Mudun al-Jazira (Kali Yuga)

Map of the tribes and cities of the Arabian Peninsula

Mudun al-Jazira(t) (مُدُن الجزيرةِ, literally "Cities of the [Arabian] Peninsula") or al-Mudun for short, is a collection of disunited city-states and tribal confederations located in the Arabian Peninsula. Some of the northernmost tribes and cities have territories within Rashidi Arabia and Memphia which border the patchwork of tribes and city-states to the north. while the rest of the region is surrounded by sea. The region has an overall estimated population of 95 Million, and is divided between numerous clans and tribes, twenty-four of which are dominant. The region is significant for being the birthplace of Islam, a major point of Abrahamic pilgrimage, having significant oil wealth, and being at the crossroads of vital global trade networks.

History

عن عبادة بن الصامت : أنه قال لابنه : يا بُنيّ، إنك لن نجد طعم الإيمان حتى تعلم أن ما أصابك لم يكن يخطئك، وما أخطأك لم يكن ليصيبك، سمعتُ رسول الله ﷺ يقول : ((إن أول ما خلق الله القلم، فقال له : "اكتب" فقال : "رب وماذا أكتب؟ قال : "اكتب مقادير كل شيء حتى تقوم الساعة")) يا بني، سمعتُ رسول الله ﷺ يقول :((من مات على غير هذا فليس مني.)) Ubadat bin as-Samit narrated that he had said to his son : "O my son! You shall never know the taste of faith until you know that whatever tragedy had befallen you was not wrong, and that which wrongs you is no tragedy! I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say : 'Verily the first thing that God had created was the pen, and he said to it : 'Write,' and so it replied : 'My lord, what shall I write?' and He said : 'Write of all the things I have decreed until the coming of the Hour.' And also my son, I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ saying : 'Whoever dies denying this, he is not of me."

In the beginning, before there was anything, God created the Pen. Its shape and style are not known, but that it was a pen. The pen wrote all that would be as God had intended and created from the beginning of time, to the end of time.

﴾قُلْ أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَكْفُرُونَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَ الْأَرْضَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ وَتَجْعَلُونَ لَهُ أَندَادًا ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ (9) وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ مِن فَوْقِهَا وَبَارَكَ فِيهَا وَقَدَّرَ فِيهَا أَقْوَاتَهَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاءً لِّلسَّائِلِينَ (10)﴿

"Say : Do you disbelieve in He who had created the Earth in two periods, and you thus appoint for Him partners? That is the Lord of Existence! He had set upon it mountains, blessed it, and decreed within it sustenance in four periods in accordance with the needs of those who ask!"

Surat al-Fussilat 9-10

And God created the Earth in two periods, and in the next four periods He furnished it with its many geographic features and blessed it with life. The Arabic "يوم" meaning "day" is used here, and may mean either days or epochs, perhaps meaning one literal day or many millions or billions of years; whatever the case, the truth rests with God and God knows best to withhold His knowledge or inspire it to whomever He wills from among His servants.

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ (71) فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ (72) فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ(73) إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ (74) قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ ۖ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ (75) قَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ ۖ خَلَقْتَنِي مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُ مِن طِينٍ (76) قَالَ فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ (77) وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (78) قَالَ رَبِّ فَأَنظِرْنِي إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ (79) قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنَ الْمُنظَرِينَ (80) إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ (81)قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (82) إِلَّا عِبَادَكَ مِنْهُمُ الْمُخْلَصِينَ (83) قَالَ فَالْحَقُّ وَالْحَقَّ أَقُولُ (84) لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ (85)

"When your Lord had said to the angels : 'I shall create man from clay, and when I shape and breathe into him a soul which I have created you must prostrate before him.' And so all the angels fell in prostration before him, except Iblis who had become arrogant and disbelieving. God said : 'O Iblis! What prevents you from prostration before that which I have created with my own two hands? Do you allege yourself greater, or are you greater?' He said : 'I am better than he. You have created me from fire, and you created him from clay.' God said : 'Begone from here, for you are now outcast! Upon you is my curse until the end of days!' He said : ' My Lord! Offer me at the very least respite till the Day of Ressurrection!' And God said : 'Then you will have respite, till the day of the appointed time.' And he said : 'And with your grace, I shall mislead humanity altogether save for the most sincere of your slaves from them!' And God said : 'And the Truth is, and the Truth I say : I shall fill the hellfire with you and your followers altogether.'"

Surat as-Saad 71 - 85

Before the time of Man, God had first created angels and genies. The angels were created from light, and the genies from fire. Like man, genies were capable of free will and ruled the Earth before our time; and from among them was Iblis, who was a devout servant of God and alongside his believers were said to almost be like angels, and were thus sometimes counted among them. However when God had created Adam and commanded the angels to prostrate before him, Iblis refused saying that he was better, refusing to believe in the eternal wisdom of God in commanding his prostration before Adam. For that sin of disbelief, Iblis and his followers were cast out from Heaven and cursed by God. From then on, Iblis became known as ash-Shaytan ar-Rajeem (الشيطان الرجيم), literally "the Accursed Devil."

وَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ (35) فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّۭ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّۭ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍۢ (36)

فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَـٰتٍۢ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ (37)

"And we said : 'O Adam, live with your wife in this garden and eat from it as freely as you would wish, but do not approach this tree lest you become sinners.' But the Devil deceived them, leading to their exile from the blissful place they were once in. And we said : 'Descend from this place as enemies to one another, and you shall find upon the Earth accommodation and provision for a brief period. And the Lord inspired Adam and so he repented, and God is accepting of repentance and most especially merciful."

Surat al-Baqarah 36-37

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Tribal Divisions

Tribal Divisions

Tribe	Description	Territories
Banu Hassan	The Banu Hassan are descendants of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ through his grandson Hassan bin Ali, May Allah be pleased with him.
Banu Hussayn	The Banu Hussayn are descendants of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ through his grandson Hussayn bin Ali, May Allah be pleased with him.
Banu Qasim	The Banu Qasim, also known as the Rassids, are an offshoot of the Banu Hussayn, named after al-Qasim ar-Rassi.
Banu Juhainah
Banu Hanifa	The Banu Hanifa are a highly influential sedentary Arab tribe that populates the al-Yamamah Oasis.
Banu Abd al-Qays
Banu Azd Uman
Banu Mahra
Banu Kinda
Banu Hamdan
Banu al-Harith	The Banu al-Harith or Bnei Chorath are a powerful Jewish Arab tribe based in Najran.
Banu Judham
Banu Lakhm
Banu Ghassan	The Banu Ghassan are a large and powerful Christian Arab tribe.
Banu Hawazin
Banu Tamim
Banu Sulaym
Banu Ghatafan
Banu Tayy
Banu Asad
Banu Bali
Banu Kalb
Banu Bakr
Banu Udhra