And We said to the children of Israel after him, “”Dwell in the earth, but when the promise of the hereafter comes to pass, We will bring you together (as a gathering of people coming from different directions).””
Bani Israel were asked to dwell in the earth, but they were informed that when the promised end comes near they will be gathered (as a gathering of people coming from different parts, the meaning conveyed by the word ‘Lafiifa’). After the Independent state of Israel was carved out in late forties, Jews started migrating to it in lakhs. In 1917 they were 8% of the population consisting of Arabs. From 56,000 in 1918 they increased to 5,40,000 in 1948 and this figure has been increasing year by year. Does this convergence of Jews in the state of Israel hint at the approaching of the end of the world ?