Futuhusham_-_The_Islamic_Conquest_of_Syria_-_Al_Waqidi

Part 4: Baytul Muqaddas
o those who have been given the previous scriptures! Believe
in what We have now revealed which is a confirmation of that
which you already have before Weflatten your faces to
resemble the backs of Your heads or curse them as We cursed
those who violated the Sabbath. Verily Allah s order is always
fulfilled. [4:47]
By Allah! When I heard this I feared that I would wake up in the morning with my
face transformed and I would have loved nothing better than if morning never came."
15) Ka'b the rabbi embraces Islam
In the morning I left my house and made enquiries as to where 'Umar • was. When
it was said to me that he was in Baytul Muqaddas, I went and found that he had
finished leading his men in ~aHitul Fajr at the Rock. I went up to him and made salam
to him which he replied to.
'Umar ss; : Who are you?
Ka'b : I am Ka'b al-Ahbar (Ka'b of the rabbis). I have come to embrace Islam
because I have found the description of Muhammad A and his Ummah in the
revealed scriptures. Allah, Most Honourable and Majestic, had revealed to Musa ~\,
"I have not created any creation more noble to Me than the Ummah of Muhammad.
Were it not for him I would not have created Paradise, Hell, Heaven or Earth. His
Ummah is the best of all ummahs and his Din is the best din. I am sending him in the
final era. His Ummah will be shown mercy. He is the Prophet of mercy. He is the
Unlettered Prophet from the lowlands of West Arabia. He is of the Quraysh tribe and
is merciful unto the Believers but hard against the Disbelievers. His private life is just
like his public life. His word does not oppose his deed. He treats the near one and far
one equally. His ~ahabah are merciful unto each other and keep ties to each other."
'Umar es : 0 Ka'b, do you speak the truth?
Ka 'b : By Allah! Yes. Allah hears what I say and knows what the hearts conceal.
'Umar • : All praise belongs to Allah who honoured, ennobled, elevated and
showed mercy unto us through His mercy Muhammad A. 0 Ka'b, why do you not
enter Islam right now?
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