Babul
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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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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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