Dhul-Suwayqatayn
Prophetic figure in Islamic Eschatology
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Dhul-Suwayqatayn (Arabic: ذو السويقتين, lit. 'the man with two thin legs',[1] Amharic: ዱል-ሱወይቃታይን) is a figure mentioned in the hadith of the Islamic prophet Muhammad,[1] according to which a group of Abyssinian (Ethiopian) men are destined to permanently destroy the Ka‘aba at the end of times and remove its treasure. It will be dismantled brick-by-brick, therefore in a peaceful manner. At this time faith in God will have disappeared, so the destruction will go unnoticed.[1] Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As and Ibn Kathir interpreted that this will occur after the second coming of Isa (Jesus Christ).[2]
References to this are recorded in all six traditional Sunni compilations of hadith, the Kutub al-Sitta, including the earliest and the most revered ones, namely Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.[3] The tradition is likely related to the Year of the Elephant, when the Axumite general Abraha is said to have attacked Mecca.[4]
Following the Fifth Crusade (1217–1221), this tradition was transferred to Europe when Bishop Oliver of Paderborn's Historia Damiatina described a Nubian king as an omen indicating the end of Islam.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Al Bukhari, Abu Abdullah (2022). Encyclopedia of Sahih Al-Bukhari. Arabic Virtual Translation Centre. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Madelung, Wilferd (2016) [1992]. Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam. New York: Routledge. pp. 177–178. ISBN 9780860783107. OCLC 1229166290.
- ^ Erlich, Haggai (30 April 2009). Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Ethiopia: The Messages of Religions (PDF) (Speech). The Fifth Annual Levtzion Lecture. Hebrew University (published 2013).
- ^ Walter W. Müller (1987) "Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia," Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine in Werner Daum (ed.), Yemen: 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix. Pinguin-Verlag. ISBN 9068322133
- ^ Danilenko, Nadja (2019-07-03). "Der apokalyptische Abessinier und die Kreuzzüge: Wandel eines frühislamischen Motivs in der Literatur und Kartografie des Mittelalters, by Mordechay Lewy (Review)". Imago Mundi. 71 (2): 210. doi:10.1080/03085694.2019.1607069. ISSN 0308-5694. S2CID 195580621.
Further reading
- "Dihancurkannya Ka'bah oleh Dzu as-Suwayqatayn". Al Sofwah (in Indonesian).
- Alu Syaikh, 'Abdullah. Tafsir Ibnu Kasir Jilid 1 (in Indonesian). Niaga Swadaya. ISBN 9789793536064.
- Sulaiman al Asyga, Umar (January 2011). Ensiklopedia Kiamat (in Indonesian). Serambi Ilmu Semesta. ISBN 9789791600095.
