Answer
Praise
be to Allaah.
Yes,
there are some things which Allaah mentioned in the Qur’aan which were yet to
come, and which did in fact happen. These include the following :
1
– The defeat of the Persians by the Romans within a number of years.
Allaah
said:
“The
Romans have been defeated.
In
the nearest land (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine), and they, after their
defeat, will be victorious.
Within
three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these
events) is only with Allaah, (before the defeat of the Romans by the Persians,
and after the defeat of the Persians by the Romans). And on that day, the
believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at the victory given by Allaah to the
Romans against the Persians)”
[al-Room
30:2-4]
Al-Shawkaani
said:
The
scholars of Tafseer said: the Persians defeated the Romans, and the kuffaar of
Makkah rejoiced because of that and said, “Those who do not have a Book have
defeated those who do have a Book,” and they gloated over the Muslims and said,
“We will also defeat you as the Persians defeated the Romans.” The Muslims
wanted the Romans to prevail over the Persians because they were People of the
Book… “and they, after their defeat, will be victorious” means that the Romans,
after having been defeated by the Persians, would defeat the people of
Persia.
Al-Zajjaaj
said: This is one of the verses that prove that the Qur’aan is from Allaah,
because it is foretelling something that was yet to come, and this is something
which no one could know except Allaah.
Fath
al-Qadeer, 4/214
2
– Enmity among the Christian sects until the Day of Resurrection:
Allaah
said:
“And
from those who call themselves Christians, We took their covenant, but they
have abandoned a good part of the Message that was sent to them. So We planted
amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection (when they
discarded Allaah’s Book, disobeyed Allaah’s Messengers and His Orders and
transgressed beyond bounds in Allaah’s disobedience); and Allaah will inform
them of what they used to do”
[al-Maa'idah
5:14]
Ibn
Katheer said:
“So
We planted amongst them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection” means,
We sowed amongst them enmity and hatred of one another, and they will remain
like that until the Hour begins. Hence the Christian groups, no matter what
their types, will continue to hate one another and denounce one another as
disbelievers and curse one another. So each group forbids the others to come to
its place of worship, and the Byzantines denounced the Jacobites as
disbelievers, and the Nestorians denounced the Arians, and so on. Each group
denounces the others as disbelievers in this world and will do so on the Day of
Judgement.
Tafseer
Ibn Katheer, 2/34
3
– Allaah promised His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that
his religion would prevail over all others.
Allaah
said (interpretation of the meaning):
“It
is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad) with guidance and the religion of
truth (Islam), to make it superior over all religions”
[al-Tawbah
9:33; al-Fath 48:28; al-Saff 61:9]
Al-Qurtubi
said:
Allaah
indeed did that. Whenever Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) sent his
armies out on a campaign, he would remind them of what Allaah had promised
them, that He would cause His religion to prevail, so that they would be
confident of victory and certain of success. ‘Umar used to do likewise, and
their conquests continued east and west, by land and sea.
Tafseer
al-Qurtubi, 1/75
4
– The conquest of Makkah
Allaah
said (interpretation of the meaning):
“Indeed
Allaah shall fulfil the true vision which He showed to His Messenger [i.e. the
Prophet saw a dream that he has entered Makkah along with his Companions,
having their (head) hair shaved and cut short] in very truth. Certainly, you
shall enter Al‑Masjid Al‑Haraam, if Allaah wills, secure, (some) having your
heads shaved, and (some) having your head hair cut short, having no fear. He
knew what you knew not, and He granted besides that a near victory”
[al-Fath
48:27]
al-Tabari
said:
Allaah
says: Allaah is confirming as true the vision which He showed to His Messenger
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), that he and his
companions would enter the sacred House of Allaah in very truth, not fearing
the mushrikeen, some of them having their heads shaved and some of them with
their hair cut short.
The
scholars of tafseer said something similar to that which we have said.
Tafseer
al-Tabari, 26/107
5
– The battle of Badr
Allaah
said (interpretation of the meaning):
“And
(remember) when Allaah promised you (Muslims) one of the two parties (of the
enemy, i.e. either the army or the caravan) that it should be yours; you wished
that the one not armed (the caravan) should be yours, but Allaah willed to
justify the truth by His Words and to cut off the roots of the disbelievers
(i.e. in the battle of Badr)”
[al-Anfaal
8:7]
Ibn
al-Jawzi said:
What
this means is: Remember when Allaah promised you one of the two parties. The
two parties were: Abu Sufyaan and the wealth that was with him, and Abu Jahl
and the people of Quraysh who were with him. When Abu Sufyaan went ahead with
the wealth that was with him, he wrote to Quraysh saying, if you have already
gone out to save your caravan, I have already saved it for you (i.e., so go
back). Abu Jahl said, By Allaah, we will not go back. Then the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) set out, heading for the
people (i.e., to confront the kaafir army), but his companions were not happy
about that, wishing that they had caught up with the group from whom they could
capture the booty without fighting. Hence Allaah said “you wished that the one
not armed (the caravan) should be yours”.
Zaad
al-Maseer, 3/324.
And
Allaah knows best.
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