Page 255 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

We decreed in the Book for the tribe of Israel: "You will twice cause cor-
ruption on Earth and you will reach [a degree of] great haughtiness.
When the promised first time came, We sent against you servants of
Ours possessing great force, and they ransacked your houses, rampag-
ing right through them. It was a promise that was fulfilled. Then once
again We gave you the upper hand over them, supplied you with more
wealth and children, and made you the most numerous group."
(Qur'an, 17:4-6)

As these verses reveal, the Children of Israel were to cause two
corruptions over the world. After the first one, during which they
adopted a very high level of haughtiness, Allah sent a powerful army
against them. Indeed, when the Jews killed Prophet Yahya (as) and set
a trap to kill Prophet ‘Isa (as) ("reaching to a degree of great haughti-
ness"), they were exiled shortly afterwards from Jerusalem by the
Romans in 70 and wandered all over the world.
When that verse was revealed to the Prophet (saas), the Jews were
living under very difficult conditions in various countries and had no
state of their own. Yet, Allah told the Children of Israel that one day
they would recover their strength.

At that time, however, there seemed to be almost no chance that
this would really happen. Many centuries later, however, the Jews
returned to Palestine and established the State of Israel in 1948.
Subsequently, the attitudes of some racist Zionists living in Israel led to
disorder in the Middle East. Such attitudes are still laying the founda-
tions of acts of terror.
This current state is a sign of the Children of Israel's second "cor-
ruption." However, it is important to note that this wicked behaviour

certainly does not apply to all Jews, for many Jews are individuals of

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