Message to Egyptian Freedom Fighters from an American Israeli Jew
(Complete Text/English - Wednesday, February 2, 2011)
http://balkanisationofpakistan.rsfblog.org/archive/2011/02/02/message-to-egyptian-brothers-and-sisters-from-an-american-is.html
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(Abridged Text/English - Thursday, February 3, 2011))
http://www.maikelnabil.com/2011/02/message-of-solidarity-from-israeli.html
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(Abridged Text/Arabic translation - Thursday, February 3, 2011)
http://www.maikelnabil.com/2011/02/blog-post_234.html
Dear Egyptian Brothers and Sisters,
I have been watching your fight for freedom on TV this past week. This is
a message of support for your struggle.
I hope you will accept it in the spirit with which it is offered.
We read in chapter seven of the Qur'an, Sura A'raf, "The Heights", verse
137 (Ali Qur'an, pages 379-380; "Cracking the Qur'an Code", page 177):
"And We [Allah/God] made a people considered weak (and of no account)
inheritors of lands in both East and West, - lands whereon We [Allah/God]
sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord [Allah/God] was
fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and
constancy, and We [Allah/God] leveled to the ground the great Works and
fine Buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride)".
Professor Abdullah Yusuf Ali comments (Note 1096 - Ali Qur'an, page 380;
"Cracking the Qur'an Code", page 177):
"Israel, which was despised, became a great and glorious nation under
Solomon. He had goodly territory and was doubly blest. His land and people
were prosperous, and He was blessed with wisdom from God. His sway and his
fame spread east and west. And thus God's promise to Israel was fulfilled.
Note that Syria and Palestine had once been under the sway of Egypt".
It seems to me that this is exactly what is happening in Egypt today. God,
through you, His Servants, is leveling "TO THE GROUND THE GREAT WORKS AND
FINE BUILDINGS WHICH PHARAOH AND HIS PEOPLE ERECTED (WITH SUCH PRIDE)".
The Pharaoh, in this case, is Pharaoh Mubarak.
In my book, "Cracking the Qur'an Code: God's Land, Torah and People
Covenants with Israel in the Qur'an and Islamic Tradition"
http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=3743146 , I include many verses
from the Qur'an about Moses and Pharaoh, and how God sent Moses to lead
the Children of Israel out of Pharaoh's bondage, and how many Egyptians
believed in God, and were persecuted and martyred by Pharaoh for their
faith in Him.
I hope that these verses, from your own Qur'an, will be a source of
comfort and inspiration to you in your fight for freedom, which I have
complete faith will be victorious.
Please know that MANY, MANY, MANY people in Israel are with you in your
fight for freedom - send your wounded to us, we have very good doctors and
hospitals. They will welcome you in and help you!
I am also sending you two songs, songs of freedom from Chanukah, our
festival of freedom, The Festival of Lights, which I hope will help
inspire you to continue on to victory, until the Pharaoh who oppresses you
now is swept away into the Red Sea, as was his predecessor of old. This
excerpt is from Maoz Tsur (Rock of Ages), and it applies to you, today:
"Your's the message sharing,
that the time is nearing,
which will see,
all men free,
and tyrants disappearing".
Here are two versions of Maoz Tsur, one sung by a lady, for Egyptian
sisters (remember, that after God's triumph at the Red Sea over Pharaoh
and his hosts, the Daughters of Israel and Miriam, sang together,
separately, from the men). The other, sung by a man, is for Egyptian
brothers.
Here they are:
For Egyptian Brothers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6uaKrs_Kls
For Egyptian Sisters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTiKOQ8cLfY
The following excerpt is from the Book of Isaiah. God says, through His
Servant the Prophet Isaiah, the following (Isaiah 19:23-25):
"In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the
Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the
Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians. In that day shall Israel be
the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the
earth, for that the LORD of hosts hath blessed him, saying: 'Blessed be
Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel Mine
inheritance'".
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt1019.htm
The People of Egypt lives.
The People of Assyria lives.
The People of Israel lives.
Together, with faith in God and a commitment to live according to His
Covenants, we will plant and build a truly New Middle East.
Together.
May the God of Israel watch over you in your days of trouble and trial,
until your coming victory.
Shalom from Yerushalayim,
Lowell Joseph Gallin
lowellgallin@lowellgallin.com
http://lowellgallin.com