiveness and how can He punish the rebellious people, and people in such things do differ in every manner and the difference between them is necessary such as the difference in their faces and shapes and their ages and their possessions and their children and their understanding and so on of such things in deep inside or in obvious for every man of a brain that is able to think and differentiate, and God made them different for purposes that only He knows, so Jonah ben Amittai doesn't have what Moses and Job had of patience and not what Abraham had of dependance on God and no prophet has what is for the beloved to God, Muhammad ben `Abdullah may peace be upon him and on his Household, from all the characteristics and describtions. It is probable then that Jonah (PUH) was weaker than other prophets in such a way that does not conflict with the state of infallibility. So, he called his people for thirty three years as it was told and they didn't listen to him and didn't care about him so he got bored of them and he prayed against them and then got out of their lands because of their bad treatment with him. Then he was tested by being thrown into the sea and being swallowed by the whale, but his faith didn't shake and the connection to his God was not cut and he never stopped to serve his Lord, and he was sanctifying God while he was inside the whale and fearing His punishment and saw nothing but God and seeking no one but Him, and he feared God so much that no one can imagine how much it was, so may peace be upon him and on our prophet and his Household.

As attributed to Al-Bâqir (PUH) he said: Jonah ben Amittai went away from his people and then got back to them with prophecy and a message and they believed in him for four weeks, then he (PUH) said: the punishment arrived on wednesday in the middle of Shawwâl [10th month in lunar calendar] and the punishment also went away from them in the same day, so then Jonah went away with anger on thursday so it took him seven days to reach the sea and then spent seven days inside the whale, and spent seven days under the tree in the desert and then it took him seven days to get back to his people, so the total period of time for his going and coming was twenty eight days, and then he came to them and they believed in him and followed him, and for this God did say: If only there had been a community (of all those that were destroyed of old) that believed and profited by its belief as did the folk of Jonah! When they believed We drew off from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the world and gave them comfort for a while(Younus:98).

Also attributed to Al-Bâqir (PUH): the punishment was revealed upon the folk of Jonah so that they were able to touch it by their spears, so then they wore garments and wools and put robes in their necks and the ashes upon their heads and all of them shouted with one voice to their Lord and said: we believed in the God of Jonah, and then God gave them a relief and pushed the punishment away from them up to the mountains, and in the morning Jonah went to them and he thought that they were doomed but he found them in a good situation, so he got angry and got out until he got into a ship with two men, and then the ship faced storms and the captain said: O folks! my ship has a wanted man, and then Jonah said: I am the one, and he stood up to throw himself and he saw then the fish opening its mouth and he got afraid and the two men stopped him and said to him: you are alone and we are two men, and they made a lot and the arrow pointed to him, and at that time the law was that if the arrow pointed three times in the same direction then it cannot be wrong, and so he threw himself and the whale swallowed him and it journeyed with him the seven seas up to the "sea kept filled" and there Korah is being tortured..etc. ["sea kept filled" or "the filled sea" is a name used in Quran in the chapter of Al-Toor(6) for a sea. Could it be the Mediterranean?]

There is also some tidings concerning the father of Jonah, and he is the one called Amittai, and as attributed to Al-Sâdiq (PUH) he said: once David (PUH) said: O Lord tell me who is my companion in heaven, and then God inspired to him: that is Amittai, the fahter of Jonah, he (PUH) continued: then he had a permission from God to visit him, so he went out with his son Solomon until they reached his house, and found out that it was made of palm leaves, and people told them that he (Amittai) is in the market, and they asked for him there and people told them to go to the carpenters, and then they asked for him there and they were told that they are waiting for him to come back, so they sat down waiting for him with the others and then he showed up with a bundle of woods upon his head, and then the people went to him and took off the woods from him, so he thanked God and said: whoever is willing to buy a perfume from me with an exchange of another? So then one man nagotiated the price and another increased the price and so on until he bought it from someone, and then they (David and Solomon) greeted him and he said to them: let's go home, and then he bought food with what he got and then he ground it and kneaded it into a paste and put it then into the fire and he sat talking with them, and then he got his bread when it was made and he broke it into halves and spreaded some salt on it and on his side he put a water carrier, and he sat on his knees and took a piece, and when he put it into his mouth he said: by the name of God, and when he swallowed it he said: thank be to God, and so he did until he finished, and then he took the water and drank with mentioning God's name and when he finished he said: thank be to God, O Lord, whom did You give him what You gave to me? You fixed my vision and hearing and my body and made me strong so that I went to a tree that I didn't plant and didn't care about, and You made it for my living, and You made someone to buy it from me and then I bought with its price some food that I didn't plant, and You made me the fire so that it was cooked so well and You made me eat with desire so that I can be able to obey You, so thanks be to You, and then he cried. Then said David to Solomon: O son, let's go, for I didn't see someone that thank God as much as this man, and they got back from where they came. So may peace and prays of God be upon our prophet and his Household and upon them as well and thank be to God the Lord of the worlds. 

source : The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories

Allah s.w.t. berkuasa dalam merencanakan sesuatu kejadian

Suratul Baqarah ayat 67-74

67. Dan(ingatlah), ketika nabi Musa berkata kepada kaumnya: " Sesungguhnya Allah menyuruh kamu menyembelih seekor lembu betina". Mereka berkata :"Adakah kamu mahu menjadikan kami bahan ejekan?". Nabi Musa menjawab : " Aku berlindung kepada Allah agar tidak menjadi salah seorang daripada orang-orang yang jahil".

68. Mereka menjawab :" Mohonkanlah kepada Tuhanmu untuk kami agar Dia menerangkan kepada kami tentang apakah lembu betina itu".Nabi Musa menjawab :"Sesungguhnya Allah berfirman bahawa lembu betina yang tidak tua dan tidak pula muda iaitu pertengahan antara itu, maka lakukanlah apa yang diperintahkan kepadamu".

69. Mereka berkata: " Mohonkanlah kepada Tuhanmu untuk kami agar Dia menerangkan kepada kami apakah warnanya". Nabi Musa menjawab: "Sesungguhnya Allah berfirman bahawa lembu betina itu adalah lembu betina yang bunting yang kuning, yang kuning tua warnanya lagi menyenangkan orang-orang yang memandangnya".

70. Mereka berkata : Mohonkanlah kepada Tuhanmu untuk kami agar Dia menerangkan kepada kami bagaimana hakikat lembu betina kerana sesungguhnya lembu itu(masih) samar bagi kami dan sesungguhnya kami Insya Allah akan mendapat petunjuk (untuk memperolehi lembu itu).

71. Nabi Musa berkata :" Sesungguhnya Allah berfirman bahawa lembu betina itu adalah lembu betina yang belum pernah digunakan untuk membajak tanah dan tidak pula untuk mengairi air, tidak cacat, tidak berbelang". Mereka berkata : "Sekarang barulah kamu menerangkan hakikat lembu betina yang sebenarnya". Kemudian mereka menyembelihnya dan hampir saja mereka tidak melaksanakan perintah itu".

72. Dan (ingatlah), ketika kamu membunuh seorang manusia lalu kamu saling tuduh menuduh tentang itu. Dan Allah hendak menyingkapkan apa yang selama ini kamu sembunyikan.

73. Lalu Kami berfirman:"Pukullah mayat itu dengan sebahagian anggota lembu betina itu!". Demikianlah Allah menghidupkan kembali orang-orang yang telah mati, dan memperlihatkan padamu tanda-tanda kekuasaanNya agar kamu mengerti.

74. Kemudian setelah itu hatimu menjadi keras seperti batu, bahkan lebih keras lagi. Padahal dicelah batu-batu itu memang ada yang mengalir sungai-sungai daripadanya dan dicelahnya  memang ada yang terbelah lalu keluarlah mata air daripadanya dan dicelahnya memang ada yang meluncur jatuh kerana takut kepada Allah. Dan Allah sekali-kali tidak lupa daripada apa yang kamu kerjakan.

Pembunuhan.....kesusahan....

Pada zaman nabi Musa telah berlaku satu jenayah pembunuhan dalam kalangan bani Israel. Pembunuh tidak diketahui dan masing-masing mempertahankan diri daripada mengaku salah dalam masalah pembunuhan ini. Ini menyebabkan mereka saling menuduh antara satu sama lain dalam masalah ini. Untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini, mereka telah menemui nabi Musa. Nabi Musa telah memohon kepada Allah agar Dia membuka rahsia tentang pembunuhnya yang sebenar. Allah telah mewahyukan kepada nabi Musa supaya memerintah kepada bani Israel untuk menyembelih seekor lembu betina tetapi Dia tidak menerangkan secara jelas mengenai keadaan dan sifat sebenar lembu tersebut. Sekiranya mereka menerima penerangan mengenai lembu itu secara terperinci kemungkinan besar mereka akan terus melaksanakannya.

Tetapi memang telah menjadi sikap dan sifat yahudin iaitu sentiasa mencanggah dan mahu lari daripada tanggungjawab yang diperintahkan oleh Allah. Mereka telah bertanya kepada nabi Musa tentang umur lembu betina itu. Nabi Musa menjelaskan bahawa lembu itu tidak tua iaitu pertengahan antara keduanya. Kemudian mereka bertanya pula tentang warnanya dan nabi Musa memberitahu mereka bahawa lembu itu berwarna kekuningan iaitu kuning tua yang menyejukkan mata memandang.

Mereka terus bertanya mengenai pekerjaan lembu itu dan nabi Musa terus menyatakan bahawa lembu itu amat disayangi oleh tuannya, tidak pernah digunakan untuk membajak tanah mahu pun mengairi air. Akhirnya setelah berpuas hati dengan keterangan yang diberikan ole nabi Musa barulah mereka melaksanakan apa yang telah disuruh walau pun pada mulanya mereka hampir tidak ingin melaksanakannya.

Kemudian nabi Musa menyuruh mereka supaya memukul tubuh mayat lelaki yang dibunuh itu dengan sebahagian daripada lembu betina yang disembelih tadi. Mereka melaksanakannya dan tiba-tiba dengan kuasa Allah mayat tadi hidup apabila ditiupkan oleh Allah ruh. Mayat yang dihidupkan semula oleh Allah itu terus menerangkan mengenai pembunuhnya yang sebenar. Setelah menerangkan segala-galanya maka dia dimatikan semula oleh Allah. Golongan bani Israel yang menyaksikan peristiwa ini merasa begitu takjub dan kehairanan. Begitulah antara kuasa Allah yang Maha Berkuasa di dalam membuat sesuatu walau pun ia berkaitan dengan perkara yang pelik.

Tawakal....kesenangan

Al-Syeikh Sya’rawi melalui tafsirnya menyatakan bahawa di sana terdapat seorang lelaki Bani Israel yang salih yang mencari rezeki yang halal dengan penuh keimanan. Ketika hampir menemui ajalnya, beliau hanya memiliki seekor anak lembu betina sedangkan beliau mempunyai isteri dan anak yang masih kecil. Apa yang patut dilakukan dengan hanya memiliki anak lembu betina.

Akhirnya beliau menghadap Allah seraya berdoa, “Ya Allah, aku simpankan anak lembu betina ini kepadamu untuk anak kecilku ini.” Kemudian dilepaskan anak lembu tersebut  ke sebuah ladang tanpa mewasiatkan kepada seseorang pun kecuali menyerah kepada Allah. Apabila anak tersebut besar, kata ibunya, “Ayahmu dahulu pernah meninggalkan pada kamu simpanan di sisi Allah, iaitu anak lembu betina.” Lantas ditanya di mana mungkin didapatinya. Jawab ibunya, “Jadilah seperti ayahmu yang bertawakkal untuk simpan kepada Allah. Begitulah kamu bertawakal untuk minta kepada Allah.”

Selepas anak tersebut berdoa, tiba-tiba datang lembu tersebut, diambilnya untuk ditunjuk kepada ibunya. Ketika berjalan, kaum Bani Israel melihatnya seraya berkata, “Inilah lembu yang kita cari yang dituntut oleh Tuhan.” Mereka menawarkan dengan tiga dinar. Jawab si anak yang salih ini, “Saya perlu bertanya ibu dahulu.” Mereka merasa bimbang lantas menawarkan pula dengan enam dinar. Jawab ibu tersebut, “Ia tidak dijual.” Akhirnya, selepas ditawar, lantas berkatalah anak itu, “Saya tidak akan menjualnya kecuali dipenuhi pada belulangnya dengan emas.” Mereka terpaksa melaksanakan kehendak anak tersebut.

Allah adalah sebaik-baik pentadbir...dia yang menyusun tiap-tiap suatu perjalanan hidup...pemberi nikmat juga hakim yang adil....kisah ini adalah merupakan iktibar kepada manusia yakin kepada kekuasaan Allah s.w.t....

Source : Al-Quran Nur Qarim, Qishasyul Anbiya

People of The Cave and The Inscription (Seven Sleepers of Ephesus)

God said: Or deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents? When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight(Al-Kahf:90-10), and then: And (it is said) they tarried in their Cave three hundred years and add nine(Al-Kahf:25). The most famous narration is that the people of the cave were seven and the eighth was there dog and they are from a roman city that was called Aqsus (Ephesus) and they had a good king but he died and they got weak and differ among themselves after that, and then a king from Persia that was called Daqyânus [Decius, Dacius] arrived with one hundred thousand soldiers and invaded Ephesus and made it as a capital for him and built a castle that got an area of a league by league and built in that castle a court that was one thousand cubit by one thousand cubit of area and all made of glass. The talk about that is long and no need to mention it here for no use of it but to take what is required for this matter, and some of what they said is that in the castle there were four thousand golden cylinders and one thousand lamps made of gold and connected with chains made of silver, and he made for himself a golden bed with its legs made of silver and spotted with jewels and to his left and right he made chairs made of gold and silver for the scholars and the priests and the rulers and workers and also he had servants and made them wear the silky clothes and made crowns for them and made them stand over his head with golden columns whenever he wanted to sit in his court, and he chose six servants as ministers for himself and made three of them to his right and three of them to his left and the names of them were: Tamlikhâ (Malcus), Mixelmina (Maximian), Martoolus (Martinian), Ninonus (John?), Sârinus (Saraphim) and Daryunus (Dionysius?), and he used to ask for their advice in most of his matters and they were so close to him, and he made them above all for certain characteristics that they had and no one did, and then there is a long story about the conditions of this king with amazing and weird matters showing how tyrant he was and how arrogant. It is told by the prince of believers (PUH) by the way of the prophet (PUH) as been told by the Archangel (Gabriel) (PUH) as said by God, and this narration was told by the way of Ibn `Abbâs and it was at the time of the first caliphate [first caliphate was Abu-Bakr] when a group of jewish rabbis came to him and asked him about the keys of heaven and what are they, and who warned his people and it wasn't of people nor djinn, and five things that walked upon the face of earth and weren't created in the wombs, and some other stuff. The narrator said: the principle knocked down his head and appointed the prince of believers, `Ali ben Abi-Tâlib (PUH) to answer the questions and he did answer them according to what was mentioned in their Torah, and after each answer he did ask them: isn't that mentioned in your Torah? and they said: yes it is as you mentioned exactly, and one of the questions was about the people of the cave and the inscription and about their king and their land and their names and what were their jobs and what was their end and how it was with them when they left their jobs and got out of their land, and the prince of believers (PUH) answered all of that with details until they got amazed for it was exactly as it was mentioned in their Torah, and some of it was: and when the king looked at what God gave him, he turned to be a tyrant and called himself a god instead of the true God, and called for that all of his nobles so whoever obeyed him he would give him gifts and whoever denied so he would kill him.

He made for them in each year a festival, and while it was their festival and the priests were on his right and the rulers to his left, they told him that the persians are invading and the sadness got him badly that the crown fell down from his head, and then Tamlikhâ (Malcus) looked at him and he was one of the three men to his right and then he said to himself: if Dacius was a god as he claims then he shouldn't be sad and wouldn't be afraid and wouldn't eat or drink and wouldn't sleep even, and those things are not deeds of a god, and those six ministers used to gather everyday in a place that belongs to one of them whenever Dacius didn't need them and at that time they were in Malcus's place having something to eat, and he said to them: O brothers, there is something in my heart that kept me away from drinking and eating, and they said to him then: and what is that? he then said to them: I've looked for long time into the sky and I asked who did build it and lift it up high without pillars and without something to hang it with, and who made a sun and moon to run in it and who did ornament it with stars, and then I looked to earth and thought about it for long time and I asked who did make it plane over the waters and who kept it with mountains and I thought for long time about myself and asked who did made me out of my mother's womb as a child and who did feed me and who did make me grow, those things have another maker other than the king Dacius. After he spoke these words, they fell down over his legs kissing them and said: by you God had guided us so then tell us what to do? Then Malcus got up and sell some fruit from his own garden by three thousand coins and he put them into a bag and they went up their horses and got out of the city, and when they were away for three miles, Malcus said to them: O brothers, the after-life came and the ornaments of life are gone, get off your horses and walk by your legs may God give you a relief, so then they got off and walked for seven leagues until a shepherd met them and they said to him: would you give us some milk or water, and then the shepherd said to them: I have what you like, but I see that your faces like those of kings and I think you are running away from Dacius, and he asked many times until they made him to promise, and they told him their story and he fell down on their legs kissing them and he told them that he felt in his heart what they felt in his heart, and then he got the sheeps back to their owners and he came back with a dog following him. Then the one asking the prince of believers (PUH) asked: O `Ali what was the name of the dog and what was his color? Then said the prince of believers (PUH): the dog was white with some black spots and his name was Qatmeer, and then the men feared that the dog would make them obvious for others by his barking and they threw stones on him and then God made the dog speak and he said to them: let me guard you against your enemies. Then they went along until they reached a cave that was called Al-Waseed, and inside the cave there were some trees and springs, so they ate from the fruit and drank some of the water and night came over and they remained in the cave and the dog at the cave's entry, and God then commanded the angel of death to take out their souls and commanded some angels to flip them to the left and right, and it is a long story and Quran mentioned in brief the main points of it.

In general, Dacius then checked them out and asked about them and he had been told that they escaped away, so he went after their traces until he reached the cave and he saw them lying like dead he built the door of the cave and blocked it and said: if I wanted to punish them more I would be able to punish them more than what they had punished themselves. Then they remained like that for three hundred and nine years as it was told by Quran, and then God resurrected them and they found the spring dry as well as the trees and they were amazed for that and hunger overtook them, and Malcus went then to bring some food for them and they were afraid that anyone else would be captured, so he wore the clothes of the shepherd so that no one would identify him, and when he reached the city he saw many things changed and saw many roads that he didn't see before and he saw a flag that was written on it "La Ilaha Illa Allah, 'Eesâ Rasool Allah" (No god but God, Jesus is the prophet of God). Then he went into the city and went to a baker and asked him about the city's name and he answered: Aqsus (Ephesus), then he asked about the king and he answered: his name is `Abdul-Rahmân, and then he paid for him one coin for the bread and the man was amazed for its weight and shape. Then they took Malcus and got him into the king's court and he told the king about his story and that his friends are in the cave and the people got amazed and started to kiss his hands and feet, and then they went to the cave and before reaching it, Malcus went into the front so that his folks won't get scared and think that their enemies reached them, and when he told them the story they said: O Malcus, want to make us an argument for the worlds? Then they chose that God would take their souls and so they prayed for that and He answered their prayers and He knocked down the entry of the cave against people, and then the faithful king came with group of people and built a mosque (temple, church) over that place.Then said the prince of believers (PUH) to the rabbi that asked: does it coincide with what was mentioned in your Torah? and he answered: you didn't add a letter nor neglected a letter and I testify that no other god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and His prophet. That was the end of the narration as it was mentioned exactly for sometimes and by the general meaning for other times. Also, the prince of believers (PUH) did visit them with a group of people and a group of the prophet's folks and he did so by a command from the prophet (PUH) and he spoke to them and they spoke to him and he asked them and they did ask him and he told them the greets of the prophet (PUH) as it was told in some narrations that were told by trusted scholars, and Al-Þa`labi mentioned that in his interpretations and he mentioned as well miracles of the prophet (PUH) and of the prince of believers (PUH). And as attirbuted to Al-Sâdiq (PUH) that he said that the people of the cave kept their faith a secret and showed their disbelieving so their reward for showing the disbelieving was greater than keeping the faith as a secret.

As for the inscription, as attributed to `Ali ben Ibrahim that they were two boards of copper that was written on them the story of the men and what Dacius wanted from them and how was their end. Some said that Al-Raqeem (The Inscription) was the name of the valley that had that cave. Some said that it was the name of the village that they went out from. Some said that the people of Al-Raqeem (The Inscription) are those three people  that went into a cave and it was blocked by a stone and they were saved by saying the best of their deeds and those three are different from the men of Dacius with the shepherd that joined them. Quran didn't mention them but history and the narrations told by the Household pointed out for their existance. As attributed to Al-Sâdiq (PUH) that he said: three people went out wandering on the lands and while they were worshipping God in a cave in a mountain, suddenly there showed up a rock that fell down and blocked the cave, so some of them said: O servants of God, by God nothing will save you from this unless you mention what you did purely for the sake of God, and then everyone of them started to mention what they did purely for the sake of God, and when all of them said what they have, God then made a relief for them and the rock was removed from the cave's entry by the power of their faith, and it was another story, and thanks be to God the One who brings success.

 source : The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories

The Savior Of Torah

Ezra, is the son of Sherahyâ (Seraiah), and he is a prophet that God inspired to him, and some groups of jews said that Ezra is the son of God, and they say that he was called like that just because he revived the Torah after being burned by Nebuchadnezzar as it is told in Majma` Al-Bahrain [book's name], but it is well-known that jews made that out after that christian called the Messiah the son of God, but let God be Exalted above all what they say so highly, but they are both of them servants of God and were ordered to spread the calls of God and to tell His laws and regulations like the others, and as God said: Say: O People of the Scripture! Come to an agreement between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah(Al-`Imrân:64), and so jews took him (Ezra) as a god as christian did with the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, and a son of God as it is well-known, may God fight against them wouldn't they understand.

It is narrated that when God had mercy upon the Israelites and destroyed Nebuchadnezzar and got them back to their lands and their life, and Ezra, as they said, escaped from Nebuchadnezzar and got into a spring and disappeared, so when they got back to their lands he got back with them and was among them, and it is attributed to Al-Sâdiq (PUH) that he said about the interpretation of God's saying: Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He said: How long hast thou tarried? (The man) said: I have tarried a day or part of a day. (He) said: Nay, but thou hast tarried for a hundred years..etc(Al-Baqarah:259), that it was revealed telling the story of Ezra, and some said it is the story of Jeremiah (PUH), and Al-Sayid Al-Jazâ'iri in his tales said: there was a debate about the one that God made dead for one hundred years and then resurrected him, whether he is Jeremiah and Ezra and there had been narrations about both of them.

For the people of Scriptures [meaning christians and jews] it is pointed out that it is Ezra, and it is mentioned that God inspired to Ezra (PUH): O Ezra, if you did a sin don't look to how small it is but look to whom you did the sin, and if I gave you some fortune don't look to how small is it but look to who gave it you, and if you have an adversity don't complain about Me to My creations as I do not complain about you to My angels when your sins and secrets are obvious for Me. It is narrated by Al-Sâdiq (PUH): when the Israelites did the sins and rebelled against God's commandments, God wanted to put over them who would humble them and kill them and so then God inspired to Jeremiah: O Jeremiah, no land I did choose from among all of the lands and I put in it the best of trees and bore the worst of fruit, and it is a long talk with lot of describtions about the Israelites and their sins and bad habits in that holy spot, and then God explained to Jeremiah: O Jeremiah, the land is Jerusalem, and what God planted in it was the Israelites, the ones that God made them to live there, and as long they worked with sins and changed the religion of God and disbelieved and rebelled, then God shall take revenge of the wrong-doers, and He swore by His own Exaltness that He shall test them by an adversity that the wisemen shall be baffled with it and swore that He shall make over them the worst of His servants by birth, and he shall kill their warriors and captivate their women and destroy their Temple that they are proud of and he shall throw their stones that they make pride of over people into the garbages for one hundred years..etc, and it was as it is said with Nebuchadnezzar and his torture, and we've mentioned his story in details before [please check the chapter of Jesus], and that was the speech of God with Jeremiah and I liked to mention it here because it mentions the name of a great prophet whereas Quran didn't mention his name obviously, but the agreements of all the interpreters of Quran, the Gospel and the Torah, all of those agreements proved his existance as well as they agreed for the existance of Daniel and Isaiah and other prophets, and as for Ezra, Quran mentioned his name along with the name of the Messiah as for comparison.

In a narration it is told that when Nebuchadnezzar killed whatever he killed in the lands of Canaan and Iraq and then killed by God, then went out Jeremiah riding an ass with some figs with him and some juice, and then he looked at the beasts eating the dead bodies and he thought for a moment and said: shall God resurrect those and they were eaten by those beasts? and then God caused him to die in his place and it is as God said: Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life(Al-Baqarah:259). So Jeremiah remained dead for one hundred years and then God resurrected him and inspired to him: how many days you've been there? he answered: maybe a day or some days, and then God said to him: you remained for one hundred years..etc. We've mentioned before that this thing happened with Ezra and not Jeremiah, and we've explained that both versions of the story was mentioned and it might be most probable on the side of Jeremiah more.

As attributed to Ibn `Abbâs he said: Ezra said: O Lord, I looked to all Your deeds and I knew how just You are in my mind, and remained one thing I didn't understand, and that is when You reveal Your wrath upon a village, You send down Your punishment and there are children in the village, so then God ordered him to get out to the landscapes and it was so hot so he saw a tree and sat under it and slept there and suddenly an ant came and pinched him so he rubbed the earth with his leg and killed lot of ants, so he knew that it is an example that was given for him as to make people imagine it when they ask him about this, otherwise he wouldn't stand against the Will of God and all of his deeds are done for the benefit of the servants of God, and He is not to be asked about what He is doing and they shall be asked.

Then God said to him: O Ezra, if some people deserved My punishment then I shall reveal it at the time of the end of life of those children, so they shall be dead by their own destiny and the others shall be punishment with My own punishment. No doubt that all of that was destined by His own knowledgement and it is essential as the thought find it essential, that everything happens in this world and no single bead in the darkness of the earth and nothing wet or dry, unless they are all recorded and known. They say that some scholars said that Ibn Al-Kawwâ' said to the prince of believers (PUH): who is older than his father in this life? Then said the prince of believers (PUH): yes, he is Ezra, for he passed over a deserted village while riding an ass and carrying with him some milk and juice, and when passed over this village he said: shall God revive this after its death? So God then caused him to die for one hundred year and his descendants generated and then God resurrected him, so these are sons that are older than their father. In another narration it is mentioned that Ezra went out of home and his wife was pregnant in her last month of pregnancy and he was fifty years old at that time, so his son later on met him and he was one hundred years old, and God resurrected Ezra at the same age that he was in. This is the last thing we would like to mention about this matter.

source : The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories

Bukhtanashar (Nebuchadnezzar) The Destroyer of Torah

As it is apparent, the situation with Nebuchadnezzar was like that of Nimrod at the time of Abraham (PUH), and he was a tyrant man and his capital and the center of his kingdom was in Babel (Babylon) in the lands of Iraq near by Al-Hillah, and he was a magus and a bastard (natural son) and had no father, all of that was mentioned. Then he invaded the holy lands and conquered Jerusalem and destroyed it and burned the Torah and threw the dead bodies in the Temple and he killed for the blood of John ben Zacharias (PUH) seventy thousand and he captivated the others and took their fortunes and brought them to Babylon and they remained in Babylon for one hundred years as slaves for the magii. Then God had mercy upon them and so a king of the kings of Persia who knew God ordered to get them back to their lands, and they remained for one hundred years doing the goodness and remained on the straight path, but then they got back to the ill manners and the sins, so then a king (caesar) of the romans that was called Antiâkhius [probably Titus] so he destroyed Jerusalem again and captivated the people and they have a long story that shouldn't be mentioned here because the speech is about Nebuchadnezzar. They say he was called like that because he was found laying down at an idol called Bukht that belonged to a king called Nassar (Nezzar), and that was when he was born and no father nor a mother for him were known, and some say that he was called by this name because he was breastfeeeded from a she-dog that was called Bukht and it belonged to a man called Nassar, and he wasn't circumcised and he invaded Jerusalem with six hundred thousand legions.

It is testifed about this matter by God's saying: And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture: Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants. So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed. Then we gave you once again your turn against them, and We aided you with wealth and children and made you more in soldiery. (Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting(Al-Isrâ':4-7), and the meaning of that and only God knows, that We inspired (mentioned) for the Israelites in Torah and told them about what shall they do of sins and tyranny and they will commit many crimes that they should be punished in this life before the after-life and most important of what they shall commit are two things: the first is to do against what is mentioned in Torah of laws and regulations and to rebel against God, and then kill Isaiah and Jeremiah with no right but because they are prophets calling back to worship God and order with the goodness and prohibit the ill-manners, and the second one is that they shall kill Zacharias and John and the desire to kill Jesus the son of Mary (PUT). About God's saying "So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed" meaning the promise of punishment in this life before the after-life, at that time We shall send over you servants for us, meaning Nebuchadnezzar and his soldiers, that shall come and ask for you and look for you and look for your shameful history and your crimes and punish you severely, because the wrong disbeliever is God's sword that God uses to revenge and to punish the rebellious, and then God shall take revenge of him in the after-life. So he shall be sent over you to kill you and to captivate you and take all of your fortunes. Then God shall have mercy upon you and let you back to your lands and homes and you shall be in safety for some time as long you are on the straight path, and when your souls turn ill as before and rebelled, God shall send to you the sword of revenge of what He prepared for such purpose as He took revenge of you in the first time, and then by a mercy from Him he got you back home again.

For God's saying "So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you," it means that We sent them to let your faces shown up because the traces of the revenge and the sins are obvious in them, and to lay waste all what they conquered by their force and their invasion for you and so they shall be controlling you again, and for this came the invasion of the king (caesar) of the romans or the king of Persia, both are mentioned. So God humiliated them by scattering them around and killing them and by destruction and they entered the Temple as they did in the first time and they killed their children and humiliated their nobles and their elders and took their fortunes. It is narrated by the prophet (PUH) that Nebuchadnezzar ruled for one hundred and eighty seven years, and killed seventy thousand warriors of jews for the blood of John ben Zacharias and destroyed the Temple and the jews were scattered all over the lands. As attributed to Al-Sâdiq (PUH) that he said: the earth was ruled by four, two believers and two disbelievers, as for the believers they were Solomon ben David (PUH) and Ðul-Qarnain, and as for the two disbelievers, they were Nimrod and Nebuchadnezzar.
 

Source : The Prophets, their lives and their stories

 
 

Cerita disebalik asal usul al-masih ad-dajjal

Dajjal adalah seorang manusia dari keturunan Yahudi. Dia bukan Jin atau apajua makhluk lain selain ia sebagai manusia yg ditangguhkan ajalnya “MinalMunzharin”seperti halnya Nabi Isa as yg di angkat oleh Allah swt ke ataslangit dan ditangguhkan kematiannya sehingga beliau nantinya turun semula keatas muka bumi ini lalu beliau akan mati dan di kuburkan di Madinah AlMunawwarah. Sama juga halnya dgn Iblis yg di tangguhkan kematiannya sehingga kiamat nanti.                  

 

Negeri Samirah adalah negeri kecil di Palestin yang nanti akan menjadi sebuah negara besar. Bahkan menjadi ibu kota kerajaan Bani lsrail warisan Nabi Sulaiman. Ini berdasarkan masa kelahiran Nabi Musa, kira-kira satu abad sebelumnya. 

Seorang lelaki dan seorang perempuan keturunan Yahudza, setelah 31 tahun berkahwin, lahirlah seorang anak yang paling membahayakan kedua orang tuanya, sebagaimana yang digambarkan oleh Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. kedua matanya tidur tetapi hatinya tetap terjaga.

Keluarga Dajjal, Ayahnya seorang yg tinggi dan gemuk. Hidungnya seperti Paruh burung.Sedangkan Ibunya pula seorang perempuan gemuk dan banyak dagingnya. MenurutImam Al Barzanji ada pendapat mengatakan bahawa asal keturunan bapanya ialah seorang Dukun Yahudi yg di kenali dgn “syaqq” manakala ibunya adalah dari bangsa Jin. Ia hidup di zaman Nabi Sulaiman as dan  mempunyai hubungan dengan makhluk halus. 

Lalu oleh Nabi Sulaiman ia akhirnya ditangkap dan dimasukkanke dalam penjara.Ibu dan abang-abangnya adalah penyembah berhala. Dulu, mereka menyembah sebuah berhala berbentuk seperti lembu betina. Sebenarnya berhala itu bukan sekadar patung lembu betina, ia adalah syaitan durjana yang menyerupai dirinya seperti patung lembu betina. itu. Mereka menyembelih binatang untuk dikorbankan kepada berhala. Yang sebenarnya dipersembahkan kepada syaitan, berserta minuman arak yang dihulurkan setiap hari. Disamping itu mereka juga suka melakukan penghambaan atau persembahan dan ketaatan. Setiap pagi mereka lihat sisa-sisa dan apa yang mereka korbankan di tempat itu. Sangka mereka, itu adalah sebagai tanda bahawa Tuhan mereka merestui apa yang mereka lakukan. Permintaan kedua-dua orang tua Dajjal ialah agar mereka diberi anak lelaki. Akhirnya Allah s.w.t. pun menjadikan kehamilan keatas seorang wanita yang yang dilahirkan dari perbuatan zina antara mahram dengan seorang suami yang juga dilahirkan dan hasil perzinaan antara mahram.( bapanya adalah  hasil hubungan sumbang mahram dan begitu juga ibunya ) 

Sementara itu syaitan pun turut ikut masuk ke saluran kencing lelaki penyembah berhala setiap kali dia menggauli isterinya. Jadi Syaitanpun turut mencampuri isteri penyembah berhala itu bersama-sama suaminya. Bertemulah sperma dan ovum dari unsur manusia dengan unsur syahwat yang penuh kedengkian dari jin, sebagaimana yang ditakdirkan oleh Allah.

(Dalam buku lhdzaru aI-Maslkh adDajjaI menyatakan Dajjal lahir dari hasil hubungan ketika ibunya sedang menstruasi, lalu terjadilah kehamilan sebagai pengaruh perbuatan Syaitan)

 

Pada malam yang sangat menakutkan, diiringi hembusan angin, ribut salji dan hujan lebat, pasangan suami isteri itu mendengar suara dari patung lembu betina liar yang memberitahu bahawa dia telah meredhai kedua-duanya. Bahkan, katanya dia memerintahkan malaikat untuk mengurniakan kepada mereka seorang anak. Tetapi jika kedua-duanya tidak memperbanyakkan ketaatan dan penyembahan berhala serta tidak banyak menumpahkan darah korban, maka dia akan menggantikan anak lelaki itu dengan anak perempuan.

Apalagi, kedua-duanya pun sujud dan bersimpuh depan patung itu dengan penuh setia sambil menyatakan mereka mahukan sangat anak Ielaki. Patung syaitan itu menyuruh mereka menyembelih seekor lembu betina gemuk dan besar. Kemudian menyuruh diletakkan sembelihan itu di hadapan patung, dan selepas itu mereka berdua dilarang untuk masuk ke tempat itu sepanjang malam.

 

Apa yang berlaku sebenarnya syaitan telah mempermainkan mereka berdua untuk melakukan apa saja menurut kehendak dan kemahuan Syaitan. 

Syaitan dapat melihat apa yang tidak boleh dilihat oleh manusia biasa. Sebab jin boleh melihat apa yang ada dalam jasad manusia, sama seperti melihat manusia melihat filem X-Ray, sehinggakan dia dapat melihat kandungan perempuan itu sejak awal lagi. Namun begitu syaitan tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi, Syaitan tidak tahu apakah anak itu perempuan atau lelaki tetapi dia tahu betapa besar kemahuan pasangan itu dengan
kelahiran anak lelaki.

Perempuan itu pun melahirkan anak lelaki tetapi anak yang baru lahir itu cacat kedua-dua belah matanya sejak lahir. Bayi itu suka tidur malam dan siang serta amat jarang bangun untuk menghisap air susu ibunya yang berbadan besar.

 

lmam Ahmad meriwayalkan dalam Musnad, iaitu sebagaimana sabda Rasulullah mengenai keluarga Dajjal.“Ayahnya tinggi, gemuk dan hidungnya seperti paruh burung. Sedangkan ibunya fardhakhiyyah, iaitu banyak daging dan berbadan gemuk. Kedua tangannya panjang dan kedua teleknya pun besar. Oleh kerana anaknya tidak disusui oleh ibunya susu, Ia bahkan dapat mengakibatkan keracunan yang berakhir dengan kematian. Jadi anak Ielaki itu sejak awal memang telah mendatangkan sial kepada ibunya.

Paling anehnya, anak lelaki itu bertahun-lahun duduk diam dan hanya bergerak beberapa kali, sehinggakan orang tuanya menyangka dia lumpuh atau pun Tuhan mereka sudah murka. Maka mereka pun menyajikan berbagai jenis sajian sebagai tanda taat tetapi anak lelaki itu tetap seperti itu juga, tidak ada sebarang perubahan.Selama empat tahun sebelumnya dia belum pernah berjalan. Padahal orang tuanya telah memberikan air susu kambing serta berusaha untuk menggerak-gerakkan kedudukan anaknya. Anaknya itu hanya minum seteguk dua sahaja, kemudian terus tidur. Melihatkan anaknya dalam keadaan seperti itu, orang tuanya tidak pernah merasa tenang. Hatinya sentiasa tertanya-tanya apakah anaknya masih hidup. Mereka sering melelakkan tangan atau melekapkan telinga pada dada anaknya itu. Di dapati anaknya masih hidup.

Sebagaimana kala Rasulullah s.a.w.. “Kedua matanya tidur, tetapi hati tetap terjaga.”  

Pada satu malam tiba-tiba anaknya itu bergerak bangun, sementara orang tuanya sedang tidur. Dia cuba merangkak kemudian berdiri untuk berjalan dengan kedua kakinya. Kemudian dia berjalan perlahan-lahan tanpa diketahui oleh kedua orang tuanya, seakan- akan ada roh lain yang menyusup ke dalam rohnya sambil memberitahu dan membantunya untuk berdiri dan berjalan. Sudah tentulah roh lain itu ialah Jin Syaitan(Jinni Mutasyaithan). Kedua-dua mata anak Ielaki itu cacat dan dia telah dirasuk oleh syaitan yang bersemayam dalam patung lembu. Syaitan itu memimpin kanak-kanak itu menghala ke patung lembu betina. Kemudian dia ditinggalkan tidur di sisi patung tersebut. Apabila ayahnya bangun dia terus mendapatkan anaknya yang tertidur dipangkuan tuhan-tuhan patung lembu betina itu. Ayahnya cuba mencari apakah makna peristiwa yang terjadi itu tetapi tidak berjaya menafsirkannya. Lalu ayahnya itu tadi pun memanggil jiran-jiran tetapi jiran tidak mempercayai dengan peristwia itu, mereka menuduh ayahnya sendiri yang membawa anaknya itu dan meletakkannya dipangkuan tuhan-tuhan tersebut. Jiran-jiran itu tahu anaknya itu lumpuh dan hanya boleh duduk sahaja.

Walaubagaimana pun berita mengenai hal itu tetap tersebar. Bagi sesetengah orang yang mempercayainya datang berduyun-duyun ke rumahnya untuk melihat dari dekat akan kejadian aneh yang terjadi kepada budak lelaki itu. Dalam masa yang sama ada yang cuba mencari berkat dari budak itu. Namun, hakim-hakim yang ada di kawasan itu berasa tidak senang hati untuk menerima kebenaran kejadian itu dengan begitu saja. LaIu mereka pun membawa ayah anak itu ke hadapan hakim besar di kota yang kemudian memaksa ayahnya memberitahu apakah sebenarnya yang terjadi.

Ayah menceritakan perkara sebenar telapi hakim-hakim tidak mahu menerima kenyataannya, lalu ayahnya itu diperintah masuk penjara dan didera. Ketika di dalam penjara dia dipaksa membuat kenyataan bahawa tidak ada sesiapa yang harus dipatuhi kecuali hakim agung yang menguasai negeri tersebut. 

Setelah puas kena seksa maka dia pun terpaksa mengaku dan membuat pengumunan dihadapan hakim dan penduduk negeri bahawa tiada tuhan selain hakim dan bahawa tidak ada yang dapat memberi pertolongan atau mendatangkan bencana selain hakim. Denganpengakuan yang dia buat itu maka dia pun dikeluarkan dari penjara tetapi anaknya ituterpaksa dijaga di dalam istana dengan penuh perhatian dan tidak dibenarkan keluar dariistana hakim.

Berita tentang keajaiban anak lelaki itu semakin tersebar luas sehinggakan heboh danperistiwa itu disebut sebagai A’jubah as Samirah yang bermakna (Keajaiban Samirah) Hakim amat marah dengan peristiwa itu, dia tidak mahu menerima kenyataannya. Menurut hakim lagi, anak lelaki yang ajaib itu sebenarnya telah dirasuk syaitan. Berita itu pun disebar luas ke seluruh pelusuk dunia.  

Hakim tidak berdiam diri, dia pergi mencari dukun untuk mengeluarkan syaitan dari badan budak itu. Hampir semua tempat ke pelusuk negeri dan benua dicarinya bomoh, dukun serta tukang sihir untuk mengeluarkan rasukan syaitan dari anak lelaki itu. Kerana menurut hakim syaitan itu akan menggoncangkan singgahsana atau ‘Arsy Tuhan. Apabila berita itu tersebar, suasana masyarakat pun menjadi kacau bilau dan kelam kabut. Tiba-tiba ada seorang yang berpura-pura sebagai ahli falsafah dari Samirah pun membuat pengumuman. Anak itu memang betul-betul keturunan Samiri. Dua huruf ra dan ha’ (dua huruf terakhir dari kata Samirah) Dulu ia membawa makna satu negeri iaitu negeri Syam kerana Sam bin Nuh as., adalah pendiri gerakan Samirah setelah terjadinya banjir besar. Ketika Sam masih kecil, dia tidak banyak bergerak sehingga datang malaikat yang kemudian mengajarnya bagaimana cara menggerakkan kedua-dua kakinya. Anak itu adalah cucu dari Syam.” Tetapi tidak ada seorang pun yang mahu percaya dengan kata-kata ahli falsafah itu. Sebaliknya dia pula dituduh orang gila.

Hakim pula telah memberi arahan supaya kenyataan ahli falsafah itu tidak diperbualkan lagi oleh sesiapa pun. Barangsiapa yang cuba hendak bercakap tentang hal itu akan dihukum.

Hakim pun membuat pengumunan anak itu diberi gelaran as-Samiri kerana berdasarkan negeri kelahirannya dan bukannya sebab-sebab lain.  Ayah budak lelaki (Dajjal) itu pula kemudiannya mati kerana terlalu menderita, kematiannya itu dipanggil adz-dzabhah ash-shadriyyal almutakarrarah yang bermakna (tekanan batin berlanjutan). Ayahnya mati kerana watak anaknya itu sangat ganjil.Anak ajaib itu pun ditinggalkan dalam penjagaan dan pemeliharaan hakim diistananya. Setahun kemudian, iaiitu ketika berumur lima tahun, anak itu pun mula berupaya bangun dan tidurnya, setelah bangun dia cuba berbual-bual dengan orang-orang di sekeliling istana itu, tetapi perbualannya tengagap-gagap dan terputus-putus. Orang-orang istana pun cuba hendak mengubati penyakit buta di matanya tetapi doktor- doktor istana membuat kesimpulan bahawa penyakit atau cacat itu tidak akan dapatdisembuhkan secara perubatan biasa kerana cacat itu nampaknya diciptakan oleh Yang Maha Kuasa. Sebulan kemudian, ketika penduduk negeri itu sedang nyenyak tidur, tiba-tiba datang peringatan dari Tuhan. Peringatan dari Tuhan itu datang kerana penduduk negeri itu melakukan zina dan homoseksual, sebagai orang-orang Sadum dan Amurah. Siksaan yang Tuhan turunkan itu secara tiba-tiba tanpa diduga sama sekali.

Allah telah memerintahkan malaikat Jibril untuk memasukkan penduduk negeri itu ke dalam bumi, sama seperti yang dilakukan kepada penduduk Sadum dan Amurah. Yang terselamat tinggal hanyalah seorang anak kecil (Dajjal) yang berada di istana itu. Jibril telah ditugaskan membawa anak itu ke suatu pulau yang terletak di suatu lautan luas yang di sebut Laut Yaman. Laut ini mempunyai peranan penting di masa akan datang. ( Dari Laut Yaman inilah nanti terbentang jalan yang akan dilalui seorang saleh yang mempunyai peranan penting dalam memerangi Dajjal.)

Anak lelaki itu tinggal seorang diri di pulau itu. Dia sentiasa dijaga, diawasi serta diberi makan dan minum oleh malaikat itu tadi. Anak itu kembali seperti biasa, iaitu banyak tidur dan sedikit bergerak. Sementara itu Jibril kembali menghancurkan negeri yang penuh dengan kemaksiatan itu dan menebalikkan negeri itu sehinggakan bahagian atas negeri itu menjadi bawah. Maka selesailah seksaan Allah ke atas orang-orang kafir itu.

Kemudian Jibril kembali membawa makanan untuk anak itu dari rezeki Allah dan demi menjalankan perintah Allah tanpa sebarang persoalan. Allah menyayangi anak itu dan berfirman kepada Jibril, ”Hai Jibril, anak itu adalah hambaKu. Tetapi di akhir zaman dia mengaku sebagai tuhan yang disembah di muka bumi. Aku akan mengutus orang yang akan menyiksanya dengan seksaan yang pedih dan akan membunuhnya pada suatu masa tertentu yang tidak akan diingkari oleh hambaKu. Orang tersebut adalah seorang nabi yang diutus pada suatu masa dan dia menjadi wali, tanpa wahyu pada menjelang akhir zaman.

Pulau yang didiami oleh anak itu dikenali dengan nama jazirah atstsu ‘ban ar-rahib we ad-dabbah al-halba yang bermakna pulau ular yang mengerikan dan haiwan berbulu tebal. Sebab menurut cerita tentang pulau itu, setiap orang yang hampir dan singgah di pulau itu pasti akan mati disengat oleh ular yang panjangnya beratus-ratus meter. Sementara haiwan berbulu tebal itu mempunyai lidah yang dapat bercakap-cakap dengan berbagai-bagai bahasa di muka bumi ini dan ia menguasai pulau itu. Ular itu adalah penjaganya dan buta matanya. Haiwan itulah yang mengarahkannya.

Pulau itu sebenarnya kecil seperti sekumpulan batu yang membentuk satu petak bumi yang penuh dengan berbagai mata air yang segar airnya serta dikelilingi pokokpokok rendang yang saling berjalin. Pulau itu juga dipenuhi dengan sumber-sumber yang berfaedah seperti berbagai-bagai jenis bunga, tumbuh-tumbuhan, pokok-pokok epal berwarna kuning berbentuk aneh seperti kepala jin yang nampak indah dan tersusun rapi bukan seperti kepala syaitan yang hodoh.

lklim pulau itu memang selamanya sejuk dan selalu turun hujan. Pulau itu terletak di Lautan Hindi dekat dengan negeri Yaman. Pulau yang didiami oleh anak ajaib itu nampak jauh dan terpisah dari pulau-pulau yang jumlahnya banyak. Bahkan dari jauh pulau itu nampak seperti sebuah bintang yang terlepas dari gugusan bintang lain, atau bagai sebuah bulan yang terlepas dari edarannya yang penuh dengan planet-planet lain. Ia menjadi sesuatu yang asing dan ganjil kerana ia telah ditentukan oleh Yang Maha Kuasa.Walaupun anak itu dikunjungi dan diawasi oleh Jibril siang dan malam, namun anak itu tidak tahu. Kerana sebagai manusia biasa dia tidak dapat melihat malaikat Jibril itu, kecualilah dengan perkenan Allah s.w.t. Disamping itu anak itu pula asyik tidur seperti penghuni gua.

Pada satu hari ketika umur anak itu telah mencapai lapan tahun, kedua-dua matanya mula terbuka diiringi dengan kesedaran hatinya. Sesudah itu, dia tidak lagi banyak tidur. Dia hanya tidur sekejap sahaja. Pada mulanya, setiap kali terjaga dari tidur dia akan mendapatkan makanan dan minuman segar yang berada di sisinya, sehingga habis makanan dan minuman itu, dia kembali tidur semula. Diwaktu ini, dia sudah mampu berdiri, bergerak, dan berfikir.

Malah dia mampu menangkap ikan dalam air dengan petunjuk bisikan suara yang terdengar dengan jelas di telinganya dan dia boleh faham maksud seruan itu dengan jelas. “Buatlah seperti begini supaya kamu menjadi begini,” kala bisikan malaikat Jibril kepada anak itu. Anak kecil itu pun berjalan-jalan mengelilingi sekitar pulau yang dia tinggal itu, dia rasakagum dan terasing serta sentiasa berwaspada. Dia berjalan sambil bersembunyi denganpenuh hati-hati.

 

Pulau itu dipenuhi dengan berbagai jenis burung dan binatang.Tidak ada satu binatang buas dan ganas di pulau itu selain dari beberapa ekor ular yang merayap dari Iautan yang menuju ke sana.

Satu hari ketika sedang merayau-rayau itu dia dikejutkan oleh seekor binatang yang besar, berbulu tebal dan mempunyai dua mata yang menonjol seperti mata lembu. Tiba-tiba binatang itu bercakap dengan bahasa yang dia boleh faham. Binatang itu berkata,” Engkau adalah seorang anak yang diselamatkan oleh Allah dari gempa bumi yang dahsyat ketika negeri Samirah dilanda malapetaka. Engkau dibawa oleh malaikat Jibril ke sini. Malaikat itulah yang menjaga makan dan minum engkau. Oleh itu janganlah engkau mengkhianati janji mu dengan Allah. Sebab pada hati setiap anak Adam telah tertanam ketaatan kepada Allah dan beriman kepada Nya selama mereka masih berada dalam fitrah kesuciannya. Kerananya engkau menjadi Muslim dan Mukim yang yakin dan taat kepada Tuhan Pencipta alam ini. Dialah Tuhan yang Maha Esa.”

Kemudian binatang besar itu pun memberi isyarat kepadanya supaya mengikutnya ke arah sebuah batu. Di batu itu tertera tulisan dalam bahasa Arab. Binatang itu mengajarnya huruf demi huruf dan dia pun mengikutnya. Kemudian binatang itu pun memberi isyarat kepadanya untuk mengikutnya kepada berbagai permukaan batu lagi. Di batu-batu itu tertulis kata-kata:

Batu pertama: La ilaha illallah (Tiada luhan selain Allah)
Batu kedua: “Allahu Wahid La Syarika lahu (Allah Maha Esa, tidak ada sekutu bagiNya)
Batu ketiga: “Engkau dijaga dan diurus oleh Jibril. OIeh itu janganlah kamu mengkhianati janjimu dengan Allah.” 

Batu keempat: “Hanya engkau saja di pulau ini.” 

Batu kelima: “Makanlah den nikmatilah makanan dari rezeki Allah ini yang sesuai dengan keperluan dan kehendakmu. Tidurlah sesukamu. Sembahlah Allah dalam keadaanmu dengan tasbih-tasbih keesaan kepada Nya, yakni solat yang kepadamu. Allahlah Raja, Allahlah Maha Esa. Dia tidak berayah dan tidak pula mempunyai anak. Allah lah Tuhan yang Maha Besar. Allah lah yang Maha Agung. Dan Allah lah yang Maha Raja.”

Batu Keenam: “Jadilah engkau anak masa kini, wahai anak kecil. Janganlah engkau menjadi anak masa lalu di pulau ini pada zaman apa pun.” 

Batu Ketujuh: “Tidak ada kitab bagimu kecuali apa yang dibawa kepadamu oleh seorang Nabi terakhir, Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. yang datang menjelang akhir zaman. Jika engkau beriman kepadanya maka engkau adalah manusia masa depan yang beriman dan mempunyai keyakinan kepada Allah. Tetapi jika engkau engkar kepadaNya maka engkau adalah manusia depan yang dijanjikan akan mendapat seksaan Allah. Sesungguhnya engkau berada di antara dua nabi yang berserah diri kepada Allah dan sebenarnya semua nabi berserah kepada Allah. Jika engkau beriman dan yakin kepada apa yang kami imani dan yakini, maka Allah akan memudahkan kamu untuk mengimani penutup para nabi yang terdahulu dan pengganti nabi yang telah wafat. Dia bernama Muhammad Al Amin. Dia akan lahir sebagai Nabi dan Rasul di tengeh-tengah kaum yang buta huruf. Dia berhijrah ke tempat yang banyak ditumbuhi pokok kurma dan yang banyak mata air dan dengan tanah yang subur. Jika engkau mendustakan nabi yang mendahului Muhammad maka Allah akan menutup hatimu dengan tabir kain yang hitam. Hatimu menjadi hitam terkena sedikit warna putih dan condong kepada keburukan bagaikan kendi yang penuh dengan lumpur di atas cermin terang. Akibatnya, hatimu tidak dapat cahaya dan akalmu hanya melihat dirimu sendiri saja seperti lblis. Semoga Iaknat Allah ditimpakan atasnya, yang mendiami Segitiga Bermuda yang lama itu dan engkau pun menjadi teman karibnya. Betapa buruk seseorang yang ditemani makhluk terkutuk dan dijauhkan dari rahmat Allah s.w.t. yang dibiarkan saja sampai suatu masa di suatu negeri, iaitu di suatu lautan yang penuh hembusan angin kelak ketika Allah tidak lagi menyayangi orang-orang yang terusir dari rahmat nya Jadilah engkau, wahai anak istimewa yang dijagai dan dibimbing malaikat agung sebagai Mukmin yang mempercayai kewujudan Allah dan malaikatNya, serta RasulNya. Jika tidak, engkau berada di dalam bahaya dan dimasukkan kedalam penjara seribu tahun lamanya. Yang memperingatkan mu dan menggembirakanmu di dalam penjara adalah seorang Arab Mekah yang mendustakan Nabi yang jujur itu. Tempat hijrahnya adalah

tanah-tanah subur yang banyak ditumbuhi pokok kurma. Engkau akan berjasa pada hariketika tiba musimnya memetik kurma di negeri tempat di-isra’ dan dimi’rajkan Nabi daribangsa Arab itu. Ada banyak air melimpah yang mengalir dan meresap ke dalam tanah didataran tinggi dan di tanah Thabaniyyah. Haram atas dirimu memasuki kota Mekah yangdimuliakan Allah, Tuhan semesta alam.

 

Engkau tidak boleh memasuki tanah mana pun yang subur kecuali tanah Uhud. Uhud adalah gunung yang mencintai Allah dan Allah pun mencintainya. Engkau juga tidak boleh masuk negeri Quds tempat isra’ dan mi’raj, Nabi yang paling akhir. Ini adalah ilmu Allah untukmu yang ditulis oleh Jibril, pembawa wahyu (amin al wahi) dan dia meninggalkan tulisan ini untukmu, disamping batu beser berupa cincin dari Jibril utusan Allah Tuhan semesta alam!’

Anak itu kemudian melihat di tepi batu besar ketujuh yang paling besar di antara batu- batu besar lainnya yang menjadi batu tulis. Di situ, dia terjumpa sepotong batu yang indah warnanya. Tanah berwarna seperti dakwat emas berkilat yang digunakan Jibril untuk menulis. Pada potongan batu itu tendapat peringatan Allah s.w.t. yang berbunyi. “Dan tidaklah Kami menyeksa sehingga Kami mengutus seorang rasul (Al Isra 17:15) lni adalah sebuah tanda dan isyarat bahawa tanah tersebut bukan berasal dari pulau itubahkan tanah itu bukan dari bumi manapun. Hanya Allah saja yang lebih mengetahui.Dakwat itu berbaki kira-kira sebanyak sebelah tapak tangan anak itu. Meskipun begituukurannya tidak sama walau dengan tiga tapak tangan lelaki biasa kita.

 

Haiwan besar itu mula menerangkan makna tulisan itu dan diberitahu juga bahawa anak itu diberi kebebasan untuk memiIih haluan masa depannya. Apakah di masa akan datang dia mahu menjadi orang baik atau orang jahat. Jika dia menjadi orang baik, maka dia akan menjadi seorang lelaki biasa dan raja yang beruntung. Tetapi jika dia memilih menjadi orang jahat, maka dia akan menjadi seorang yang mengaku AKU SEBAGAI TUHAN yang berkuasa dengan kerajaan atau kekuasaan atas alam jin kafir dan syaitan dan mereka adalah makhluk ciptaan Allah. Dia akan menjadi raja yang menguasai alam manusia, sedang engkau termasuk salah salu di antara mereka.Dia akan memerintah tetapi hanya menjadi raja dalam waktu yang singkat sahaja.

Apa akan terjadi kesudahannya hanya Allah saja yang tahu sebab segala sesuatu itu ditentukan olehnya. Dan tidak ada yang mengetahui kesudahan segala sesuatu kecuali Allah s.w.t.

Seterusnya anak itu bertanya kepada binatang besar itu. “Kalau begitu siapakah engkau sebenarnya? Apakah motif yang mendorongmu datang ke sini? Dan siapakah yang mengajarmu bercakap dan menjelaskan sehingga engkau mampu bercakap seperti manusia?” Binatang itu menjawab.”Aku memang seekor binatang yang diciptakan dan diperintahkan untuk berbuat demikian dan sentiasa berada di sini bersamamu. Jibril, malaikat itu akan membawamu dari hutan di penghujung dunia nanti. Hanya engkau saja satu-satunya orang hidup dari suatu keturunan subur yang telah  hancur. Aku juga bertugas menjaga dan memeliharamu ketika Jibril tidak ada. Aku diperintahkan untuk tinggal di pulau ini bersamamu sehingga engkau menentukan pilihan hidupmu. Ajalku di sini bersama dengan keluarnya engkau menuju pilihanmu.” Binatang itu memberitahu bahawa ia diperintah untuk bercakap memberitahunya. Kemudian setelah itu Ia akan diam membisu dan hanya mengeluarkan suara binatang sebagaimana lazimnya. Dia tidak akan bencakap untuk kali kedua kecuali jika masa keluarnya anak itu dari pulau tersebut sewaktu akhir zaman hampir dekat.

Mungkin pada masa di antara itu, hanya terpulang kepada Allah untuk menentukannya. Mungkin aku mampu bercakap denganmu lagi.Sesuatu yang ghaib tidak dapat diketahui oleh semua makhluk. Ketahuilah bahawa apa yang dikatakan sekarang ini adalah wasiat--wasiat dari malaikat Jibril itu.

Selepas itu lidah binatang itu pun terdiam dan kembali seperti binatang semula. Ia bernama Jassasah yang bererti terus menerus memerhati untuk mencari maklumat dan memberitahukannya kepada anak itu.

Sumber : Membongkar Misteri Dajjal oleh Muhammad Nurani Maarif

Kota Purba Iskandariah

Nama kota Iskandariah berasal daripada nama seorang pahlawan terkenal Yunani iaitu Alexander the Great atau Iskandar Zulkarnain( 356SM-323SM ). walaupun terdapat perselisihan pendapat antara ulama' mengenai status Iskandar dengan gelaran zulkarnain dengan raja raja purba lain seperti kurush. sejarah keunggulan iskandar menjadikan beliau tercalon sebagai zulkarnain yang di sebut didalam Al Quran.

Catatan sejarah, pada tahun 322 masihi merupakan titik permulaan munculnya sebuah kota-kota masyhur di bumi ini. Di zaman pemerintahan ini, pusat pemerintahan kerajaan Mesir telah berpindah dari kawasan Delta ke kota Iskandariah.

Iskandar zulkarnain telah memerintahkan kepada Denakrates seorang ahli pelancong kota asal Yunani untuk merealisasikan pembinaan kota impiannya itu. Kota Iskandariah ini telah mengalami kemajuan yang begitu pesat membangun dan menjadi ibu kota Mesir selama 1000 tahun. Kedudukannya yang strategik telah menjadi tumpuan para pedagang untuk berniaga. Hal ini berlanjutan sehingga penaklukan Islam ke atas Mesir pada tahun 21 H bersamaan 622 M iaitu setelah dikuasai oleh tiga buah peradaban besar Batlemeus, Rome, dan Bazentine.

Sehingga kini kota ini merupakan kota yang banyak meninggalkan kesan sejarah dan merupakan kota yang kedua terbesar di Mesir selepas Kaherah. Amru bin Al-As telah mengepung kota ini selama tiga bulan barulah berjaya di tawan. Ini menunjukkan kekuatan dan ketamadunan yang ada pada pemerintahan Kota Iskandariah ketika itu.

Antara tempat menarik yang sering menjadi tumpuan :

masjid dan benteng qeit- bey
Dibina oleh salah seorang sultan qeit-bey pada tahun 1472M. Terletak di sebelah timur pelabuhan Iskandariah. Keluasan benteng ini adalah 2 hektar. Seni binanya bercirikan senibina Islam. Digunakan untuk membentengi Kota Iskandariah dari serangan musuh. Pernah juga menjadi tempat persinggahan tentera Perancis sebelum menuju ke Kaherah.

al-masrah al-romani (teater romani)
Ia ditemui di kawasan kaum el-Dukkan pada tahun 1960. Terdapat 12 anak tangga sebagai tempat duduk. Diperbuat daripada marmar membentuk separa bulatan sebagaimana teater Roman di Jordan. Ia merupakan kesan peninggalan sejarah Rom yang pernah menguasai kota Iskandariah suatu ketika dahulu.


pantai dan taman montazah
Kawasan ini merupakan tempat kunjungan raja-raja Mesir dalam musim panas sebelum Revolusi 23 Julai 1972. Keluasan taman di pinggir pantai ialah 155.4 hektar dan terdapat di dalamnya istana Raja Faroq yang mencadangkan kepada kita landskap dan senibina yang indah dengan ukiran yang halus.

Namun disebalik kesenian, terdapat besi seumpama tombak-tombak tajam di setiap menara tersebut yang didakwa sebagai lambang kezaliman semasa pemerintahan beliau (wallahu ta'ala a'lam). Kedudukan yang agak strategik di tempat yang agak tinggi ini di samping menghadap ke arah laut menjadikan ia begitu indah. Istana itu kini dijadikan tempat menyambut para tetamu kehormat yang berkunjung ke Iskandariah.


masjid abu abbas al-mursi
Masjid ini terletak di tepi pantai Iskandariah, berbentuk enam segi, dihiasi kaligrafi Islam yang indah dan menarik. Di dalamnya terdapat maqam Syeikh Muhammad Al Mursi, seorang ahli sufi yang masyhur, murid kepada Hassan Yadzili, pengasas tarikat Syadziliah yang terkenal.


maqam abu darda'
Beliau ialah Abu Uwaimir bin Zaid bin Qias dan merupakan sahabat nabi yang datang ke Mesir. Sebelum memeluk Islam, beliau merupakan seorang ahli perniagaan dan berkawan baik dengan Abdullah bin Rawahah. Apabila Islam disebar Abdullah terus memeluk Islam. Bagaimanapun Abu Darda' masih menyembah berhala. Pelbagai usaha dilakukan oleh Abdullah untuk mengislamkan Abu Darda' sehingga akhirnya Abdullah bertindak memusnahkan semua berhala yang ada di rumah Abu Darda'. setelah berfikir secara rasional, Abu Darda' menemui Rasulullah dan memeluk Islam. Beliau turut bersama Amru bin Al-As membuka Mesir dan Iskandariah.


maqam Lukmanul Hakim
Ada banyak pendapat ulama' mengenai asal beliau. Ada yang mencadangkan beliau berasal dari Habsah(Ethiopia). Pendapat lain mengatakan beliau adalah ahli falsafah. Kisah manusia istimewa ini memberi nasihat kepada anaknya telah di rakamkan dalam A-Quran dengan satu surah bersempana namanya. Maqamnya bersebelahan maqam Nabi Daniel. Maqam ini terletak dibawah Masjid Daniel. Terdapat beberapa pendapat yang menyatakan kedudukan maqam Nabi Daniel.

-Kitab Zibdah al Mamalik menyatakan maqam Nabi Daniel di Iskandariah

-Kitab Mu'jam Baldur mencadangkan maqamnya di Bandar Soa, Iran

-Pendapat lain menyebut maqamnya di Mosul, Iraq

-Kitab Dirar Kinanah karangan Ibn Hajar menyatakan bahawa maqam yang terdapat di Iskandariah adalah Syeikh Mohd Daniel Musolla, seorang ulama' Syafie sekitar kurun ke 19, meninggal dunia dan di kebumikan di Iskandariah