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ArchiveHabakkuk 2:2-3
In the Book of Habakkuk (2:2-3, Van Dyck Version), the Prophet Ḥabaqqūq (Habakkuk) says:
“2. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. “3. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
Habakkuk 2:2-3 — as quoted in the book
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The intended “vision” here is the prophecy that Allāh gave His prophet Habakkuk, which were glad tidings that would be fulfilled and not delayed. This refers back to the arrival and mission of the Prophet Muḥammad.
Allāh had taken a covenant from all the prophets that if Muḥammad appeared while they were among them, they would support him and aid him, as he was prophesied by the prophets Abraham and those after him, as mentioned in the preceding prophecies.
His saying “and make it plain upon tables” can be interpreted to mean that this glad tiding was written on the tablets upon which Allāh wrote the Torah and which were then brought down by Gabriel to His prophet Moses (peace be upon him), as Allāh the Almighty said: “And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things – instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], ‘Take them with determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show you the home of the defiantly disobedient.’” [Al-A ‘rāf (The Heights), 7:145].
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