Prophesied apocalypse a ‘myth’ as Dabiq recaptured from ISIL

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Prophesied apocalypse a ‘myth’ as Dabiq recaptured from ISIL

Luke Barber

 

 

DABIQ: -- The prophesied “apocalyptic battle” for Dabiq did not come to fruition as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels rout ISIL from the village.

 

The ISIL stronghold near the Turkish border in northern Syria has been recaptured after a short offensive which began on Saturday.

 

“The Daesh myth of their great battle in Dabiq is finished,”

 

Ahmed Osman, head of the Sultan Murad group, one of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions involved in the clashes told Reuters.

 

Backed by Turkish tanks and warplanes, rebels were also able to take neighbouring Soran, with the jihadist group backtracking on its promise of doomsday, saying this was not the battle prophesied.

 

Dabiq is said in the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah, a companion of the prophet Muhammad, to be the site of some of the events of the Muslim Malahim – equivalent of the Christian apocalypse – and a great battle between Muslims and infidels.

 

He quoted the prophet as saying: “The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best of the people of the earth at that time will come from Medina.”

 

ISIL were said to have deployed 1,200 fighters to defend Dabiq, however Turkish military sources say that the jihadist group has mostly left the area.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-10-17

[Kerryd]

For starters, the "rebels" do not qualify as "the Romans" so their entry in that city wouldn't have anything to do with the prophesy anyways.

 

Add to that a myriad of other factors, such as, it's all BS to begin with, whose main purpose was (period specific) propaganda. Hence the "Roman" invaders and "the best people of the earth" coming from Medina (Saudi Arabia and heartland of Islam at the time). 

When Islam was first created, much of modern day Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey were a part of the (Eastern) Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire). Muslim armies invaded and conquered large swaths of that area between 632-661 AD. Abu Hurairah (Abu Hurayrah) was a companion of Mohammed at that time and apparently narrated well over 5,000 "hadiths" during the 2 years he spent with him.

 

Also of note, during the Byzantine Resurgence (861-1100 AD), the "Romans" reconquered that whole area and no "apocalyptic" battle occurred then either.