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The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah
This week the despicable arrogant tyrant Netanyahu addressed congress and it's hard to find a single truth in his speech. In this Khutbah, Sh Mohammad El Shinawy recounts the true history of Palestine as told to us in the Quran. No lies here!
Note: Joshua (ASWS) and Saul (ASWS) were not contempoararies in the Quran so it is unknown how much time there was between them.
This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
After praising Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, and testifying to His unique oneness, and to the finality of Prophethood being in Muhammad (ﷺ),
and after reminding myself anew with the taqwa of Allah, to keep conscious and dutiful to Him, and consistent in our love for Him, and submission to Him and reliance upon Him,
and after welcoming my brothers and sisters and you back to the house of Allah, Brothers and sisters, in the last nine months, as discourse among Muslims has, for very good reason of course,
pivoted to all things Palestine, there has been a significant hurdle that I have personally discovered,
and that there seems to be a major disconnect between many Muslims,
and the sacred, not just the political, the sacred history of these blessed holy lands.
And this is problematic not just because those who are trying to take advantage of that historical amnesia,
they cannot be, we cannot just sit around and let them be more knowledgeable of the lies about history, than we are knowledgeable about the truth of that history,
and it's not just because those who are unaware of history are bound to repeat its mistakes, but it's because this is of religious significance, like the blessed lands, the holy lands, are like Mecca and Medina,
there is no real difference, they are in one category if you will. Allah Azza wa Jal, allow me to begin where we left off two weeks ago with Ibrahim (عليه السلام), he was driven out due to his stances, and Allah says,
and we saved him and his nephew Lut, we saved them to the land that we blessed for everyone.
This is a blessed land that Allah made holy and blessed for the worlds. And whenever you hear the blessed lands unqualified in the Qur'an, or the Muqaddas, the holy lands, it's automatically referring to Jerusalem,
and its surrounding areas, that's how significant it is. But as for the history guided by the Qur'an if you will, Ibrahim (عليه السلام) migrated away from his people to the land of the Philistines, they called them,
that's why it became known as Palestine. Interestingly by the way, the Israelites were born, they are the grandchildren of Ibrahim (عليه السلام), and we'll get to that in a minute, but not just in the Qur'an,
even in the Bible it mentions that Ibrahim came to these lands, and he purchased a small plot of land, actually a cave, to bury his wife in when she died.
So number one, the great-grandfather of the children of Israel is not from Palestine, he migrated to Palestine. Second of all, he didn't arrive and say like, God gave me this land. He arrived and needed a place when his wife died, what do I do?
He purchased a cave to give her an honorable burial. Of course as you know, Ibrahim (عليه السلام), the great prophet of God, had Isma'il and Ishaq.
Isma'il, he settled him in the lands that would become the thriving city of Mecca, and Ishaq, Isaac, settled and remained in the blessed lands of Palestine. And Ishaq had Ya'qub (عليه السلام), all of these great prophets of Allah.
Ya'qub is Israel, very important. Many times we notice that Muslims, what do you mean? The state of Israel, the racist genocidal state of Israel,
tried to appropriate the name of the prophet of Allah, Ya'qub, because his other name was Israel, even in the Qur'an. Allah says, إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ
Allah says that Israel would abstain from eating certain foods just out of pious caution, but these are not haram foods, so Allah would call him Israel. That's his name, it meant devout worshipper.
So the state today tries to just co-opt that name to give it an honorific, to justify through that name what can never be justified, of their heartless Zionist project.
So in Palestine, Ibrahim had Ishaq, Ishaq had Ya'qub, Ya'qub is Israel, Jacob is Israel. And all of his children are the children of Israel. You hear all the time an imam on the minbar say,
the children of Israel or the Israelites. All that means, brothers and sisters, is that these are the children of Jacob. The children of Jacob. One of them, one of the direct children of Jacob, his name was Yusuf.
So Yusuf, peace be upon him, is a young boy in Palestine, right? That eventually becomes a prophet. He is of course envied by his brothers, so betrayed by them, thrown into a well, abducted into the slave market,
sold into slavery in Egypt, then framed for a crime he doesn't commit. You know all of this from the Qur'an. And then he's sent to the dungeons and forgotten about for years,
but through the resilience the faith gave him, he finally emerges, and he is appointed a position where he can become a hero. A hero, this is our first hero, if you will, for today,
that not just rescues the people of Egypt from the impending famine, the drought, and the food shortage that would happen, but even brought his family over from Palestine to save them from the lack of food and resources there.
And so now Banu Israel are where? The Israelites, all the brothers, and their father, they came to Joseph in Egypt. Now the Israelites are in Egypt. And they remain there for some generations,
until there arises in Egypt a pharaoh and a monster, the pharaoh of Moses, who was a butcher, who would massacre babies. And Allah, Azza wa Jal, caused to arise among them the great prophet Musa,
who rescues his people by bringing them out from Egypt and the tyranny of Egypt. And then they return to where? To their former home, to Palestine, to the Holy Land, to Jerusalem.
And the Qur'an recorded this for us, brothers and sisters, that when they got there, they said, إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّ لَنَّ دِخُلَهَا حَتَّى يَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا
There are big bad people there, occupiers, whoever was living there. We cannot reclaim our land. They were cowardly, and so Allah punished them. In Surah Al-Ma'idah, Allah says, فَإِنَّهَا مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ
Because you refused to listen to Musa, you are no longer allowed the honor of living in these lands, because of your disobedience. Allah does not play favoritism. And no believer in a god should ever believe god is unfair.
And you're his favorites, you get this land, or you get this virtue, no matter how rebellious you are. Right? The Qur'an and the Bible, by the way, are all in agreement about this. That it was never an unconditional promise.
And so they were punished by Musa, peace be upon him, abandoning them. He said, Ya Allah, I cannot be with these people anymore. And so he separated from Banu Israel, and they had to wander in the desert.
Can you imagine? May Allah protect us. Wander in the desert. Imagine not having directions for 40 years, your GPS is malfunctioning.
For 40 years, they were wandering this desert. As some of the scholars say, perhaps this is because
they needed to be stripped of the generation that had internalized the cowardice, internalized the weakness, because they were a slave class, and they began to believe that we can't do anything. We can't be people of self-determination. And that's a lesson for everybody.
Until another generation arose that was obedient to Allah, and fearless due to their faith, the student of Musa, peace be upon him, Yusha', Joshua, the one that was serving him in the famous story in Surah Al-Kahf,
when he was looking for Al-Khidr to teach him, and the young man was carrying the food, that young man is Joshua. That young man is Yusha'. Forty years later, Yusha' enters triumphant and brings Banu Israel back into the Promised Land.
And they said, Ya Allah, we've been through so much. Every nation in the world has a king. Why don't you give us a king? And so he said to them as Allah captures in Surah Al-Baqarah, إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ لَكُمْ طَالُوتَ مَلِكًا
Allah has sent you Talut, which is Saul in English, or Sha'ul in Hebrew. Talut is your king. As soon as he appointed them a king, Banu Israel said what? أَنَّا يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ
وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ How can he be our leader? We are more deserving of being the kings. They never thought it would be that guy that Allah had elected. وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ And their explanation was, he's broke.
He does not have much money. Of course, Allah does not make mistakes. And Allah picked for them the worthiest leader. And this is a lesson for us as well. Perhaps it was the fact
that he was living and growing through financial distress his whole life that made him the most durable and worthy of being a leader. And as we live lives of privilege, we have to be careful about this.
And so Talut becomes their king. And he establishes for them their presence in the region. And he was a righteous man. And some scholars say he may even have been a prophet. And he would even tell them
that if you are going to march in my army, Surah Al-Baqarah captures this. When we get to that river, you're not allowed to drink. Only take a sip. Only a sip. He told them you have to be disciplined. He said, faith comes at a cost. People will try to overrun you.
You need to be people of strength, people of resilience. And eventually Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala gifts them with an even greater hero which is the great Prophet Dawud (عليه السلام), the Prophet David,
who was for sure a prophet and a great king. And Allah had him take down an enemy hero that was larger than life. This is the famous story of David and Goliath which we also have in the Qur'an.
And Dawud (عليه السلام) was a man of great piety who would fast one day and break his fast one day, essentially for life. And would sleep only half of the night and pray for a third and sleep for the last sixth.
And in another hadith, the Prophet (ﷺ) said that when Allah showed Adam (عليه السلام), the first human being, all of his children, he said, Ya Allah, who is this one with a very bright face?
He said, this is one of your best offspring that I will send at the end of time. This is important because everyone is always wondering when is it going to happen? When is it going to happen? At the end of time, his name will be David.
So it's all relative, right? You sit there waiting for the story to end. You are an active part. Only Allah knows. It's not just the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was a sign of the end times. The Prophet Dawud (عليه السلام) was a sign of the end times.
In that hadith, he said, O Allah, Adam (عليه السلام) said, O Allah, how long will he live? Give him 40 years of my life. Let him live longer on this earth. And so Dawud (عليه السلام) lived a blessed life on this earth. And then Allah caused his son,
Sulayman, Solomon, to be an even greater king for Banu Israel. And this is what the historians, by the way, and selectively the Zionists will say, it was always our kingdom. The golden age of Banu Israel,
of those people, was under the leadership of Sulayman (عليه السلام). And the Prophet (ﷺ) said, how this man was given so much kingdom by Allah, not just over the people, but even influence over the animal kingdom,
and even the jinn kingdom. And he was of those who rebuilt Masjid Al-Aqsa. Because these masajid have been around since the beginning of time. They have been prepared for humanity that was created to worship Allah. So the major houses of worship, like the Ka'bah and Al-Aqsa,
have always been here, even though they get rebuilt. So he rebuilt the Masjid Al-Aqsa. And he made du'a to Allah that whomever enters it and prays two rak'ahs in it sincerely for Allah's pleasure, that Allah forgive for them every last sin of theirs.
May we pray two rak'ahs in a free Masjid Al-Aqsa soon. And then Sulayman (عليه السلام) passes away. And when he passes away, of course the ills of prosperity, right? This is the cycle of life.
They go for power grabs, and the kingdom is split in half. And that is when the children of Israel become their own religion for the most part. This is when the ethnicity became a religion. This is when the nation and the tribe became non-Muslims essentially.
They fell into idol worship, they fell into paganism, they fell into sexual perversions, they fell into oppression and power grabs. And as a result, once again, Allah's promise was conditional. The empires of the world, one after another,
would overtake them in the Holy Land and ravage them and rape and pillage and burn every few hundred years or decades. And then Allah Azza wa Jal sent Banu Israel, the last of their heroes,
which was the great prophet, 'Isa (عليه السلام). Jesus peace be upon him. He was born among Banu Israel and he was a different kind of hero. He did not have any supports and was not permitted by Allah
to have worldly leverage. And yet he didn't care. 'Isa (عليه السلام) did not just push back against the political establishment, the corrupt Roman regime that was there, right? He even pushed back
against the religious establishment because of the corruption of Banu Israel. And that is why you are to know it was the people of Banu Israel, the rabbis and the teachers there, that went to the Roman government and said this man is saying he is the new emperor.
He is the new guy on the block. He is about to start a revolution. And so they convinced them to execute 'Isa (عليه السلام). But of course we as Muslims know in the Qur'an, in our infallible truth, right?
That is Allah's words, وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ They were not able to kill him and they were never able to put him on the cross. They were simply put under the illusion
that they did so. And about 300 years later, brothers and sisters, in about 325, the famous Roman emperor Constantine creates what you know today as Christianity. That is why it is called
the Roman Catholic religion. And then 300 years after that, around the year 572, common era, right? About 600 years total since 'Isa (عليه السلام), Allah graced this world with the Prophet Muhammad
(ﷺ). And before turning the Qiblah to the Ka'bah, before turning it to the Ka'bah till the end of time, the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was taken on that miraculous night journey
we hear about in Surah Al-Isra to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa. You would think about it, brothers and sisters, think. If the Ka'bah is the greatest masjid on earth, why did the miracle of ascending the heavens not happen from the Ka'bah? It happened through Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa.
Perhaps to triple emphasize for us that his Ummah (ﷺ) will have a relationship and a destiny intertwined with Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa until the end of time. أقول قولي هذا واستغفر الله العظيم لي ولكم
الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام على من لا نبي بعده أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمدًا عبده ونبيه ورسوله And as the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) had promised
that after my death you will liberate Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and this in fact did take place during the rule of 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) the place was left a dump and historically was never sanctified
never protected except in the sanctuary of the true believers in the sanctuary of the Muslims always historically you will notice this pattern and he restored Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and the Jews and the Christians
lived there essentially for 1300 years until the rabid dog of Zionism emerged in the last 100 years so it was never a hatred of the Jews history attests to that being a lie
it was the hatred of being oppressed it was the hatred of defiling that and violating the sanctities of human life and so 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab liberated Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and then the ills of prosperity
brothers and sisters caught up with this Ummah as well no favoritism and the crusaders famously massacred everyone in the city not just the Muslims with their blood rising up to the knees
in the courtyard of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa the Jews were burned inside their temples alive by the crusader army and even other non-compliant sects different sects of Christianity and the sect of the crusaders
were killed there as well until a hundred years after that Allah sent them another hero in the form of Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi the famous Ayyubid Sultan Salahuddin and so we spoke of Yusuf (عليه السلام) and his heroics and then Musa (عليه السلام)
and his heroics and then Yusha' and then Talut and then Dawud and then Sulayman and then 'Isa (عليهم السلام) and then our Prophet (ﷺ) and 'Umar
and essentially Salahuddin as well and there are many in between as I close out this khutbah whomever thinks they were 10 will never be able to be the next one
there are in between so many brothers and sisters knowing our history is a small part of it but knowing that this also is not our history is something I want to close out with there were countless mothers who raised Muslims
that were ultimately loyal to Allah and his messenger and to the Ummah and to their principles even with people outside this Ummah there were people that never got jaded between the time of the massacre between the time of the oppressions
and the time when Allah Azza wa Jal restored to those who deserved it there was 88 years between the crusaders and between Salahuddin within the first week people started moving and right before Salahuddin
the leaders before him could have even been greater contributors it is not just the big names and I'll share with you one final anecdote that I've shared before and will continue to share what I didn't tell you is that when Musa (عليه السلام) brought them back
to the promised land I left two ayat out when Allah said two men and he refused to give us their names that fear Allah Allah blessed them with the fear of him only they were telling their people
listen to the messenger just listen to Musa (عليه السلام) he said if you march in you will win and Allah immortalized their mention it didn't work because there was not enough of that Ummah rising to the occasion
owning their share of the duty but Allah still celebrated them and uses them to inspire others he puts them in the Qur'an, why? because they said you know what? I may not have the biggest job the most famous job if my job is to say listen to the messenger
then I'll amplify the voice of the messenger may Allah Azza wa Jal make us all messengers of the messenger (ﷺ) help us focus in our little corners of the world of wherever we can contribute understand the honor that is in front of us
of being part of this sacred heritage may Allah help us understand our roots and better comprehend our history and not be subject to repeating its mistakes Allahumma Ameen
wa barik 'ala Nabi Muhammad wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een


































































































































































































































































































