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Scriptural evidence from the Quran on Abrahamic covenant, Isaac’s lineage, and the inheritance of the Promised Land for the Children of Israel (Bani Israel)—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, with Jerusalem as its historical and indivisible capital.

The Quran contains an explicit declaration—politically overlooked, widely neglected, and subject to deliberate, knowing disregard by influential sectors of the Islamic world and in broader religious, geopolitical, and modern discourse—regarding the Promised Land and the people to whom it was assigned.

In multiple verses, the Quran affirms that the land extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea was divinely designated as a covenantal inheritance for Bani Israel—the Children of Israel—descendants of Isaac and Jacob within the Abrahamic lineage.

Jerusalem emerges within this framework as the historical and covenantal capital of that land, inseparable from Israelite inheritance. This designation is rooted in scripture, not modern politics, and predates all contemporary territorial disputes.

These Quranic declarations were articulated more than 1,400 years ago—long before modern geopolitics, militant ideologies, and institutionalized narratives reshaped the discourse surrounding Jerusalem. Over time, selective interpretation, political instrumentalization, and organized hostility toward Jewish sovereignty obscured clear Quranic guidance on covenantal lineage and land inheritance. This distortion has influenced international forums, including the United Nations and parts of the Islamic world, where theological claims are often advanced without grounding in the Quran itself. This doctrine seeks to restore that original scriptural clarity through a non-political, textually faithful reading of Islamic scripture.

When examined independently on its own textual terms—using verifiable verse citations that can now be translated via AI without reliance on clerical mediation, selective interpretation, radical manipulation, or political framing—the Quran does not merely fail to support Islamic religious claims to East Jerusalem; it actively disqualifies them.

The Quran repeatedly affirms the Children of Israel as recipients of divine covenant, inheritance, and land:

Quran 5:20–21 (Al-Mā’idah)

“And remember when Moses said to his people, ‘O my people! Remember Allah’s favors upon you when He raised prophets from among you, made you sovereign, and gave you what He had never given anyone in the world. O my people! Enter the Holy Land which Allah has destined for you ˹to enter˺. And do not turn back or else you will become losers.”

Quran 17:104 (Al-Isrā’)

“And We said to the Children of Israel: ‘Dwell securely in the land’.”

These verses explicitly name Bani Israel, not Muslims, Arabs, or the descendants of Ishmael, as the people to whom the land is assigned.

Accordingly, the Quran affirms the Holy Land—including Jerusalem—as belonging to Bani Israel, and it leaves no scriptural basis for assigning or sharing this land with any other people on religious grounds.

The Quran records Abraham’s own supplication describing the divinely ordered separation of lineages:

Quran 14:37 (Ibrāhīm)

“Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley, near Your Sacred House, our Lord, so that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide them with fruits, that they may be grateful.”

This verse confirms that Ishmael’s settlement is tied to Mecca, while Canaan remains the covenantal land of Isaac’s........

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