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100.5 So on account of him we gathered in the midst of a company of the enemy.
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The Demonic Locusts
فوسطن به جمعا
Fawasatna bihi jamAAan
100.5 So on account of him we gathered in the midst of a company of the enemy.
Summary of 100.5:
• John’s vision of the Demonic Locusts continues further by informing us of the great and large gathering of the Locusts and their riders
• This gathering is likened to the innumerable multitude “duo murios murios”
• 100.5, just like 100.2,100.3, & 100.4 before it, also begins with the copulative particle “fa”, which indicates a close connection between the sentences before and after it; signifying either definite cause and effect or a natural sequence of events
• Juxtaposed to “fa” is “wasatna”, which tells us of the effect “thereby become in the midst of a company of the enemy”
• The enemy being the Demonic Locusts as described in the previous ayahs
• 100.5 elaborates on what is in the midst of the enemy with the word “jamAAan”, referring to the plural gathering
• Like the innumerable multitude mentioned in Revelation, “jamAAan” carries with it the definition of “the greatest number or quantity”
• Hence the gathering is described as beyond measure in both texts
• “JamAAan” occurs only two other times in the Koran – one of these (18.99) involves the same signature blowing of a trumpet, and the gathering of people just as seen sura 100
• As in the previous ayah, 100.5 also tells us that all of this is on account of him (bihi) – which is still in reference to the fallen star (i.e. angel) as detailed in Revelation, who opens the abyss with the key
• Reviewing the Koranic description offered to us regarding the Demonic Locusts, as revealed in 100.1 - 100.5, which encompasses both the Fifth and the Sixth trumpet blasts; we have the following parallels to Revelation chapter 9:
1. They were once hidden or concealed
2. They are likened to Horses prepared for war
3. The Horses have riders
4. Adorned with Fire-colored Breastplates
5. Fire issues from their mouths
6. Brimstone issues from their mouths
7. They are like a large army
8. They have female hair
9. They are in likeness to a man
10. They are in likeness to a lion
11. They rise from a pit
12. They rise up out of the smoke
13. They are a swarm of Locusts
14. They have authority to torture man
15. They have been released by the fallen star
16. They gather people
17. Their gathering is beyond number
