Micah 4:1-4

This glad tiding clarifies that in the latter days, the Ka‘bah, the qiblah of Muslims, will be above the hills of Mecca. This is reality. Mecca is a mountainous region, referred to as (the mountain of the house of the Lord). It is a mountainous environment where Arab and non-Arab, white and black, slave and free, rich and poor, gather.

His saying: “and people shall flow unto it, and many nations shall come” refers to Mecca, because there is no other place to which nations travel from all over the earth except Mecca. They come to perform the rituals of Ḥajj and ‘Umrah.

His saying: “the house of the Lord” refers to the Ka‘bah. Allāh named it thus as an honor.

His saying: “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord” differs from the previous phrase “the mountain of the house of the Lord”. The Lord’s house is the Ka‘bah, as mentioned. The “mountain of the Lord” is at Arafat, where people stand to perform the essential pillar of Ḥajj.

His saying: “to the house of the God of Jacob” refers to the House of Allāh, who is the God of all people.

His saying: “and we will walk in His paths” indicates a continuous and ongoing movement towards this place, which is the mountain of Arafat, to perform the pillar of Ḥajj. This happens every year, as Muslims perform the obligatory Ḥajj, the fifth pillar of Islam. His saying: “they shall beat their swords into plowshares” symbolizes the establishment of peace, the end of wars, and the transformation of tools of war and killing (swords) into tools for agriculture and production, which are the plowshares. Similarly, spears become pruning hooks (sickles), which is an agricultural tool used for harvesting.

This is a prophecy of the true peace brought by the religion of Islam. Wherever Islam settles, peace prevails, as history testifies. Conflicts and wars cease in its land, and weapons of war are transformed into tools that benefit humanity and make them builders of the earth through cultivation and farming. His saying: “they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree” is a symbol of the tranquility, security, and psychological and spiritual well-being enjoyed by the believers. There is no terror or fear, because judgment belongs to Allāh, expressed as the Lord of armies, who rules through the Qur’ān. His saying: “and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever” is a call to steadfastness in faith in Allāh and living according to His light and commandments forever, distinguishing oneself from the worship of other than Allāh. These verses prophesy the establishment of a great religion upon which peoples unite, leading humanity to a life of worship and comprehensive spiritual calm. They also indicate the end of conflicts and a focus on life and construction instead of destruction.