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The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order When the Jews again rebelled there, Hadrian recalled that general of his who was ruling over England at that time and sent him to crush this rebellion. He was a most capable general. This incident took place around 132 A. D. The historians do not fully agree on this though, and s o me say it took from 132 A. D. to 133/134 A. D. by which time the ta sk was completed. He taught them such a terrible lesson for having rebelled that historians say that over 500,000 Jews were put to the sword. First I thought this could be an exaggeration, but then when I read the Holy Quran's prophecy that He would bless the Jews with many children and would bless their numbers greatly, then I understo od that this was precisely a true historical fact. Truly, in those days over 500,000 Jews were killed there and the Temple was destroyed. Thus, twice the Temple of Solomon was built and twice it was destroyed. After all this had happened, God Almighty says: That even now it c ould happen that God may turn to you with mercy. That is to say upon the fulfilment of these two prophecies and these two destructions. Even then it could happen that God may turn to you with mercy. The question of when and how this is to happen is addressed in a verse towards the end of this Chapter (Sura). This verse pertains to the period of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. . . and is surrounded by discussions of these very topics of the Holy Prophet's life. It means that this event of mercy was to occur in the latter part of the era of Hazrat Muhammad'u and in the time of his followers so it is said: (Verse 105) that when the time for the fulfilment of that last promise arrives, when you would b e gathered together from all parts of the world and brought to this land - then the decree of God would so arrange that all of you would be gathered together. Indeed this has occurred for the very first time. Previously, the Jews repeatedly settled in Palestine, 335