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believers in Oneness (of God). It’s a wonder why your approach
suddenly changes to sharing partners on this issue!”
With a mock expression of seriousness, Nuhoor replied, “Abdullah,
you know that the punishment for assigning partners (to God) is Hell.
Therefore, please don’t make such polytheistic comments in Shaistah’s
presence in future; otherwise, you will be in trouble!”
Saleh intervened, “Be at peace, Shaistah. Abdullah is actually
practicing oneness. He has only one wife”.
“The credit for that, however, does not go to Abdullah. The custom
of the society he lived in forced him to limit himself to only one wife. Let
us leave this topic at that. Where is your wife, Abdullah?” Nuhoor
asked.
I was not ready to get serious yet. I said teasingly:
“Unlike some others, I cannot afford the luxury of spare time to
wander around with my wife”.
“Yet you have the time to cast an evil eye on those who have the
time to do so!” Nuhoor replied in the same teasing tone.
“We are not the ones to cast an evil eye. We are only pleased to see
such sights.”
“But you have cast an evil eye in my case!” Nuhoor replied and
explained, “My Prophet Jeremiah
PBUH
“Are you leaving?” Shaistah asked.
has been called to offer his
testimony. Since I was one of his close associates, my presence there is
necessary”. He had a look of seriousness as he completed the last
sentence.
“Yes. You had better go to see your family. I will be busy in these
affairs for some time, only because Abdullah has cast an evil eye on us!”
Having said so, he left with the angels who had come to take him.
“The prophets have already testified for their nations. What is
Prophet Jeremiah’s testimony all about?” I asked Saleh.
“It is time for the criminals who had wronged him to meet their
fate. His testimony is in that regard.” Saleh replied.
Then we also started to move towards the Plane of Judgement.
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All the Jews from Prophet Jeremiah’s era were gathered in front of
the Throne. His era was one of the most important periods of Jewish
history. Jews, also called the Israelites, were the descendants of
Prophet Abraham though his son Prophet Isaac
(Ishaq)
and his son,
Prophet Jacob
(Yaqub)
. Israel was Prophet Jacob’s title. He had twelve
sons. His descendants came to be known as the Israelites. Most
prominent amongst them was Prophet Joseph
(Yusuf)
At the time of Prophet Moses, Jews were slaves of the Pharaoh of
Egypt. God saved them from the tyranny of Pharaoh through Prophet
Moses, and gave them the status of his nation. For their guidance, the
Almighty sent down the Scriptures and the Divine Law. However, after
having lived as slaves for centuries cowardice, idol worship, and various
moral ailments had become ingrained in them. Therefore, when the
Almighty commanded them to wage a Holy War to take back the
control of Palestine from the idol worshippers who lived there, they
refused to do so. Palestine was eventually conquered many years later
during the reign of Prophet Moses’ successor Joshua
. Prophet Jacob and
his twelve sons had settled in Palestine. However, during the era of
Prophet Joseph, all of them migrated to Egypt. They settled and stayed
there for a few centuries; during that period, their numbers increased
to hundreds of thousands.
(Yosha)
Later on, during the times of Prophet Solomon
, the son of
Nun, and the Israelites were then able to settle there.
(Suleman)
and Prophet
David
(Dáud
), the Israelites were blessed with a magnificent kingdom that
was renowned in the whole world. Afterwards, they suffered another
moral decline and various moral evils as well as idol worship became
wide spread in the society. Their prophets tried their best to guide them
back to the righteous path but to no avail. Consequently, slavery was
ordained for them. The neighbouring nations attacked their kingdom
repeatedly and weakened it considerably.
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