![]() The second Jewish immigration, according to the Jews, took, place in 587 BC. The Jews probably had invented this story in order to overawe the Arabs into believing that they were of noble lineage and the original inhabitants of the land. But, this had in fact no historical basis. Thus the Jews claimed that they had been living in Yathrib since about 1200 B.C. ![]() Consequently, they excluded the army from their community, and it had to return to Yathrib and settle there forever. His successors took great exception to what the army had done, for by sparing the life of an Amalekite, it had clearly disobeyed the Prophet and violated the Mosaic law. By that time the Prophet Moses had passed away. The Israelite army carried out the Prophet's command, but spared the life of a handsome prince of the Amalekite king and returned with him to Palestine. They said that the Prophet Moses had despatched an army to expel the Amalekites from the land of Yathrib and had commanded it not to spare even a single soul of that tribe. The Jews of the Hijaz claimed that they had come to settle in Arabia during the last stage of the life of the Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). Therefore, the history of the Arabian Jews is based mostly on the verbal traditions prevalent among the Arabs most of which bad been spread by the Jews themselves. In tablets that have been unearthed in archaeological research in the Hijaz, no trace of the Jews is found before the first century of the Christian era, except for a few Jewish names. They had given up the Hebrew culture and language, even the names, and adopted Arabism instead. The reason being that after their settlement in the Arabian peninsula, they had detached themselves from the main body of the Jewish nation, and the Jews of the world did not count them among themselves. They have not left any writings of their own in the form of a book or a tablet which might shed light on their past, nor have the Jewish historians and writers of the non-Arab world made any mention of them. In order to understand the subject matter of this Surah, it is necessary to know the history of the Jews residing in Madinah and Hijaz, for without it, one cannot understand the real causes behind the way the Prophet's dealt with their different tribes.Īccording to Abul A'la Maududi, no authentic history of the Arabian Jews exists in the world. In it they have been told what the real demand of the Faith is, what the real difference between piety and wickedness is, what the place and importance of the Qur'an, which they professed to believe in, is and what the attributes of God, in Whom they claimed to have believed. The last section is an admonition for all those people who had professed to have affirmed the faith and joined the Muslim community, but were devoid of the true spirit of the Faith. ![]()
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