إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
[3:96] “Indeed, the first (most important) House established for humans is that at Bekkah / Makkah; a blessed and a guidance for the worlds.
وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مَكَانَ الْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْقَائِمِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
[22:26] And when We assigned for Abraham the site of the House: "Do not associate anything with Me and purify My House for those who perform “Tawaf” (going round) and those who stand (in Salat) and those who bow and prostrate.”
In generic terms, the reference to humans anywhere in the Quran is always negative. Meaning that human beings in general have no good standing at Allah Ta’ala [35:45]. It is only from His immense Mercy that He chooses some people who would do better [67:2] and guide them to the straight path:
۞ سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
[2:142] “The foolish among the people will say: "What has turned them away from their Qiblah, which they used to be upon?" Say: "To Allah belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
]2:143] Thus, We have appointed you a middle nation (ummah) that you may serve as witnesses over the people and the messenger serves as a witness over you. And We did not make "the Qiblah / القِبلَةَ" that you’re on it, except for you to know those who follow the messenger, from those who would turn back on their heels. Indeed, it’s difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And Allah will not put your believe into waste; for Allah is Compassionate towards the people, Merciful."
The word: "Qib'lat / قبلة" means anything that one considers the most important in his/her life. Hence, "The Qiblah / القِبلَةَ" made for all human race [3:96] should be the most important or number one for whoever Allah guides to a straight path. Hence, our 1st and most important Qiblah is the Qiblah One.
The 1st Qiblah / Al-Qiblah One which the messenger was on; has always been one and the same since it was established by Allah Ta’ala, and subsequently Ibrahim / Abraham was assigned to it for purification and setting the principles / الْقَوَاعِدَ / the qawaa’ed, or the rules of the House for all to follow.
The ayahs: [2:142, 143] are among the most abused ayahs of the Quran when the vast majority of Muslims around the world parrot each other by claiming that Allah changed "the Qiblah / القِبلَةَ" from Ka'aba to Jerusalem, and then later restored it, in order to please Muhammad. The erroneous idea of a humanized God came from the next ayah:
قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَاهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ ۗ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
[2:144] We see the turning of your face in the skies, so We now appoint you to Qiblah to be content with it. Henceforth, direct your face: “شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ / Shatra al-Masjid al-Haram” (Half the forbidden masjid). And wherever you all are: direct your faces “Half of it / شَطْرَهُ.”Those who are given the Book know that it is the truth from their Lord. llah is not unaware of what they do.
Just like its preceding sister ayahs, this ayah [2:144] is also one of the mistranslated ayahs by the traditional "mufassiroon / translators" of the Quran. However, the ayah is directly related to Ibrahim / Abraham whence he was gazing through the skies, probably in visionary dream:
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ
[6:75] "And thus did We show Ibrahim the kingdom of the skies and earth that he would be of those possessing certainty."
The Muslim story tellers use the ayah to support their criminal fabricated Hadith that Allah Subhanahoo wa Ta’ala edited His Quran [43:4] and changed “the Qiblah" [2:143] from Ka'aba to Jerusalem; then later restored it to please Muhammad their biggest idol!
Allah Ta’ala is free from any mistake / error; hence, amendments are never applicable to the Most Gracious; He never change His Sunnah / system [33:62] especially with such ma’rigah / معرفة or definite use of “AL” for: "Al-Qiblah.” The Quran further breaks it down for us as follows: The implications of taking (half-1/2) of the 'Forbidden masjid شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ' simply has to do with the geometrical location of the House (Ka'aba) Ibrahim / Abraham was sent to purify and set the qawaa’ed / proper way of ebadah as in [2:125] including the Tawaf; Salat of standing, bending, and prostrating.
Abraham is described in the Quran as the imam (leader) of all human race [2:124] and he is the father of Islam [22:78] as well as the first human to be shown the "Signs" (science) of astronomy [6:75] and he stood at Ka'aba as the imam to establish Salat prayers while facing South; why South?
As it turned out, every four (4) cardinal directions / points at the North pole points to South; this phenomenal does not exist at any other point on earth. This is to say that no matter where we are, or wherever we may be, the earth direction is determined based on one other point, which is the point opposite it.
Thus at the North Pole our opposite point (antipode) is the South Pole. Ka'aba then becomes the "Shatra / شَطْرَ / half of the longation between North Pole and South Pole and the intersection of the four (4) cardinal directions. East and West are at right angles to the North and South with East being in the clockwise direction of rotation from North and West being directly opposite East.
The North Pole has five (5) months of daylight, then one (1) month of twilight. South Pole equally has five (5) months of night time, then one (1) month of twilight before starting all over again. The half (1/2) also implies that Tawaf (going around the Ka’aba) is half, plus half of the act of Salat to complete one:
وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ مَكَانَ الْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِي شَيْئًا وَطَهِّرْ بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْقَائِمِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
[22:26] "We assigned Ibrahim to location of the House: "You shall Not idolize anything beside Me, and purify My House for the Tawaf / لِلطَّائِفِينَ; the Qaa,imin / وَالْقَائِمِين; the Ruku'e / وَالرُّكَّعِ, and السُّجُودِ / the Sujud."
The primary components of Salat prayers include: the Qaa,im / Standing; the Ruku’e / Bowing; and the Sujud / Prostrating. Again, the only place to do Tawaf in this world is at the Ka’aba. Thus, since Muslims can establish their Salat prayers in any part of the world, in order for a Muslim located in places other than the Ka’aba to complete the Tawaf or half (1/2) of the Salat, a ready, willing, and able (RWA) Muslim must go to the “Forbidden masjid / الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ" where the Ka'abah is located to perform the Tawaf.
The [2:144] ayah also complements [2:125 & 5:97] and reaffirmed the Qiblah for all the Muslims / Submitters and the Maqamu Ibrahim as the "Standing Position of Ibrahim" from which Muslims / Submitters take the "half" of forbidden masjid "شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ" wherever they may be around the world.
We learned from the Quran [5:97] that Allah Himself made the Ka'aba and He appointed Ibrahim [2:124] as the imam / leader to the masjid and for all the people, he and Ismail raised the "qawa'ed/الْقَوَاعِدَ" (principles) of the House of Allah [2:127]. It doesn't means that Ibrahim was sent there as a 'mason' to built the Ka'aba, as erroneously held by vast majority of the traditional Muslims:
وَإِذِ ابْتَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِمَاتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ
[2:124] "And remember when Ibrahim was put to the test by his Lord, with certain words / (ayahs of the Quran) and he fulfilled them. (Allah) said: "I am appointing you an imam for the people." He (Ibrahim) said: "And also my descendants?" He (Allah Ta’ala) said:"My covenant does Not include / reach out to the transgressors / wrongdoers."
When the first humans, Adam and his wife, disobeyed the command / order of their Lord by listening to the devil instead, and were evicted from the Garden / Jannah the first recitation of the Quran by them in its original language (L1) to ask for forgiveness for their wrongdoing was as follows:
قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
[7:23] The two said: "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves / ظَلَمْنَا and if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers."
As we have learned from ayah [2:124] the wrongdoers / الظَّالِمِينَ are divinely excluded from the covenant of Allah Ta’ala; much like the people placed on death row in human criminal justice system [70:42]. And in the last part of Surah, Al-Fatehah: ayah seven (7) the two groups of wrongdoers are described as those in the place of wrath as well as the strayers.
Also, in ayah [12:106] we’re told that the majority of people who believe would become idolaters given the human polytheistic tendencies; while many others would refuse to accept Ta’ala absolute Authority [12:103] and fit to the description of Surah, Al-Fatehah ayah seven (7). Hence, the wrongdoers / الظَّالِمِينَ are among the categories of people who have been permanently expelled from Allah Ta’ala’s kingdom and destined for Hell:
وَنُقَلِّبُ أَفْئِدَتَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَنَذَرُهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
[6:110] We mystify their hearts and their eyes just as they refused to believe in it (the Quran) in the first place. And We leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.
Let’s now pause and take a closer look at the secular United Nations (UN) emblem / logo so as to appreciate the real blindness [22:46] as described by some of these ayahs in the real life situation. The UN emblem contains the map of the world orbiting the Sun and showing Night and Day; it also represent an azimuthal equidistant projection centered on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed branches of the a tree.
But that’s not where I’m going with this; I’m really interested in the conspicuous “Spider web” design on the emblem; so that if we apply ayahs [29:41] it would cause some of us to do Sajdah noting the repercussions of rejecting the perfect laws of the Most Merciful while blindly following devils as protectors:
مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًا ۖ وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
[29:41] The example of those who take other than Allah as protectors, is like that of the “spider” who takes / builds (herself) a home; surely, the flimsiest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.”
The United Nations (UN) is a secular based intergovernmental organization which was created following the World War II in order to prevent another such conflict or regulate conflicts between nations and there are a number of specialized organizations that perform important governmental functions, including: the specialized agencies set the standards (Al-Furqan 25:1) to all member nations to follow.
Thus it’s the UN that suppose to help, particularly the Muslim nations eliminate or control epidemic diseases, and to establish an international monetary system for them. The UN supreme laws supersedes all other laws including the laws of the Quran [5:44, 45, 47]. Hence, the secular UN outlawed any divine law for its member nations. And whatever is made “halal / permissible” in the Quran is made “haram / forbidden” and vice versa:
اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
[9:31] “They have taken their scholars and terrorists as lords besides Allah, and the messiah, son of Maryam / Mary. They were not commanded, except to worship one God; there is no God except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِمَا كَسَبُوا مَا تَرَكَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهَا مِن دَابَّةٍ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۖ فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِ بَصِيرًا
[34:45] And if Allah were to punish people according to what they deserve, He would not leave on the face of the (earth) a single living creature; but He gives them respite for a specified term. And when their time comes, then indeed Allah has in His Sight all His servants.”
Again, a closer look at the photos inside the UN general assembly; from the perspective of graphic communications the two sides TV screens form an image of a cross. In the first part of ayah [9:31] it states: “They have taken their scholars and terrorists as lords besides Allah, and the messiah, son of Mary.”
In the ayah [9:31] I’ve properly translated the word: “Ruh’baan / رهبان” as: “Terrorist.” The Terrorist as defined in the Black's Law Dictionary is the use or threat of violence to intimidate or cause panic, esp. as a means of affecting conducts / behaviors. Think about this...in light of their so called system of democracy as dictated by the UN / US around the world. If Allah Ta’ala Wills He could’ve imposed His System the same manner:
وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَآمَنَ مَن فِي الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ النَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
[10:99] “If it had been the Will of your Lord, those on earth would have believed all of them. Then, do you want to force the people against their will to become believers?“
Thus in Ta’ala’s System there is no coercion in His Deen / Judgement: لا إِكراهَ فِى الدّينِ everyone is absolutely free to choose how to live their lives [2:256] or whatever system they want as their common law. This divine freedom of choice is also illustrated beautifully in the following ayah:
فَبَدَأَ بِأَوْعِيَتِهِمْ قَبْلَ وِعَاءِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَخْرَجَهَا مِن وِعَاءِ أَخِيهِ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ كِدْنَا لِيُوسُفَ ۖ مَا كَانَ لِيَأْخُذَ أَخَاهُ فِي دِينِ الْمَلِكِ إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَاتٍ مَّن نَّشَاءُ ۗ وَفَوْقَ كُلِّ ذِي عِلْمٍ عَلِيمٌ
[12:76] “So he began with their bags before the bag of his brother; then he extracted it out from the bag of his brother. Thus We planned for Joseph. He could not have taken his brother in accordance with the law of the king, unless Allah willed. We raise in degrees whom We will; and above every knowledgeable one, there is one who is more knowledgeable.”
The One more Knowledgeable above all the knowledgeable is Allah Subhanahoo wa Ta’ala. He is the Sole Author of the Quran [10:37] that contains infinite information and explanations of all things [7:145]. The citation of the king’s law in ayah [12:76] is to teach us that the concept of spreading any form of ideology, philosophy, or religious doctrine forcefully or by way terrorism is Satanic:
لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
[2:256] “There shall be no compulsion in the Deen / Judgment. The right course is distinct from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the strongest handhold; that never breaks. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
وَقَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَوَعَدتُّكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لِيَ عَلَيْكُم مِّن سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا أَن دَعَوْتُكُمْ فَاسْتَجَبْتُمْ لِي ۖ فَلَا تَلُومُونِي وَلُومُوا أَنفُسَكُم ۖ مَّا أَنَا بِمُصْرِخِكُمْ وَمَا أَنتُم بِمُصْرِخِيَّ ۖ إِنِّي كَفَرْتُ بِمَا أَشْرَكْتُمُونِ مِن قَبْلُ ۗ إِنَّ الظَّالِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
[14:22] And Satan said, when the command was decided: "Indeed, Allah promised you a promise of TRUTH; and I promised you, but I broke my promise. I had no authority over you except that I invited you, and you responded to me. Therefore, do not blame me, and blame only yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help me. I have disbelieved in that which you used to ascribed to me. Surely, for the wrongdoers is a painful punishment."