Babul
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Babul
is the name of an Old City or country.
Babul has been mentioned in the Holy Qur-an
along with the story of Harut and Marut,
the two Angels.
Some have named that city as Babylon and the country
as Babylonia or Babel.
The ruins of this city are said to be located about 3 to 4 miles
away from Baghdad on the Baghdad-Dajla highway.
According to Muslim historians and geographers, the city of Babul
had been destroyed long before the advent of Islam.
In the said location of Babul, a small village namely
Babul existed in the fourth century Hijrah during
the rule of the Abbasids.
Ibn Nowfil also mentions its existance. According to him "Its buildings
were regarded as the most ancient in Iraq and it was built by the
kings and they made it their capital. Their successors also used
it as capital city. The ruins provide solid proof that the buildings
were very magnificent and they belonged to wealthy people (Ibn Nowfil
p. 344).
Abul Fida who has quoted the above details recounted by Ibn Nowfil
adds "This is the very city in which Nimrud threw Ibrahim
A (Abraham) in fire.
Nowadays nothing except ruins are visible. However, in between the
ruins a small village still exists.
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They
followed what the Shayatin (devils) gave
out (falsely of the magic) in the lifetime of Sulaiman
(Solomon). Sulaiman did not disbelieve, but
the Shayatin (devils) disbelieved, teaching
men magic and such things that came down at Babylon to the
two angels, Haraut and Marut,
but neither of these two (angels) taught anyone (such things)
till they had said, "We are only for trial, so disbelieve
not (by learning this magic from us)." And from these (angels)
people learn that by which they cause separation between man
and his wife, but they could not thus harm anyone except by
Allah's Leave. And they learn that which harms them
and profits them not. And indeed they knew that the buyers
of it (magic) would have no share in the Hereafter. And how
bad indeed was that for which they sold their ownselves, if
they but knew."
Surah
(Chapter) Al-Baqarah (The Cow) The Qur-an
2:102
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