The Samiri in the Quran

 

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدي يا نور الله

As I explained concerning the idols worshipped by the corrupt people of Noah being referred to with the names of five idols worshipped by the pagan Arabs (Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Ya’uq and Nasr) in the sixth century CE, a similar answer may be given to the objection concerning a character called the Samiri as mentioned in the Holy Quran:

قَالَ فَمَا خَطۡبُکَ یٰسَامِرِیُّ

He (Moses) said, “So what do you have to say, O Samiri?”

(Surah 20, Ayah 95)

Opponents and skeptics claims this is an error of anachronism in the Quran, for the Samaritans did not exist in the time of Moses. And the land of Samaria is named after the ancient town of Samaria, which was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, established long after the time of Moses. Yet the Torah itself says that the patriarch Issachar, after whom the tribe of Issachar is named, had a son named Shimron (Genesis 46:13). It is possible that the Samiri spoken of in the Quran was therefore a descendant of this Shimron. And it is also quite possible that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has referred to him with the name Samiri to indicate that the ancient dwellers of Samaria, from among the northern Israelites who worshipped the golden calves constructed by the evil King Jeroboam (1 Kings 12:28), were following in the footsteps of the wicked man who constructed the original golden calf that the Israelites worshipped while Moses was absent having ascended Mount Sinai to receive the Torah. The Christians shouldn’t object to this explanation for in their Scripture there is mention of a character named Jezebel of Thyatira, a town in Asia Minor during the first century CE: “Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.” (Revelation 2:20, KJV)

Now Jezebel was the name of the wicked wife of King Ahab, during the ninth century BCE. She was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Zidonians and was a fanatic for the false god Baal, having slain in his name the Israelite Prophets that called upon their people to worship God alone. But the cult of Baal did not exist in Asia Minor during the first century CE. It is unlikely there was an actual woman with the name Jezebel in that time and place. It seems that the Book of Revelation calls a false prophetess who was leading the Church in Thyatira astray with the name Jezebel in order to liken her to the original Jezebel, wife of King Ahab. Hence, Jezebel becomes a name of disdain, associated with women who wickedly call unto idolatry and other evils, especially sexual immorality. Albert Barnes and many other Christian theologians and commentators have put forward this explanation: “Who the individual here referred to by the name Jezebel was, is not known. It is by no means probable that this was her real name, but seems to have been given to her as expressive of her character and influence.” (Barnes’ Notes on the Bible)

Imperative of Utmost Respect and Etiquette with the Prophet عليه السلام

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله

وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدي يا نور الله

Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَقُوۡلُوۡا رَاعِنَا وَقُوۡلُوا انۡظُرۡنَا وَاسۡمَعُوۡا ؕ وَلِلۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ عَذَابٌ اَلِیۡمٌ

O you believing ones! Say not ‘Ra’ina’ but say ‘Unzurna’ and listen. And for the Unbelievers is a painful punishment

(Surah 2, Ayah 104)

Initially, the blessed Sahabah رضى الله عنهم would address the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saying ‘Ra’ina’ meaning “see us” with the intention of utmost reverence. However, the Jews were amused by this and would say the same words to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when addressing him since it sounds similar to the Hebrew word רַע (ra) which means evil. Having unlimited jealousy for His Prophet, Allah سبحانه وتعالى forbade the Believers from continuing to say ‘Ra’ina’ and instead commanded them to say ‘Unzurna’ meaning “look upon us”. Volumes of precious teachings and lessons for the Believers may be derived from this single blessed Ayah relating to how to properly revere the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلوات الله والسلام عليه

Tragically, today some Muslims do not display proper etiquette and respect when speaking about the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم

This is especially true of the Wahhabis and Salafis whose literature contains some belittlement of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and who shamelessly object to the mainstream Sunni style of revering the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم

It is sadly not uncommon for those affected by the ideologies of Wahhabism and Salafism to simply say “Muhammad” when referring to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم without adding the salutation of blessing and peace upon him, or any other words of veneration. It pains the hearts of the Sunni Muslims to hear statements from them like “Muhammad is dead”. The Prophet’s first successor Abu Bakr as-Siddiq رضى الله عنه spoke those words in a specific time and place, when there was a fear of the people deviating from the theology of monotheism, and to make plain a fact lest the people go astray concerning the correct creed. Otherwise, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq رضى الله عنه was the most respectful and humble when speaking and interacting with the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم such that he was known to repeatedly say:

فَدَيْنَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِآبَائِنَا وَأُمَّهَاتِنَا

May our fathers and mothers be ransomed for you, O Apostle of Allah!

Yet today if any Sunni Muslim, out of love and reverence, addresses the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم with these beautiful words, the Wahhabis and Salafis are quick to judge him an innovator and even a polytheist!

The Hadith-rejecters, who call themselves Quranists or Ahl al-Quran, are perhaps the worst offenders when it comes to disrespecting the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and belittling his lofty status. They equate expressions of reverence toward the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم with idolatry.

The evil Engineer Mirza of Jhelum, who used to be a traditional Sunni Muslim but later deviated by embracing the narrative of the Wahhabis and the Shi’ites, has issued numerous statements that plainly disrespect the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and are outright blasphemous, such as his following statement I am quoting with a heavy heart:

کوئی پیغمبر کوئی فرشتہ کوئی بزرگ کوئی بابا شے کوئی نہی

توحید کا تو مطلب یہی ہے کہ کوئی انسان اپنا پیشاب بھی نہیں روک سکتا خواہ وہ پیغمبر ہو یا ہم انسان ہو

Any Prophet, Angel, Saint or Patriarch is nothing!

Tawhid (monotheism) means that any human can’t help but to urinate, whether he is a Prophet or us (ordinary) humans

معاذ الله

نقل كفر كفر نیست

God forbid! Is this how a Muslim speaks about the Prophets of Allah? If saying such words are necessary to stress Tawhid upon the minds of the people, why hasn’t Allah سبحانه وتعالى said anything like it in the Holy Quran–the Scripture of Tawhid?!

In my encounters with some of the so-called “students” of Eng. Mirza Jhelumi, they shamelessly defend his aforementioned statement by saying that it is merely a fact. Whether it is a fact or not isn’t the issue. The issue is one of having proper Adab or etiquette with the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when speaking about him. When the Sahabah رضى الله عنهم would initially address the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم with the word ‘Ra’ina’ it was with a pure intention of reverence, and the word itself is not disrespectful. Nevertheless, Allah سبحانه وتعالى forbade them from continuing to say it merely because it resembled a word in another language that has a bad meaning. Therefore, one can’t even begin to imagine how grave is the blasphemy committed by the evil Eng. Mirza of Jhelum. There is no question that by saying such evil words a person annihilates his faith and all his good deeds, as Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَرۡفَعُوۡۤا اَصۡوَاتَکُمۡ فَوۡقَ صَوۡتِ النَّبِیِّ وَلَا تَجۡہَرُوۡا لَہٗ بِالۡقَوۡلِ کَجَہۡرِ بَعۡضِکُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ اَنۡ تَحۡبَطَ اَعۡمَالُکُمۡ وَاَنۡتُمۡ لَا تَشۡعُرُوۡنَ

O you believing ones! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not be loud with him in speech as you are loud with one another, lest your deeds be nullified while you are unaware

(Surah 49, Ayah 2)

It is mentioned that after this blessed Ayah was revealed, some of the Sahabah, especially Umar al-Faruq رضى الله عنه would speak so softly in the presence of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم that he could barely hear and understand him!

Waning Influence of the Ulama

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:

اِنَّمَا یَخۡشَی اللّٰہَ مِنۡ عِبَادِہِ الۡعُلَمٰٓؤُا

Verily, it is only the Ulama who [truly] fear Allah

(Surah 35, Ayah 28)

This is a remarkable excellece for the Ulama (Islamic scholars) which the ordinary Muslims should take note of. The Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said:

وَإِنَّ الْعُلَمَاءَ وَرَثَةُ الأَنْبِيَاءِ

Verily, the Ulama are the heirs of the Prophets (Sunan Abi Dawud)

Ideally, the Ulama should lead the Muslim Ummah, in both formal offices of leadership, and informally in the sense of religious guidance and influence. The Prophet’s rightly-guided Caliphs رضى الله عنهم were all well versed in the sciences of Islam; they are the highest ranking Ulama of the Ummah in its entirety. But when the formal leadership of the Muslims was grabbed by ignorant, corrupt men, the vitality of Islam in society began to suffer. While the Ulama are jealous for Allah and His Apostle صلوات الله والسلام عليه and are guardians of the sacred Shari’ah, they are also moderate and tempered in contrast to the laymen who are propelling various so-called “Islamist” movements and parties. The “Islamist” laity, by turning away from the guidance of the traditionalist Ulama, fell into the snare of violent extremism and Takfir. They inflicted irreparable damage to the cause of Islam, at least in our generation and for the foreseeable future. The ignorant, sinful masses of this Ummah are becoming more distanced from the Ulama with each passing day, as cultural secularity and modernity have enveloped them. While they loudly lament the corruption and dishonorable conduct of the current Muslim rulers, they fail to realize that the inability of the Ulama to influence our corrupt rulers is a consequence of their failure to rally around the Ulama. If the people would appreciate and hold up the Ulama to the position they deserve one would surely witness betterment of our societies. Instead, the heedless laity have gravitated to the trash of society; singers, musicians, actors, supermodels, athletes and social media influencers. It is observed that the youth have little regard for the men of religion and piety. This state of affairs within the mainstream Sunni community is most pronounced. Among the Twelver Shi’ah, their Mullas wield greater power and influence in that community, due to several factors. One of those major factors is the institution of Khums, a religious tax in which one-fifth of surplus wealth is received by the Shi’ah Mullas from their flock. So when the Shah of Iran was toppled in 1979, the Revolution was easily hijacked by Khomeini and those close to him among the Mullas, establishing a Shi’ite theocracy that has persisted for nearly half a century. Likewise, when the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, liberating that country from the tyranny of Saddam and his Baathist Party, the immediate beneficiaries were the Shi’ite clergy. They managed to transform their massive religious influence among the Shi’ah community into political power, especially the two clerical dynasties; the al-Hakim family and the al-Sadr family. The chief Mulla in Iraq, Ali al-Sistani, though preferring to remain behind the scenes, also wielded remarkable political influence in Iraq since millions there and worldwide consider him their Marja, or reference point for Taqlid. There is simply no equivalent today in the world of Sunni scholarship. The Taliban have successfully and incredibly restored their rule over Afghanistan after an armed struggle of two decades and so are the unique exception to the general phenomenon of Sunni Ulama being powerless and increasingly losing influence over the society. Maulana Fazl ur-Rahman and his Jami’at Ulama-e-Islam (JUI) has some influence among the Pakhtuns of Pakistan, and would manage to acquire a seat at the table with almost every government, though in the latest elections his party was virtually decimated. The next best thing, in lieu of the Ulama directly governing the Muslims, is for them to have the ear of the rulers. Yet this state of affairs too is essentially nonexistent today.

Divine Name Rahman

 

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

نحمده ونصلى ونسلم على رسوله الكريم

Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:

قُلِ ادۡعُوا اللّٰہَ اَوِ ادۡعُوا الرَّحۡمٰنَ ؕ اَیًّا مَّا تَدۡعُوۡا فَلَہُ الۡاَسۡمَآءُ الۡحُسۡنٰی

Say, ‘Call upon Allah or call upon the Rahman; whichever Name you call, His are the most beautiful Names.’

(Surah 17, Ayah 110)

Like the name Allah, Rahman is a personal name of God. It should therefore be left untranslated. Some ignorant Muslims, especially from Pakistan, name their boys Rahman. This is incorrect, and essentially no different than naming a boy Allah, since it is an exclusive, personal name of God. Rather, as the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

‌إِنَّ ‌أَحَبَّ ‌الأَسْمَاءِ ‌إِلَى ‌اللَّهِ ‌عَبْدُ ‌اللَّهِ ‌وَعَبْدُ ‌الرَّحْمَنِ

Verily, the most beloved names to Allah are Abdullah and Abd ur-Rahman

(Jami at-Tirmidhi)

The pagan Arabs were unfamiliar with the divine personal name Rahman:

وَاِذَا قِیۡلَ لَہُمُ اسۡجُدُوۡا لِلرَّحۡمٰنِ قَالُوۡا وَمَا الرَّحۡمٰنُ

And when it is said to them, ‘Prostrate to the Rahman,’ they say, ‘And who is the Rahman?’

(Surah 25, Ayah 60)

When the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم was dictating the wording of the Treaty of Hudaibiyah, he began with the Basmalah بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم in the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful, but Suhail bin Amru رضى الله عنه who was still an unbeliever at that time objected, saying;

لَا أَعْرِفُ الرّحْمَنَ اُكْتُبْ كَمَا نَكْتُبُ بِاسْمِك اللهُمّ

I do not know the Rahman. Write as we write, ‘In your name, Allahumma.’

So while the pagan Arabs did not know the name Rahman, it was known to the South Arabian, Himyarite Jews and Christians, which was Rahmanan in their tongue.

Divine Name Hu

 بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds

Peace and benedictions upon you, my Master, Apostle of Allah

وَاِلٰـہُکُمۡ اِلٰہٌ وَّاحِدٌ ۚ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا ہُوَ الرَّحۡمٰنُ الرَّحِیۡمُ

And your God is One God. There is no god except HU, the Rahman, the Merciful

(Surah 2, Ayah 163)

Some people question why the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) is not explicitly mentioned in the Holy Quran, whereas it is the Name of God that frequently occurs in the Bible. This is perhaps due to the holiness and sanctity of the Name, which should not be so casually spoken as it may lead to sacrilege. That the Muslims should be safe from desecrating the Name may explain why Allah did not state it plainly in the Holy Quran. Hence, the Third Commandment in the Bible is:

לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַשָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו לַשָּֽׁוְא

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain

(Exodus 20:7, KJV)

The Septuagint, a Koine Greek rendering of the Bible by Alexandrian Jews in the 3^rd and 2^nd centuries BCE, uses the word Kyrios (Lord) for the Tetragrammaton rather than transliterating the Name. For this reason, the King James and most other versions of the Bible also have Lord in place of the actual Name. The Jews till this day do not pronounce the Name, but instead say Adonai (my Lord) or Ha Shem (the Name), in strictly keeping with the Third Commandment. It was not until William Tyndale, a sixteenth century Protestant reformer, that the the Tetragrammaton was translated to the proper noun Jehovah. Jehovah, of course, is not the Name since it is only a possible Anglicization whereas the original Hebrew does not have the letter J. The Jehovah’s Witness movement has popularized the proper noun Jehovah, while more recently other Christian sects and movements are popularizing another possible pronunciation of the Name which I won’t write here to avoid possible sacrilege. This is not to say that Islam is completely unaware of the Name, as some have ignorantly alleged. In Islam we have the tradition of the Ism al-A’zam (the Greatest Name) from the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم who did not plainly reveal what it is but hinted at it. An orientalist scholar, James Alan Montgomery (1866-1949), made a link between the Name and the pronoun Hu (He): “Evidently the pronoun is an avoidance of the Name, but is practically identical with it. In addition are to be noted the names in which the pronoun replaces the Name, Abihu, ‘My Father is He,’ Elihu, ‘My God is He’...The earliest form of the Name was doubtless Yahu...The Muslim theologians should be further explored for this divine ‘He’ in the absolute...I must admit that every time I attended a dervish dhikr and heard the circle round the hall respond to the chant with which the shaykh opened the ceremony, with the chorus Allah Hu, the O.T. name came to my mind. As the ceremony progresses, the members of the inner circle entwine their arms, bend toward each other and gradually raise their voices, repeating without interruption Ya-Allah or Ya-hu, Ya-hu, Ya-hu to the point of autointoxication...As a result, it appears that the Name is not based on the non-Hebrew verb ‘to be,’ or ‘to befall,’ but upon the pronoun...The Name then means, ‘He is He,’ an early theologumenon, but at the basis of all theology.” (The Hebrew Divine Name and the Personal Pronoun Hu, Journal of Biblical Literature, v.63, no.2, Jun. 1944, pp.161-163)

Apparently, the Sufis are acquainted with the reality of the Ism al-A’zam or the Great Name, and chant it repeatedly with passion in an environment of holiness which leads to an ecstatic state. Such sessions of Dhikr among the Sufis replicates the experience of the ancient Israelite Prophets prophesying in the Name of Yahu.

Ustadhsis: False Prophet of Khorasan

 

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds

Peace and benedictions upon you, my Master, Apostle of Allah

The false prophet Ustadhsis of Khorasan launched an insurrection against the Abbasid dynasty in the year 767 CE (150 H). The historian al-Yaqubi confirms that this individual claimed he was a prophet (Tarikh al-Yaqubi; v.2, p.380)

While there is a scarcity of details concerning Ustadhsis’s prophetic claim and the nature of his religious worldview, it is safe to assume that he was part of the broader trend of syncretism, the mixture of Islamic and old Iranian religion, which was the basis for several individuals claiming prophesy and stirring up dissension against the central Muslim authority based in Baghdad. Ustadhsis was the successor of the Magian Bihafarid, who also claimed to be a messenger of God. Whether these two individuals should be included in the list of the thirty false prophets which the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم warned about, that they would arise from his Ummah, is questionable. It is understood that the thirty or so false prophets that are warned about in the Hadith will come from this Ummah, meaning they will have some initial link to Islam. But Bihafarid and Ustadhsis don’t seem to have ever belonged to the Millah, rather they were heresiarchs in the Zoroastrian tradition. I am not aware of any true Prophet in history who led a failed uprising against the government of his day. Surely, that is not the purpose for God sending a Prophet into this world.

Imminent Destruction of Iran

 

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds

Peace and benedictions upon you, my Master, Apostle of Allah

The frequency of terrifying wars in the Earthly realm is an indication that the cosmic struggle between the Light and the Darkness is about to intensify. Each side is now eager to triumph over the other. On 13 June, 2025, the Zionist State launched devastating strikes on Iran, damaging several of Iran’s nuclear sites, taking out several nuclear scientists and neutralizing the head of the IRGC, Husain Salami. By responding to this aggression with its own barrage of missiles on Tel Aviv and other places in Zionist occupied Palestine, Iran has committed itself to a cycle of tit for tat in which it is Iran that will ultimately sustain massive damage and destruction. While it is to be expected that the Shia community would manifest impassioned support for the regime in Iran, I am surprised at the attitude of many fellow Sunni Muslims who likewise are voicing sympathy for Iran. This is the same Iran that was complicit in the horrific atrocities inflicted upon Sunni Muslims of Iraq and Syria. Iran armed the Shia death squads which went on a rampage in Iraq, slaughtering Sunni Muslims after the bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra on 22 February, 2006. Ten years later, during the Battle of Mosul, Iran actively assisted bloodthirsty Shia militias that committed horrible abuses against the Sunni populace of northern Iraq under the cover of combating ISIS. Perhaps worst of all was how Iran shamelessly propped up the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Asad that cruelly massacred the Sunni Muslims of Syria during the latter’s civil war, which only recently came to an end.

The Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم once ascended Mount Uhud with his three eminent Companions, Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman رضى الله عنهم. When the mountain began to quake, he صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

اثْبُتْ أُحُدُ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ نَبِيٌّ وَصِدِّيقٌ وَشَهِيدَانِ

Be firm, Uhud, for there is not upon you but a Prophet, a Siddiq and two Martyrs! (Sahih al-Bukhari)

While the Prophet’s first Successor, Abu Bakr رضى الله عنه whom the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم termed a Siddiq, meaning a truthful person who is only a single rung below the rank of a Prophet, died a natural death, his second, third and fourth Successors were all tragically martyred. Umar al-Faruq رضى الله عنه was murdered by an Iranian unbeliever called Abu Lu’lu Firuz of Nahavand. A fake grave attributed to Abu Lu’lu is supposedly in Kashan, Iran, which the cursed Rafidah have made into a shrine. The Rafidah have such enmity for the Prophet’s second successor Umar al-Faruq رضى الله عنه that they have steeped so low as to celebrate and honor the infidel who murdered him. Hence, on the 26^th of Dhul-Hijjah, the date on which Umar al-Faruq رضى الله عنه was martyred, the Rafidis hold a festival called Omar Kushan which should more accurately be called a carnival. In this the Rafidah give expression not only to their Rifd or hatred for the Prophet’s Companions, but also to their pride in their pre-Islamic Iranian culture and identity. The real reason they hate Umar al-Faruq رضى الله عنه is not that he allegedly usurped the right of the Caliphate from Ali al-Murtada كرم الله وجهه but that under his Caliphate the Muslim Arabs conquered Iran and decimated the Sassanian Empire. Omar Kushan is therefore a crude manifestation of anti-Arab sentiment and jahili Iranian nationalism. The so-called “Islamic Republic” of Iran has in its nearly half a century of existence failed to destroy the shrine in Kashan dedicated to Abu Lu’lu and failed to end the celebration of Omar Kushan. This despite the fact that the Rafidi regime of Iran pretends to be a force for unity and brotherhood between the Sunnis and the Shi’ah.

In light of its black deeds, my opinion is that Iran is now getting exactly what it deserves. Though the Sunni countries should certainly not materially assist the Zionist State in its latest war against Iran, neither should they come to its defense. I am disappointed in the governments of Pakistan and Turkey that have issued statements of solidarity with Iran. In Pakistan at least this is partly due to the overarching influence of the Shia lobby. It should be concerning to the Sunni Muslims of Pakistan that the corridors of power in that country are teeming with Shia politicians and high ranking military officers. They have divided loyalties and therefore compromise the interests of Pakistan. Pakistanis should not forget that Iran launched an attack on Pakistani territory on 16 January, 2024, thus exposing the reality that Iran is as much an enemy to Pakistan as India is. It is in our interest that the Mulla regime in Iran collapses and is replaced by a secular one that would drastically curb its ambition of regional hegemony and immediately halt all material support to the various Shia proxies that have done nothing but wreak havoc upon the Near East. A collapse of Iran’s Mulla regime would also deal a serious blow to the energy of the Shia heresy, reverting Twelver Shiism to the state of insignificance it had prior to the 1979 Revolution. The current and ongoing Zionist assault on Iran’s military and nuclear assets is designed to destabilize the Mulla regime; so we Sunni Muslims should lift our hands up to Heaven in earnest prayer for such an outcome. Destiny has reserved the liberation of Jerusalem and the obliteration of the Zionist State for us Sunnis. Once Iran and its Shia proxies have been brought down to their knees, it is a Sunni force that will emerge in short order to raise the banner of holy war against Zionism. Personally, I have great expectations and hopes for the ascendancy of Sunni Islamic power in the combined lands of Turkey and Syria, for Prophecy is focused on the region of the Levant.