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Biblical Prophecy on Muhammad (pbuh) # 19
What does kingdom of heaven means ?
by Maulana Muhammad Idris Kandhlavi
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Mathew 3: 1-3)
and
"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand " (Mathew 4: 14)
The "kingdom of heaven" in the above quoted verses means the revelation of a book containing all the order (law), to be proclaimed and promulgated with prestige and authority: and that the rebellious and the disobedient of God would be subjected to punitive laws. The "kingdom" should neither be of the temporal type alone nor spiritual alone short of all authority and prestige or one that may be subservient of the secular authority. None of them can figure as the rulers of the earth, but , "kingdom of heaven" which punishes the miscreants, wages war against the rebels from the kingdom of heaven, and both of them were the elements-spiritual and mundane-to enforce divine decrees, fulfilled in his, Muhammad's and his successor's time. Both the divine ordinance and the law were revealed with great force and authority, under which the empire of Persia and Byzantium were overthrown: the enemies of God were fought against , thieves and robbers were punished, and the fornicators stoned and the wine-bibbers were flogged. Thus, if this is not the kingdom of heaven, what else it is that would be named so ?
"Lo! there is verily a reminder for him who hath a heart, or giveth ear with full intelligence "(Holy Qur'an 1: 37)
(ICRA)