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Jews
Qur’an 2:61 “Humiliation and wretchedness were stamped on the Jews and they
were visited with Allah’s wrath.”
Qur’an 4:44 “Have you not considered those to whom
a portion of the Book has been given? They traffic in error and desire that you should go astray. But Allah has full knowledge
of your enemies. Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places, saying, ‘We hear and we disobey’
with a twist of their tongues they slander Faith…. Allah has cursed them for disbelief.”
Qur’an
4:47 “O you People of the Book to whom the Scripture has been given, believe in what We have (now) revealed, confirming
and verifying what was possessed by you, before We destroy your faces beyond all recognition, turning you on your backs, and
curse you as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of Allah Must be executed.”
Qur’an 4:160 “For
the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain (foods) in that they hindered many from Allah’s Way, that
they took usury, though they were forbidden, and that they devoured men’s wealth on false pretenses, We have prepared
for those among them who reject [Islamic] Faith a painful doom.”
Qur’an 5:59 “Say: ‘People
of the Book! Do you disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in Allah, and the revelation that has come to
us and that which came before?’ Say: ‘Shall I point out to you something much worse than this by the treatment
it received from Allah? Those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom He transformed into apes and swine.”
Qur’an
2:64 “But you [Jews] went back on your word and were lost losers. So become apes, despised and hated. We made an
example out of you.”
Ishaq:240 “The Jews are a nation of liars.... The Jews are a treacherous, lying,
and evil people.”
Qur’an 33:26 “Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them
so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth. He gave
you a country you had not traversed before.”
Ishaq:250 “The bestial transformation occurred when
Allah turned Jews into apes, despised.”
Qur'an 59:14 “The Jews are devoid of sense. There is a grievous
punishment awaiting them. Satan tells them not to believe so they will end up in Hell.”
Ishaq:254
Qur’an
2:96 “We will not remove a Jew from the punishment. They know the shameful thing that awaits them.”
Qur’an
4:55 “Sufficient for the Jew is the Flaming Fire!”
Qur’an 88:1 “Has the narration
reached you of the overwhelming (calamity)? Some faces (all disbelievers, Jews and Christians) that Day, will be humiliated,
downcast, scorched by the burning fire, while they are made to drink from a boiling hot spring.”
Tabari VIII:116 “After
his return from Hudaybiyah, Allah’s Messenger marched against Khaybar. He halted with his army in a valley between the
people of Khaybar and the Ghatafan tribe to prevent the latter from assisting the Jews.”
Ishaq:264 “A
notable Jew spoke to the Apostle, twisting his tongue. He attacked Islam and reviled it, so Allah sent down, ‘Allah
knows best about your enemies. Some of the Jews change words from their contexts and say: “We hear and disobey,”
twisting their tongues and attacking the religion so Allah cursed them.’”
Tabari VIII:121 “Ali
struck the Jew with a swift blow that split his helmet, neck protector, and head, landing in his rear teeth. And the Muslims
entered the city. Muhammad conquered the [Jewish] neighborhood. Safiyah was brought to him, and another woman with her. Bilal
led them past some of the Jews we had slain including the woman’s dead husband. When she saw them, the woman with Safiyah
cried out, slapped her face, and poured dust on her head. When Allah’s Prophet saw her, he said, ‘Take this she-devil
away from me!’”
Bukhari:V4B53N380 “Umar expelled all the Jews and Christians from Arabia.
Allah’s Apostle after conquering Khaybar thought of expelling the Jews from the land which, after he conquered it, belonged
to Allah, Allah’s Apostle and the Muslims. But the Jews requested Allah’s Apostle to leave them there on the condition
that they would do the labor and get half of the fruits (the land would yield). Allah’s Apostle said, ‘We shall
keep you on these terms as long as we wish.’ Thus they stayed till the time of Umar’s Caliphate when he expelled
them.”
Tabari VIII:130 “The Messenger said during his final illness, ‘Two religions cannot
coexist in the Arabian Peninsula.’ Umar investigated the matter, then sent to the Jews, saying: ‘Allah has given
permission for you to be expelled; for I have received word that the Prophet said that two religions cannot coexist in Arabia.”
Ishaq:517 “Khaybar
was stormed by the Apostle’s squadron, fully armed, powerful, and strong. It brought certain humiliation with Muslim
men in its midst. We attacked and they met their doom. Muhammad conquered the Jews in fighting that day as they opened their
eyes to our dust.”
Ishaq:524 “We cannot accept the oaths of Jews. Their infidelity is so great they
swear falsely.”
Qur’an 59:14 “They [Jews] will not fight against you save in fortified townships.
Their hostility and hatred amongst themselves is strong: you would think they were united, but their hearts they are divided.
That is because these [Jews] are a people devoid of sense.”
Ishaq:245 “Do you love Jews and their
religion, you liver-hearted ass, and not Muhammad? Their religion will never march with ours…. Jews make false professions
about Islam. So Allah sent down: ‘Satan wishes to lead them astray.”
Ishaq:248 “Allah increases
their sickness. A tormented doom awaits the Jews. Allah said, ‘They are mischief makers. They are fools. The Jews deny
the truth and contradict what the Apostle has brought. I will mock them and let them continue to wander blindly.’”
Tabari
VII:158 “The Messenger of Allah besieged the Nadir Jews for fifteen days. In the end they made peace with him on
the condition that the Prophet would not shed their blood and that their property and possessions would be his.”
Qur’an
5:13 “But because of their breach of their covenant We cursed the Jews, and made their hearts grow hard. They change
the words from their (right) places [the illiterate prophet pronounced] and forget and abandon a good part of the message
that was sent them. Nor will you cease to find deceit in them. And because of their breaking their covenant We have cursed
them. They altered words from their context and they neglected a portion of the message they were reminded of.”
Qur’an
5:41 “Or it be among the Jews, men who will listen to any lie. They change the context of the words from their
(right) times and places.... For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy punishment.””
Qur’an
5:42 “They are fond of listening to falsehood, of devouring anything forbidden; they are greedy for illicit gain!”
Qur’an
5:44 “It was We who revealed the Torah. By its standard the prophets judged the Jews, and the prophets bowed (in
Islam) to Allah’s will, surrendering. For the rabbis and priests: to them was entrusted the protection of Allah’s
Scripture Book; they were witnesses of it. Therefore fear not men, but fear Me, and sell not My revelations for a miserable
price.”
Qur’an 5:64 “The Jews say: ‘Allah’s hands are fettered.’ Be their
hands tied up and be they accursed for the blasphemy they utter. Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched, giving [Muslims
Jewish booty] as He pleases. Amongst them we have placed enmity and hatred till the Day of Doom. Every time they kindle the
fire of war, Allah does extinguish it. But they strive to do mischief on earth.”
Qur’an 98:1 “Those
among the People of the Book, who disbelieve and are idolaters, would never have been freed from their false religion if the
Clear Proofs had not come to them. An Apostle of Allah came reading out of hallowed pages…. They were commanded to serve
Allah exclusively, fulfilling their devotional obligations, and paying the zakat. Surely the unbelievers and idolaters from
the People of the Book will abide in the Fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures.”
Qur’an 5:78 “Curses
were pronounced on the unbelievers, the Children of Israel who rejected Islam, by the tongues of David and of Jesus because
they disobeyed and rebelled.”
Qur’an 5:80 “You see many of them allying themselves with the
unbelieving infidels. Vile indeed are their souls. Allah’s wrath is on them, and in torment will they abide.”
Qur’an
5:81 “If only they had believed in Allah, in the Prophet, and in what had been revealed to him.”
Qur’an
5:82 “You will find the Jews and disbelievers [defined as Christians in 5:73] the most vehement in hatred for the
Muslims.”
Ishaq:262 “Some Muslims remained friends with the Jews, so Allah sent down a Qur’an
forbidding them to take Jews as friends. From their mouths hatred has already shown itself and what they conceal is worse.”
Qur’an
2:59 “We sent a plague upon the Jews from heaven, for their evil-doing.”
Bukhari:V4B56N679 “Allah’s
Apostle said, ‘Plague is a means of torture sent on the Israelis.’”
Bukhari:V2B23N457 “The
Prophet went out after sunset and heard a dreadful voice. He said, ‘The Jews are being punished in their graves.’”
Qur’an
17:7 “We shall rouse Our (Muslim) slaves to shame and ravage you (Jews), disfiguring your faces. They will enter
the Temple as before and destroy, laying to waste all that they conquer.”
Bukhari:V1B4N147 “People
say, ‘Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qiblah of Jerusalem.’ I told
them. ‘Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah’s Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting
on two bricks facing Jerusalem.”
Ishaq:239 “About this time Jewish rabbis showed hostility to the
Apostle in envy, hatred, and malice, because Allah had chosen His Apostle from the Arabs. The Jews considered the Prophet
a liar and strove against Islam.”
Ishaq:239 “Jewish rabbis used to annoy the Apostle with questions,
introducing confusion.” “Qur’ans used to come down in reference to their questions.”
Ishaq:240 “Labid
bewitched Allah’s Apostle so that he could not come at his wives. These Jewish rabbis opposed the apostle, they asked
questions and stirred up trouble against Islam trying to extinguish it.”
Ishaq:240 “I concealed
the matter from the Jews and then went to the Apostle and said, ‘The Jews are a nation of liars and I want you to give
me a house and hide me from them. If they learn I’ve become a Muslim, they’ll utter slanderous lies against me.’
So the prophet gave me a house, and when the Jews came, I emerged and said, ‘O Jews, fear Allah and accept what He has
sent you. For you know that he is the Apostle of Allah. You will find him described in your Torah and even named.’ They
accused me of lying and reviled me. I told Muhammad, ‘The Jews are a treacherous, lying, and evil people.’”
Ishaq:241 “Mukhayriq
was a learned rabbi owning much property in date palms. He recognized the Apostle by his description and felt a predilection
for his religion. He violated the Sabbath to fight on behalf of Islam and was killed in battle. I am told the Prophet used
to say, ‘Mukhayriq is the best of the Jews [a dead one].’ The Apostle took his property.”
Ishaq:242 “Julas
the Jew used to say, ‘If Muhammad is right we are worse than donkeys.’ Allah sent down concerning him: ‘They
swear that they did not say it, when they did say the words of unbelief.... Allah will afflict them with a painful punishment
in this world and in the next.’ [Surah 9:75] Ishaq:242 “The Apostle ordered Umar to kill him, but he escaped to
Mecca.”
Ishaq:246 “The surah of the Hypocrites came down because some men sent secret messages to
the Nadir Jews when the Apostle besieged them.... Allah bears witness that they are liars. Like Satan when he says to men,
“Disbelieve.”’ [59:11]
Qur’an 59:14 “They are a divided people devoid of sense.
There is a grievous punishment awaiting them. Satan tells them not to believe so both of them will end up in Hell.”
Qur’an
59:2 “It was He [Allah] who drove the [Jewish] People of the Book from their [Medina] homes and into exile. They
refused to believe. You did not think that they would go away. And they imagined that their settlement would protect them
against Allah. But Allah’s [actually Muhammad’s] (torment) came at them from where they did not suspect and terrorized
them. Their homes were destroyed. So learn a lesson O men who have eyes. This is My warning. Had Allah not decreed the expulsion
of the Jews, banishing them into the desert, He would certainly have punished them in this world, and in the next they shall
taste the torment of Hell Fire.”
Ishaq:251 “Moses commanded them to prostrate themselves and his
Lord spoke to him and they heard His voice giving them commands and prohibitions so that they understood what they heard.
But when Moses went back to the Jews a party of them changed the Commandments they had been given.” [2:75]
Ishaq:252 “Have
you no understanding? Why do you maintain that he is not a prophet since you know that Allah has made a Covenant with you
that you should follow him? While he tells you that he is the prophet whom you are expecting, and that you will find him in
Our book, you oppose him and do not recognize him. You reject his prophethood on mere opinion.”
Ishaq:253 “Allah
cursed them for their unbelief. When a scripture comes to them from Allah confirming what they already have, they deny it.
Allah’s curse is on them.”
Ishaq:254 “In the pagan era the Jews were scripture folk and we
were pagans. They used to say, ‘Soon a prophet will be sent whom we shall follow.’ When Allah sent his Apostle
from the Quraysh and we followed him they denied him. Allah revealed, ‘When there comes to him one they recognize, they
deny him. They are wretched, so Allah cursed them, and He will give them a shameful punishment.’ The double anger is
His wrath because they have disregarded the Torah and anger because they disbelieved in this Prophet whom Allah has sent to
them.” [2:89]
Ishaq:254 “Long for death [Jews], if you are truthful. Pray that God will kill whichever
one of us is the most false. The Jews refused the Prophet’s dare.” “Allah said to His Prophet, ‘They
will never accept your dare because of their past deeds. But they recognize you from the knowledge they have. Yet they deny.
Had they accepted your dare, not a single Jew would have remained alive on the earth.” [2:94]
Ishaq:254 “We
will not remove a Jew from the punishment. The Jew knows the shameful thing that awaits him in the next life because he has
wasted the knowledge he has.” [2:96]
Ishaq:255 “Jewish rabbis came to the Apostle and asked him
to answer four questions saying, ‘If you do so we will follow you, testify to your truth, and believe in you.’
They began, ‘Why does a boy resemble his mother when the semen comes from the father?’ Muhammad replied, ‘Do
you not know that a man’s semen is white and thick and a woman’s is yellow and thin? The likeness goes with that
which comes to the top.’ ‘Agreed,’ the rabbis proclaimed.... The rabbis said. ‘But Muhammad, your
spirit is an enemy to us, an angel who comes only with violence and the shedding of blood, and were it not for that we would
follow you.”
Ishaq:255 “So Allah sent down concerning them: ‘When the Apostle comes to them
from Allah confirming that which they have received in scripture, they put it behind their backs as if they did not know it.
They follow that which Satan read concerning the kingdom of Solomon—sorcery.’ One of the rabbis said, ‘Don’t
you wonder at Muhammad? He alleges that Solomon was a prophet, and yet he was nothing but a sorcerer.’ So Allah sent
down, ‘Solomon did not disbelieve but Satan did, practicing sorcery.’” [2:101]
Ishaq:256 “The
Apostle wrote a letter to the Jews of Khaybar [before he annihilated them]. In the name of Allah, from Muhammad the Apostle
of Allah, friend and brother of Moses who confirms what Moses brought [the Torah]. Allah says to you, ‘O Scripture folk,
and you will find it in your scripture “Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah. Those with him are severe against the unbelievers.
You see them bowing, falling prostrate, seeking bounty, and acceptance. The mark of their prostrations is on their foreheads.”
That is their likeness in the Torah and in the Gospels.’”
Ishaq:256 “The Jews used to ask
Muhammad questions which annoyed and confused him.” Ishaq:257 “Your situation seems obscure to us, Muhammad.”
Ishaq:257 “‘O
Jews, fear Allah and submit, for you used to hope for the Messiah’s help against the Arabs when we were pagans. You
told us that he would be sent and then told us about him.’ A Jew responded, ‘Muhammad has not shown us anything
we recognize as prophetic. He is not the one we spoke to you about.’ So Allah revealed, ‘We confirmed what they
had, and We sent one they recognized, but they rejected him so We are cursing them.’ The Jews replied, ‘No Covenant
was ever made with us about Muhammad.’” “‘Muhammad, you have not brought anything we recognize. And
God has not sent down any sign or miracle suggesting that we should believe you.’ So Allah said, ‘We have sent
down to you plain signs and only evildoers disbelieve them.’”
Ishaq:257 “The Jews told Allah’s
Messenger, ‘Bring us a book. Bring us something down from heaven that we might read it.’”
Ishaq:258 “The
Jews used to turn men away from Islam. So Allah said, ‘Many Scripture folk wish to make you unbelievers after you have
believed. They are envious. Be indulgent until Allah gives you his orders [to rob them, rape them, sell them into slavery,
and murder them.]”
Ishaq:262 “Some Muslims remained friends with Jews, so Allah sent down a Qur’an
forbidding them to take Jews as friends. From their mouths hatred has already shown itself and what they conceal is worse.”
“You believe in their Book [though you don’t have a clue what it says] while they deny your book, so you have
more right to hate them than they have to hate you.”
Ishaq:263 “Abu Bakr went into a Jewish school
[there is no mention of him ever going into a Muslim school] and found many pupils gathered around Finhas, a learned rabbi.
Bakr told the Jews to fear Allah and submit. He told them that they would find that Muhammad was an Apostle written in the
Torah and Gospels. Finhas replied, ‘Why does your god ask us to lend him money as your master pretends.’ Abu was
enraged and hit Finhas hard in the face [for telling the truth]. Were it not for the treaty between us I would cut off your
head, you enemy of Allah. So Allah said, ‘They will taste Our punishment of burning.’”
Ishaq:264 “Allah
revealed concerning Finhas and the other rabbis: ‘Allah issued orders to those who had received the Book: ‘You
are to make it clear to men and not conceal it, yet they cast the Torah behind their backs and sold it for a small price.
Wretched was their exchange. They will therefore receive a painful punishment.’”
Ishaq:264 “The
Torah confirms what Muhammad brought. Rifa’a, a notable Jew, spoke to the Apostle, twisting his tongue: ‘Give
us your attention, Muhammad, so that we can make you understand.’ Then he attacked Islam and reviled it. So Allah sent
down, ‘Allah knows about your enemies. Some Jews change words from their contexts and say: “We hear and disobey,”
twisting their tongues and attacking the religion. But Allah cursed them.’” [2:59 & 4:47]
Ishaq:264 “The
Jewish rabbis knew that Muhammad had brought them the truth, but they denied that they knew it. They were obstinate. So Allah
revealed, ‘People of the Book, believe in what we have sent down in confirmation of what you had been given before or
We will efface your features and turn your face into your ass, cursing you.’”
Ishaq:269 “‘Tell
us when the Day of Doom will be, Muhammad, if you are a prophet as you say.’ So Allah sent down, ‘They will ask
you about the hour when it will come to pass. Say, only my Lord knows of it. None but He will reveal it at its proper time.
Say, ‘Only Allah knows about it but most men do not know.’ How can we follow you, Muhammad, when you have abandoned
our Qiblah? And you do not allege that Uzayr [who knows?] is the son of God.’ So Allah revealed, ‘The Jews say
that Uzayr is the son of God [no they don’t] and the Christians say the Messiah is the son of God. That is what they
say with their mouths, copying the speech of those who disbelieved in the earlier times. Allah fight them! How perverse are
they?’”
Ishaq:269 “‘For our part we don’t see how your Qur’an recitals are
arranged anything like our Torah is.’ [So Muhammad who couldn’t read said,] ‘You know quite well that the
Qur’an is from Allah. You will find it written in the Torah which you have.’”
Ishaq:269 “‘If
men and jinn [demons] came together to produce its like they could not.’ Finhas said, ‘Did men or jinn tell you
this, Muhammad?’ ‘You know full well that the Qur’an is from Allah and that I am the Apostle of Allah. You
will find it written in the Torah you have.’ The rabbi replied, ‘When God sends a prophet, He provides for him,
so bring us a book that is divinely inspired that we may read it and determine if you are telling the truth. We can produce
our Book.’ So Allah revealed, concerning their words, ‘Though men and jinn should meet to produce this Qur’an,
they would not produce its like, even working together.’”
Qur’an 2:40 “O Children of
Israel, remember the favors I bestowed on you. So keep My Covenant so that I fulfil your covenant. Fear Me. And believe in
what I sent down, confirming and verifying the Scripture which you possess already.”
Qur’an 2:41 “Be
not the first to deny or sell My Verses for a small price; and fear Me, and Me alone.” [Another translation reads:]
“Part not with My Revelations for a trifling price, getting a small gain by selling My Verses.”
Qur’an
2:43 “[Jews] Perform prayer; pay the zakat tax; bow down and prostrate yourself with Ar-Raki’un (the obedient
bowers). You read, recite, and study the Scripture. Why don’t you understand? Nay, seek [Islamic prostration] prayer:
It is indeed hard, heavy, and exacting, except for those who obey in submission.”
Qur’an 2:59 “The
[Jewish] transgressors changed and perverted the word from that which had been spoken to them to a word distorted; so We sent
a plague upon them from heaven, for their evil-doing.”
Qur’an 2:61 “Humiliation and wretchedness
were stamped upon the Jews and they were visited with wrath from Allah. That was because they disbelieved Allah’s Proofs,
Signs and Verses and killed the prophets. They disobeyed and rebelled.”
Qur’an 2:64 “But you
[Jews] went back on your word and were lost losers. You know that you have broken the sanctity of the Sabbath, so We said:
‘Become monkeys despised and hated.’ We made this punishment an example and a warning for those who fear Allah.”
Qur’an
2:79 “But woe to the Jews who fake the Scriptures and say, ‘This is from God,’ so that they might earn
some profit thereby.’ And woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn from it.’”
Qur’an
2:80 “Yet they (Jews) say: ‘The Fire will not touch us for more than a few days…but they are enclosed
in error and are inmates of Hell.”
Qur’an 2:85 “Do you [Jews] believe a part of the Book and
reject a part? There is no reward for them who so act but disgrace in the world, and on the Day of Doom, the severest of punishment…their
torment will never decrease!”
Qur’an 2:89 “The Book was sent to them (the Jews) by Allah verifying
and confirming what had been revealed to them already (the Torah and Gospel). They used to pray for victory over the unbelievers—and
even though they recognized it when it came to them, they renounced it. The curse of Allah be on those who deny!”
Qur’an
2:101 “When there came a messenger from Allah confirming what was with them, a party of the people of the (Torah
and Gospel) Scripture Book fling away the Book of Allah, tossing it behind their backs, as if they did not know!”
Qur’an
2:109 “Quite a number of the People of the Book wish they could turn you [Muslim] (people) back to infidelity after
you have believed [submitted], through selfish envy, even after the Truth has become manifest to them. Indulge them until
Allah issues his orders.”
Tabari VII:26 “When the Prophet came to Yathrib he saw the Jews fasting
on Ashura day. He questioned them, and they said it was the day upon which God drowned Pharaoh and saved Moses from the Egyptians.
He said, ‘We have a better right to Moses than you do.’”
Tabari VII:85 “After Muhammad
killed many Quraysh polytheists at Badr, the Jews were envious and behaved badly toward him, saying, ‘Muhammad has not
met anyone who is good at fighting. Had he met us, he would have had a real battle.’ They also infringed the treaty
in various ways.”
Ishaq:232 “The Jews shall contribute to the cost of war so long as they are fighting
alongside the believers. The Jews have their religion, the Muslims have theirs. None of them shall go out to war unless they
have Muhammad’s permission. The Jews must pay, however, for as long as the war lasts. If any dispute or controversy
should arise it must be referred to Allah and Muhammad, His Apostle. If the Jews are called to make peace they must, except
in the case of Holy War. Allah approves of this document.”
Tabari VII:85 “What happened to the Qaynuqa
[the wealthiest Jewish tribe in Yathrib] was that Muhammad assembled them in their Marketplace and said, ‘Jews, beware
lest Allah brings on you the kind of vengeance which He brought on the Quraysh. Accept Islam [submit] and become Muslims [surrender].
You know that I am a Prophet. You will find me in your Scriptures and in Allah’s Covenant with you.’”
Ishaq:363 “The
Jews of the Qaynuqa replied, ‘Muhammad, do you think that we are like your people? Do not be deluded by the fact that
you met a people with no knowledge and you made good use of your opportunity.’”
Tabari VII:85 “The
Qaynuqa were the first Jews to infringe the agreement between them and the Messenger.” [We are not told how they “infringed.”
“The campaign of the Prophet against the Banu Qaynuqa was in Shawwal (March 27, 624) in the second year of the Hijrah
[migration from Mecca].”
Tabari VII:86 “Gabriel brought down the following verse to the Messenger:
‘If you apprehend treachery from any people (with whom you have a treaty), retaliate by breaking off (relations) with
them.’ [8:58] When Gabriel had finished delivering this verse, the Prophet said, ‘I fear the Qaynuqa.’ It
was on the basis of this verse that Muhammad advanced on them.”
Ishaq:363 “Allah’s Apostle
besieged the Qaynuqa until they surrendered at his discretion unconditionally.”
Tabari VII:86 “Abd
Allah [a Yathrib chief] rose up when Allah had put them in his power, and said, ‘Muhammad, treat my ally well, for the
Qaynuqa are a confederate of the Khazraj.’ The Prophet ignored him, so Abd Allah repeated his request.” Ishaq:363
“The Prophet turned away from him so Abd Allah put his hand on the collar of the Messenger’s robe. Muhammad said,
‘Let go of me!’ He was so angry his face turned black. Then he said, ‘Damn you, let me go!’ Abd Allah
replied, ‘No, by God, I will not let you go until you treat my ally humanely. There are seven hundred men among them
who defended me from my foes when I needed their help. And now, you would mow them down in a single morning? By God I do not
feel safe around here any more. I am afraid of what the future may have in store.’ So the Messenger said, ‘You
can have them.’”
Tabari VII:87 “The Prophet said, ‘Let them go; may Allah curse them,
and may he curse Abd Allah with them.’ So the Muslims let them go. Then Muhammad [went back on his word and] gave orders
to expel the Jews. Allah gave their property as booty to his Messenger. The Qaynuqa did not have any farmland, as they were
goldsmiths. The Prophet took many weapons belonging to them and the tools of their trade. The person who took charge of their
expulsion from Yathrib along with their children was Ubadah. He accompanied them as far as Dhubab, saying: ‘The farther
you go the better.’”
Bukhari:V5B59N362 “He exiled all the Qaynuqa Jews from Medina.”
Ishaq:364 “Muslims,
take not Jews and Christians as friends. Whoever protects them becomes one of them, they become diseased, and will earn a
similar fate.”
Ishaq:364 “‘I fear this change of circumstance may end up overtaking us.’
So Allah replied, ‘He will be sorry for his thoughts. True believers perform prostrations, they pay the tax, they bow
in homage, and renounce their agreements with the Jews. They are Hezbollah—Allah’s Party.’”
Qur’an
59:2 “It was Allah who drove the (Jewish) People from their [Yathrib] homes and into exile. They refused to believe.
They imagined that their strongholds would protect them against Allah. But Allah’s Torment came at them from where they
did not suspect. He terrorized them. Their homes were destroyed. So learn a lesson. This is My warning. Had I not decreed
the expulsion of the Jews, banishing them to the desert, I would have punished them. They shall taste the torment of Hell
Fire.” Qur’an 59:4 “That is because they resisted Allah and His Messenger. If any one resists Allah, verily
Allah is severe in Punishment.”
Qur’an 59:6 “What Allah gave as booty to His Messenger, He
has taken away from the Jews. Allah gives His Messenger Lordship over whom He will. Whatever booty Allah has given to Muhammad
and taken away from the (Jewish) people of the townships, belongs to Allah and to His Apostle.”
Tabari VII:94 “The
Murder of Ka’b bin Ashraf, The Evil Genius of the Jews: The Prophet sent messengers to the people of Medina announcing
the good news of the victory granted to him by Allah at Badr. They listed the names of the polytheists they had killed.”
Ishaq:365 “Ka’b bin Ashraf was from the Jewish clan of Nadir. When he heard the news, he said, ‘Can this
be true? Did Muhammad actually kill these people? These were fine men. If Muhammad has slain them, then the belly of the earth
is a better place for us than its surface!’” Ishaq:365 “When the enemy of Allah became convinced the report
was true, he set out for Mecca. He began to arouse people against Muhammad [i.e., he exposed him]. He recited verses in sympathy
for the Quraysh men Muhammad had cast into the pit. Ka’b Ashraf composed the following poetic lines: ‘The blood
spilled at Badr calls to its people. They cry and weep. The best men were slain and thrown into a pit.’” Ishaq:365
“Drive off that fool of yours so that you might be safe from talk that makes no sense. Why do you taunt those who mourn
over their dead? They lived good lives, and as such we must remember them. But now you have become like jackals.”
Tabari
VII:94 “The Prophet said, ‘Who will rid me of Ashraf?’ Muhammad bin Maslamah, said, ‘I will rid
you of him, Messenger of Allah. I will kill him.’ ‘Do it then,’ he said, ‘if you can.’”
Bukhari:V4B52N270 “The
Prophet said, ‘Who is ready to kill Ka’b bin Ashraf who has really hurt Allah and His Apostle?’ Muhammad
bin Maslama said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Do you want me to kill him?’ He replied in the affirmative.”
Ishaq:365 “‘Who
will rid me of Ashraf?’ Maslama said, ‘I will deal with him for you. O Apostle, I will kill him.’ Muhammad
said, ‘Do so if you can.’”
Ishaq:365
Tabari VII:94 “Muhammad bin Maslamah said, ‘O
Messenger, we shall have to tell lies.’ ‘Say what you like,’ Muhammad replied. ‘You are absolved,
free to say whatever you must.’”
Tabari VII:94
Ishaq:367 “Maslamah made a plan to kill
Ka’b, the enemy of Allah. Before they went to him, they sent Abu ahead. When he arrived, they spoke together for a while.
They recited verses, for Abu was something of a poet. Then Abu said, ‘Ka’b, I have come to you about a matter
which I want you to keep secret.’ ‘Go ahead,’ he replied. ‘The arrival of the Prophet Muhammad has
been an affliction for us.’ Abu said, ‘Most Arabs are now hostile to us. We cannot travel along the roads, and
the result is that our families are facing ruin. We are all suffering.’ Ka’b replied, ‘I warned you that
things would turn out like this.’ Abu said, ‘I would like you to sell us some food. We will give you some collateral
and make a firm contract. Please treat us generously.’”
Tabari VII:95 “Abu said, ‘We
will deposit sufficient weapons with you to guarantee the payment of our debt.’ Abu wanted to fool the Jew so that he
would not be suspicious about the weapons when they came bearing them. Abu went back to his companions, informed them of what
had happened. He told them to grab their swords and join him. Before leaving, they went to the house of the Messenger. Muhammad
walked with them as far as Baqi al-Gharqad. Then he sent them off, saying, ‘Go in Allah’s name; O Allah, help
them [assassinate the outspoken Jew]!’ Then the Prophet went back home. It was a moonlit night, and they went forward
until they reached Ka’b’s house.”
Ishaq:368 “Then Abu called out to him. He had recently
married, and he leapt up in his bed. His wife took hold of the sheets, and said to the strange voice, ‘You are a fighting
man; as only a man of war leaves his house at an hour like this.”
Bukhari:V5B59N369 “His wife asked
him, ‘Where are you going?’ Ka’b replied, ‘Out with Muhammad bin Maslamah and my brother Abu.’
His wife said, ‘I hear evil in his voice as if his words are dripping blood.’ Ka’b said. ‘They are
my brother and my foster brother. A generous man should respond to a call at night even if invited to be killed.’”
Muslim:B19N4436 “Muhammad
said to his companions: ‘As he comes down, I will extend my hands towards his head, I will touch his hair and smell
it. When you see that I have got hold of his head, strip him. When I hold him fast, you do your job.’”
Bukhari:V5B59N369 “Muhammad
said. ‘I have never smelt a better perfume than this,’ so that Ka’b would relax his guard. ‘Will you
allow me to smell your head?’ Then Abu thrust his hand into the hair near his temple. When Muhammad got a strong hold
of him, he said, ‘Strike the enemy of Allah!’ So they smote him.”
Ishaq:368 “Their swords
rained blows upon him, but to no avail. Muhammad bin Maslamah said, ‘When I saw that they were ineffective, I remembered
a long, thin dagger which I had in my scabbard. I took hold of it. By this time the enemy of Allah had shouted so loudly lamps
had been lit in the homes around us. I plunged the dagger into his breast and pressed upon it so heavily that it reached his
pubic region. Allah’s enemy fell to the ground.’”
Tabari VII:97
Ishaq:368 “We carried
Ka’b’s head and brought it to Muhammad during the night. We saluted him as he stood praying and told him that
we had slain Allah’s enemy. When he came out to us we cast Ashraf’s head before his feet. The Prophet praised
Allah that the poet had been assassinated and complimented us on the good work we had done in Allah’s Cause. Our attack
upon Allah’s enemy cast terror among the Jews, and there was no Jew in Medina who did not fear for his life.’”
Ishaq:368 “Ka’b’s
body was left prostrate. After his fall, all the Nadir Jews were brought low. Sword in hand we cut him down. By Muhammad’s
order we were sent secretly by night. Brother killing brother. We lured him to his death with guile [cunning or deviousness].
Traveling by night, bold as lions, we went into his home. We made him taste death with our deadly swords. We sought victory
for the religion of the Prophet.”
Tabari VII:97 “The next morning, the Jews were in a state of fear
on account of our attack upon the enemy of Allah. After the assassination, the Prophet declared, ‘Kill every Jew.’”
Bukhari:V1B1N6 “Just
issue orders to kill every Jew in the country.”
Tabari VII:97
Ishaq:369 “Thereupon Mas’ud
leapt upon Sunayna, one of the Jewish merchants with whom his family had social and commercial relations and killed him. The
Muslim’s brother complained, saying, ‘Why did you kill him? You have much fat in you belly from his charity.’
Mas’ud answered, ‘By Allah, had Muhammad ordered me to murder you, my brother, I would have cut off your head.’
Wherein the brother said, ‘Any religion that can bring you to this is indeed wonderful!’”
Qur’an
59:14 “The Jews will not unite and fight against you except from behind walls. They hate themselves. You would
think they were united, but their hearts are divided. That is because these [Jews] are a people devoid of sense. Like those
who recently preceded them [the Meccans at Badr], they [the Jews who were just sent into the desert to die] have tasted the
evil result of their conduct. And for them a grievous punishment.”
Qur’an 59:16 “They [the
Jews] are like Satan when he tells man, ‘Not to believe,’ When (man) denies, Satan says, ‘I have nothing
to do with you. I fear Allah, the Lord of men and jinn!’”
Qur’an 59:17 “Both [Jews and
Satan] will go into the Fire of Hell, dwelling therein forever. Such is the reward of the Zalimun (disbelievers and polytheists).”
Qur’an
62:5 “The likeness of those who are entrusted with the Taurat (Torah), who subsequently failed in those (obligations),
is that of an ass which carries huge books (but understands them not). Wretched is the likeness of folk who deny the Verses
of Allah.”
Qur’an 62:6 “Say: ‘You Jews! If you think that you are friends to Allah,
to the exclusion of (other) men, then desire death, if you are truthful!’ But never will they long (for death), because
of what their hands have done before them! Allah knows well the polytheists! Say: ‘The Death from which you flee will
truly overtake you.’”
Qur’an 3:65 “You People of the Book! Why dispute you about Abraham,
when the Law and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have you no understanding? Ah! You are those who fell to disputing
(even) in matters of which you had some knowledge! But why dispute in matters of which you have no knowledge? It is Allah
Who knows, and you who know not!”
Qur’an 3:67 “Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian;
but he was a true Muslim, surrendered to Allah (which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.”
Qur’an
3:77 “As for those who sell for a small price the covenant and faith they owe to Allah and their own plighted word
for a small price, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter. Nor will Allah speak to them or look at them on the Day of
Judgment, nor will He cleanse them: They shall have a grievous torment, a painful doom. There is among them a section who
distort the Book with their tongues. (As they read) you would think it is from the Book, but it is not from the Book; and
they say, ‘That is from God,’ but it is not from Allah: It is they who tell a lie against Allah, and (well) they
know it!”
Qur’an 3:84 “Say (Muhammad): ‘We believe in Allah and that which is revealed
to us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael, Isaac and Jacob and the tribes [of Israel], and in (the Books)
given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have
surrendered, bowing our will (in Islam).’”
Qur’an 3:85 “If anyone desires a religion
other than Islam (Surrender), never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who
are losers.” Qur’an 3:87 “Of such the reward is that on them (rests) the curse of Allah, of His angels,
and of all men, all together. In that will they dwell; nor will their penalty of doom be lightened.”
Tabari
VII:156
Ishaq:437 “In the fourth year of the Islamic Era the Prophet expelled the Nadir [a large Jewish community
in Yathrib] from their homes.
Tabari VII:158 “Call Muhammad bin Maslamah to me.’ When Muhammad came,
he was told to go to the Jews and say, ‘Leave my country. You have intended treachery.’ He went and said, ‘The
Messenger orders you to depart from his country.’ They replied, ‘We never thought that an Aws would come with
such a message.’ ‘Hearts have changed,’ Muhammad said. ‘Islam has wiped out our old covenants.’”
Ishaq:437 “The
Apostle ordered them to prepare for war and to march against them. Muhammad personally led his men against the Nadir and halted
in their quarter. The Jews took refuge against him in their homes, so he ordered their date palms to be cut down and burnt.
They shouted, ‘Muhammad, you have forbidden wonton destruction of property and have blamed those who perpetrated it.
Why are you doing this?’” Qur’an 59:5 “The palm trees you cut down or left standing intact was by
Allah’s dispensation so that He might disgrace the transgressors.”
Ishaq:437 “So Allah cast
terror into the hearts of the Jews. Then the Prophet said, ‘The Jews have declared war.’”
Tabari
VII:159 “The Messenger of Allah besieged the Banu Nadir for fifteen days until he had reduced them to a state of
utter exhaustion, so that they would give him what he wanted. The terms in which the Prophet made peace with the Jews were:
he would not shed their blood, he would expel them from their lands and settlements, providing for every three of them a camel
and a water-skin.” Ishaq:438 “The Jews loaded their camels with their wives, children, and property. There were
tambourines, pipes and singing. They went to Khaybar with such splendor as had never been seen from any tribe.” Ishaq:438
“The Nadir left their property to Muhammad and it became his personal possession, to do with it as he wished.”
Ishaq:438 “Allah
wreaked His vengeance on the Jews and gave His Apostle power over them and control to deal with them as he wished. Allah said,
‘I turned out those who disbelieved of the Scripture People from their homes. And in the next world I will torment them
again with a painful punishment in Hell. The palm trees you cut down were by Allah’s permission; they were uprooted
on My order. It was not destruction but it was vengeance from Allah to humble the evildoers. The spoil which Allah gave the
Apostle from the Nadir belongs to him.”
Bukhari:V4B52N153 “The properties of Nadir which Allah had
transferred to His Apostle as Booty were not gained by the Muslims with their horses and camels. The properties therefore,
belonged especially to Allah’s Apostle who used to give his family their yearly expenditure and spend what remained
thereof on arms and horses to be used in Allah’s Cause.”
Bukhari:V4B52N176 “Allah’s
Apostle said, ‘You Muslims will fight the Jews till some of them hide behind stones. The stones will betray them saying,
“O Abdullah (slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.”’”
Bukhari:V4B52N177 “Allah’s
Apostle said, ‘The Hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will
be hiding will say. “O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.”’”
Ishaq:441 “A
man who had neither shown treachery nor bad faith haply had a change of fortune and took revenge, cutting down their palm
trees and killing the Nadir. A sharp sword in the hand of a brave man kills his adversary. The rabbis were disgraced for they
denied mighty Lord Allah.” Ishaq:442 “Sword in hand we brought down the Nadir. By Muhammad’s order we beguiled
them.”
Tabari VIII:7 “The Quraysh said: ‘Jews, you are the people of the first Scripture,
and you have knowledge about the subject on which we and Muhammad have come to differ. Is our religion better or his?’
‘Your religion is better,’ they said. ‘You are closer to the truth than he.’”
Ishaq:450 “They
are the ones concerning whom Allah revealed: ‘Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Scripture has been given?
They believe in idols and false deities. They say, “These are more rightly guided than those who believe?”—until
the words, “Hell is sufficient for their burning. They are jealous and Allah has cursed them.”’” [4:51]
Tabari
VIII:15 “When the news reached Muhammad, he sent Sa’d, chief of the Aws to Ka’b. ‘If it is true,
speak to me in words that we can understand but that will be unintelligible to others. So he went out and found them engaged
in the worst of what had been reported. They slandered the Messenger and said, ‘There is no treaty between us.’
Sa’d reviled them, and they reviled him. Sa’d was a man with a sharp temper. He told the Jews, ‘Stop reviling
him for the disagreement between us is too serious for an exchange of taunts.’”
Ishaq:461 “Just
before the noon prayers, Gabriel came to the Apostle wearing a gold turban. He was riding a mule. He said, ‘Have you
laid down your weapons and stopped fighting, Muhammad?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied. Gabriel said, ‘The angels
have not laid down their arms! I’ve just returned from pursuing the enemy. Allah commands you to march to the Qurayza.
I, too, will attack the Jews and shake them out of their homes.’”
Bukhari:V5B59N443-8 “When
the Prophet returned from the Trench, laid down his arms and took a bath, Gabriel came to him covered in dust. “Why
have you laid down your sword? We angels have not set them down yet. It’s time to go out against them.’ The Prophet
said, ‘Where to go?’ Gabriel said, ‘This way,’ pointing towards the Qurayza. So the Prophet went out
to besiege them.”
Bukhari:V5B59N444 “The dust rose in the streets of Medina as Gabriel’s regiment
marched through. The angels joined Allah’s Apostle in attacking the Qurayza Jews.”
Ishaq:461 “The
Messenger commanded a crier to announce that all should heed and obey. He ordered that none should perform the afternoon prayer
until after they reached the Qurayza settlement. The Prophet sent Ali ahead with his war banner against the Jews, and the
Muslims hastened to it. Ali advanced toward their homes and heard insulting language from the Jews about Allah’s Messenger.
Ali ran back and told the Prophet that the Jews were rascals and that there was no need for him to go near those wicked men.
‘Why?’ Muhammad asked. ‘Have you heard them insult me?’ ‘Yes,’ Ali answered. ‘Had
they seen me,’ Allah’s Apostle replied, ‘they would not have said anything of the sort.’”
Tabari
VIII:28 “Before reaching the Qurayza, Muhammad greeted his Companions. ‘Has anyone passed you?’ he
asked. ‘Yes, Prophet,’ they replied. ‘Dihyah ibn Khalifah passed us on a white mule with a brocade covered
saddle.’ Allah’s Apostle said, ‘That was Gabriel. He was sent to the Qurayza to shake their homes and terrorize
them.’”
Tabari VIII:29 “The Prophet said, ‘No one should pray the afternoon prayer until
they are in the territory of the Qurayza because warfare against the Jews is incumbent upon Muslims.’”
Ishaq:461 “The
Muslims had been totally occupied with warlike preparations. They refused to pray until they had come upon the Jews in accordance
with Muhammad’s order. Allah did not find fault with them in His Book, nor did the Messenger reprimand them for it.”
Tabari
VIII:28 “When the Messenger approached the Jews, he said, ‘You brothers of apes! Allah shamed you and cursed
you.’”
Bukhari:V5B59N449 “On the day of the Qurayza siege, Allah’s Apostle said to Hassan,
‘Abuse them with your poems, for Gabriel is with you.’”
Ishaq:461 “Muhammad besieged
them for twenty-five nights. When the siege became too severe, Allah terrorized them. After the siege exhausted and terrorized
them, the Jews felt certain that the Apostle would not leave them until he had exterminated them. So they decided to talk
to Ka’b Asad. He said, ‘Jews, you see what has befallen you. I shall propose three alternatives. Take whichever
one you please.’ He said, ‘Swear allegiance to Muhammad and accept him; for it has become clear to you that he
is a prophet sent from Allah. It is he that you used to find mentioned in your scripture book. Then you will be secure in
your lives, your property, your children, and your wives.’” Tabari VIII:30 “The Jews said, ‘We will
never abandon the Torah or exchange it for the Qur’an.’ Asad said, ‘Since you reject this proposal, then
kill your children and your wives and go out to Muhammad and his Companions as men who brandish swords, leaving behind no
impediments to worry you. If you die, you shall have left nothing behind; if you win you shall find other women and children.’
The Jews replied, ‘Why would we kill these poor ones? What would be the good of living after them?’”
Ishaq:462 “Then
the Jews asked, ‘Send us Abu Lubaba, one of the Aws,’ for they were confederates, ‘so that we can ask his
advice.’ The Prophet complied and the Jews grabbed hold of him. The women and children were crying, so he felt pity
for them. They said, ‘Lubaba, do you think we should submit to Muhammad’s judgment?’ ‘Yes,’
he said. But he pointed with his hand to his throat, indicating that it would be slaughter. Lubaba later said, ‘As soon
as my feet moved, I knew that I had betrayed Allah’s Apostle. He rushed away and tied himself to a pillar in the mosque.
He cried, ‘I will not leave this spot until Allah forgives me for what I’ve done. I betrayed His Apostle.’”
Ishaq:462/Tabari VIII:32 “I heard Allah’s Apostle laughing at daybreak; so I said, ‘Why are you laughing,
Prophet? May Allah make you laugh heartily!’ He replied, ‘Lubaba has been forgiven.’” Ishaq:463 “He
vanished into the night. It is not known to this day what happened to him. Some allege that he was bound with a rotten rope
and cast away.”
Tabari VIII:33 “In the morning, the Jews submitted to the judgment of Allah’s
Messenger. The Aws [Medina Muslims] leapt up and said, ‘Muhammad, they are our allies. You know what you did the other
day with the allies of the Khazraj [another tribe of Medina Muslims]!’ Before besieging the Qurayza, the Messenger had
besieged the Qaynuqa, who were the confederates of the Khazraj. They had submitted to his judgment and were banished.”
Bukhari:V5B59N448 “Sa’d
said, ‘O Allah! You know that there is nothing more beloved to me than to fight in Your Cause against those who disbelieve
Your Apostle. If there remains any fight with the infidels, then keep me alive till I fight against them for Your sake.’”
Ishaq:463 “En
route to Muhammad, the Aws said, ‘Treat our client well for the Prophet has put you in charge of this matter. After
many requests, Sa’d said, ‘The time has come for Sa’d, in the Cause of Allah, not to be influenced by anyone’s
reproach.’ Some of the people who heard him, announced the impending death of the Qurayza before Sa’d Mu’adh
reached them because of the words he had said.”
Ishaq:463
Tabari VIII:34 “When Sa’d reached
the Messenger of Allah and the Muslims, the Prophet said, ‘Pass judgment on them.’ Sa’d replied, ‘I
pass judgment that their men shall be killed, their women and children made captives, and their property divided.’ Allah’s
Apostle proclaimed, ‘You have passed judgment on the Jews with the judgment of Allah and the judgment of His Messenger.’”
Bukhari:V5B59N362 “So
the Prophet killed the Qurayza men. He distributed their women, children and property among the Muslims.”
Tabari
VIII:39 “After the affair of the Qurayza ended, the wound of Sa’d broke open. He prayed saying, ‘O
Allah, You know that there are no men whom I would rather fight and kill than men who called Your Messenger a liar.’”
Qur’an
33:26 “Allah took down the People of the Scripture Book. He cast terror into their hearts. Some you slew, and some
you made prisoners. And He made you heirs of their lands, their houses, and their goods, giving you a land which you had not
traversed before.” [Version two:] “And He drove the People of the Scripture down from their homes and cast panic
into their hearts. Some you killed, and you made some captive. And He caused you to inherit their farms, houses, wealth, and
land you have not trodden.”
Ishaq:464 “The Jews were made to come down, and Allah’s Messenger
imprisoned them. Then the Prophet went out into the marketplace of Medina (it is still its marketplace today), and he had
trenches dug in it. He sent for the Jewish men and had them beheaded in those trenches. They were brought out to him in batches.
They numbered 800 to 900 boys and men. As they were being taken in small groups to the Prophet, they said to one another,
‘What do you think will be done to us?’ Someone said, ‘Do you not understand. On each occasion do you not
see that the summoner never stops? He does not discharge anyone. And that those who are taken away do not come back. By God,
it is death!’ The affair continued until the Messenger of Allah had finished with them all.”
Tabari VIII:40 “Allah’s
Apostle commanded that furrows should be dug in the ground for the Qurayza. Then he sat down. Ali and Zubayr began cutting
off their heads in his presence.”
Tabari VIII:35
Ishaq:464 “Huyayy, the enemy of Allah, was brought
out. He was wearing a rose-colored suit of clothes that he had torn all over with fingertip-sized holes so that it would not
be taken as booty. His hands were bound to his neck with a rope. When he looked at Muhammad he said, ‘I do not regret
opposing you. Whoever forsakes God will be damned.’ He sat down and was beheaded.”
Ishaq:464
Tabari
VIII:36 “According to Aisha, one Jewish woman was killed. She was by my side, talking with me while Allah’s
Messenger was killing her men in the marketplace.”
Tabari VIII:38 “The Messenger of Allah commanded
that all of the Jewish men and boys who had reached puberty should be beheaded. Then the Prophet divided the wealth, wives,
and children of the Qurayza Jews among the Muslims.”
Ishaq:465 “When their wrists were bound with
cords, the Apostle was a sea of generosity to us.”
Ishaq:465 “Then the Apostle divided the property,
wives, and children of the Qurayza among the Muslims. Allah’s Messenger took his fifth of the booty. He made known on
that day the extra shares for horses and their riders—giving the horse two shares and the rider one. It was the first
booty in which lots were cast.”
Tabari VIII:38 “According to this example (Sunnah), the procedure
of the Messenger of Allah in the divisions of booty became a precedent which was followed in subsequent raids.”
Tabari
VIII:39 “Then the Messenger of Allah sent Zayd with some of the Qurayza captives to Najd, and in exchange for them
he purchased horses and arms.”
Tabari VIII:38 “The Prophet selected for himself from among the Jewish
women of the Qurayza, Rayhanah. She became his concubine. When he predeceased her, she was still in his possession. When the
Messenger of Allah took her as a captive, she showed herself averse to Islam and insisted on Judaism.”
Ishaq:466 “The
Apostle chose one of the Jewish women for himself. Her name was Rayhanah. She remained with him until she died, in his power.
The Apostle proposed to marry her and put the veil on her but she said, ‘Leave me under your power, for that will be
easier. She showed a repugnance towards Islam when she was captured.”
Ishaq:466 “Allah sent down
[a surah] concerning the Trench and Qurayza raid. The account is found in the Allied Troops. In it He mentions their trial
and His kindness to the Muslims.”
Ishaq:468 “Allah brought down the People of the Scripture Book.
I forced the Qurayza from their homes and cast terror into their hearts. Some you slew, and some you took captive. You killed
their men and enslaved their women and children. And I caused you to inherit their land, their dwellings, and their property.
Allah can do all things.’”
Ishaq:479 “Slain in Allah’s religion, Sa’d inherits
Paradise with the martyrs. His was a noble testimony. When he pronounced his verdict on the Qurayza, he did not judge on his
own volition. His judgment and Allah’s were one. Sa’d is among those who sold his life for the Garden of Bliss.”
Ishaq:469 “An Ansar [Muslim] recited this poem: ‘The throne of Allah shook for only one man: Sa’d the brave
and bold, a glorious leader, a knight ever ready. Stepping into the battle, he cut heads to pieces.”
Ishaq:469 “On
the day the Qurayza Jews were slain, one Muslim was martyred. A stone was thrown on him and it inflicted a shattering wound.
The Apostle said, ‘He will have the reward of two martyrs.’”
Ishaq:475 “Allah commanded
that horses should be kept for His enemy in the fight so they might vex them. We obeyed our Prophet’s orders when he
called us to war. When he called for violent efforts we made them. The Prophet’s command is obeyed for he is truly believed.
He will give us victory, glory, and a life of ease. Those [Jews] who call Muhammad a liar disbelieve and go astray. They attacked
our religion and would not submit.”
Ishaq:481 “The Apostle slew them in their own town. With our
troops he surrounded their homes. We shouted out cries in the heat of battle. The Jews were given the Scripture and wasted
it. Being blind, [the illiterate man said] they strayed from the Torah. You Jews disbelieved the Qur’an and yet you
have tasted the confirmation of what it said. May Allah make our raid on them immortal. May fire burn in their quarter. They
will no longer ruin our lands. You [Jews] have no place here, so be off!”
Ishaq:480 “The Qurayza
met their misfortune [now there’s an understated word]. In humiliation they found no helper. A calamity worse than that
which fell upon the Nadir befell them. On that day Allah’s Apostle came to them like a brilliant moon. We left them
with blood upon them like a pool. They lay prostrate with the vultures circling round.”
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