Euphrates River will reveal a Treasure

The prophecy of Prophet Mohammad صلى الله عليه وسلم  , in the Hadiths below, regarding the Euphrates River is in the process of being fulfilled. Ancient archaeological sites, constituting cultural treasures, are being uncovered now in the Euphrates River in Iraq. Based on the prophecy, we expect that more significant and valuable findings will be uncovered and discovered in the next few years. The "treasure of gold" does not necessarily means gold. Gold signifies something very valuable. The treasure could be archaeological (cultural), religious (ancient religious documents), or precious natural resources (such as gold, oil, etc.).

‏حدثنا ‏ ‏عبد الله بن سعيد الكندي ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏عقبة بن خالد ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏عبيد الله ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏خبيب بن عبد الرحمن ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏جده ‏ ‏حفص بن عاصم ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏قال رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏يوشك الفرات أن يحسر عن كنز من ذهب فمن حضره فلا يأخذ منه شيئا ‏
‏قال ‏ ‏عقبة ‏ ‏وحدثنا ‏ ‏عبيد الله ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏أبو الزناد ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏الأعرج ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏ ‏عن النبي ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏مثله إلا أنه قال يحسر عن جبل من ذهب

Abu Huraira narrated that Prophet Mohammad صلى الله عليه وسلم  said: " The time is approaching when the Euphrates (River) will recede revealing a treasure of gold. Whoever is present there should not take away anything from it." (Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim) Another variation of this Hadith states "mountain of gold" instead of  "treasure of gold".

‏حدثنا ‏ ‏قتيبة بن سعيد ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏يعقوب يعني ابن عبد الرحمن القاري ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏سهيل ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبيه ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏أبي هريرة ‏ ‏أن رسول الله ‏ ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ ‏قال ‏ ‏لا تقوم الساعة حتى ‏ ‏يحسر ‏ ‏الفرات عن جبل من ذهب يقتتل الناس عليه فيقتل من كل مائة تسعة وتسعون ويقول كل رجل منهم لعلي أكون أنا الذي ‏ ‏أنجو ‏
‏و حدثني ‏ ‏أمية بن بسطام ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏يزيد بن زريع ‏ ‏حدثنا ‏ ‏روح ‏ ‏عن ‏ ‏سهيل ‏ ‏بهذا الإسناد ‏ ‏نحوه وزاد فقال أبي إن رأيته فلا تقربنه

Abu Huraira narrated that Prophet Mohammad صلى الله عليه وسلم  said: " The Hour (of Resurrection) will not occur until the Euphrates will recede revealing a mountain of gold. People will fight over it. Out of every hundred, ninety nine will be killed. Each man of them says 'May be I will be the one who survives'. " (Sahih Muslim) Another variation of this Hadith adds "If you see it (the treasure), do not approach it."

  حدثني غير واحد عن ابن عياش عن يحيى بن أبي عمرو عن أبي هريرة رضى الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال يحسر الفرات عن جبل من ذهب وفضة فيقتل عليه من كل تسعة سبعة فإن أدركتموه فلا تقربوه

Abu Huraira said   Prophet Mohammad صلى الله عليه وسلم  said: "The Euphrates (River) will recede revealing a mountain of gold and silver. If you are alive (at that time), do not approach it."  (Nuaim ibn Hammad's Kitab Al-Fitan)

حدثنا عبد الله بن مروان عن أرطاة عن تبيع عن كعب قال
تكون ناحية الفرات في ناحية الشام أو بعدها بقليل مجتمع عظيم فيقتتلون على الأموال فيقتل من كل تسعة سبعة
 وذاك بعد الهدة والواهية في شهر رمضان
 وبعد افتراق ثلاث رايات يطلب كل واحد منهم الملك لنفسه فيهم رجل اسمه عبد الله

Ka'b said: "There will be around the Euphrates, near AshSham ( Syria or Damascus) or a little after it, a great assembly (of armies). They will fight each other over wealth, and seven out of every nine will be killed. And that will be after the Al-Hadda (blast) and the Al-Wahiya (catastrophe)  in the month of Ramadan, and after the split resulting in three banners (battalions or armies), each (head of a battalion or army) will seek the kingship (or possession of the wealth or treasure) for himself, among them is a man whose name is 'Abdullah." (Nuaim ibn Hammad's Kitab Al-Fitan)

حدثنا عبد الله بن مروان عن أرطاة عن تتبيع عن كعب قال إذا كانت رجفتان في شهر رمضان انتدب لها ثلاثة نفر من أهل بيت واحد أحدهم يطلبها بالجبروت والآخر يطلبها بالنسك والكسينة والوقار والثالث يطلبها بالقتل واسمه عبد الله ويكون بناحية الفرات مجتمع عظيم يقتتلون على المال يقتل من كل تسعة سبعة

Ka'b said: "After two tremors (minor earthquakes) occur in the month of Ramadan, three individuals from the same Household (family) spring forth (vying for kingship). One of them is vying for it by force, another one asking for it by piety, calmness, and dignity, and the third vying for it by killing and his name is Abdullah. There will be near the Euphrates river a great assembly for battle, where they will fight for the money (wealth or treasures). Seven out of every nine will be killed."  (Nuaim ibn Hammad's Kitab Al-Fitan)

   حدثنا يحيى بن سعيد عن ضرار بن عمرو عن إسحاق ابن أبي فروة عن أبي هريرة رضى الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الفتنة الرابعة ثمانية عشر عاما ثم تنجلي حين تنجلي وقد انحسر الفرات عن جبل من ذهب تكب عليه الأمة فيقتل عليه من كل تسعة سبعة

Abu Huraira said that the Messenger of Allah  ‏صلى الله عليه وسلم said: " The fourth Fitna (strife) is 18 years, then it clears. Once it clears, the Euphrates will recede revealing a mountain of gold that the Umma (Muslim nation) will fight for it. Seven out of every nine (people fighting for it) will be killed." (Nuaim ibn Hammad's Kitab Al-Fitan) Another variation of this Hadith also listed in Nuaim ibn Hammad's book says that the Fitna remains for 12 years.

أخرج ( ك ) نعيم بن حماد (94) بسند صحيح على شرط مسلم عن علي  قال:

  (( الفتن أربع فتنة السراء وفتنة الضراء وفتنة كذا - فذكر معدن الذهب- ثم يخرج رجل من عترة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم   يصلح الله على يديه أمرهم

قال محمد بن مهاجر وحدثني الجنيد بن ميمون عن صفوان بن عمرو عن أبي هريرة رضى الله عنه قال الفتنة الرابعة عمياء مظلمة تمور مور البحر لا يبقى بيت من العرب والعجم إلا ملأته ذلا وخوفا تطيف بالشام وتغشى بالعراق وتحيط بالجزيرة بيدها ورجلها تعرك الأمة فيها عرك الأديم ويشتد فيها البلاء حتى ينكر فيها المعروف ويعرف فيها المنكر لا يستطيع أحد يقول مه ولا يرقعونها من ناحية إلا تفتقت من ناحية يصبح الرجل فيها مؤمنا ويمسي كافرا لا ينجو منها إلا من دعا كدعاء الغرق في البحر تدوم إثنى عشر عاما تنجلي حين تنجلي وقد انحسرت الفرات عن جبل من ذهب فيقتتلون عليها حتى يقتل من كل تسعة سبعة

                                   Bible Prophecies regarding the Euphrates in the End Times

The Bible Revelation 16:12-14 prophesies that the Euphrates River will dry up:

¹²The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. ¹³Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. ¹⁴They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. (Revelation 16:12)

Turkey controls the Ataturk Dam, which could cut off the flow of the Euphrates, fulfilling Revelation 16:12.

The Bible, in Revelation 9: 13-21, in what is known as the Sixth Trumpet, talks about an invasion of an army of 200 million soldiers. This invasion seems to be Gog & Magog's invasion, not the same war described abo :

^{" 13}The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. ¹⁴It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." ¹⁵And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.

 ¹⁷The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. ¹⁸A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. ¹⁹The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

 ²⁰The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. ²¹Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. " (Revelation 9: 13-21)

Drought Reveals Iraqi Archaeological Treasures

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

NPR

March 20, 2009

 

Iraq is suffering one of the worst droughts in decades. While this is bad news for farmers, it is good news for archaeologists in the country. The receding waters of the Euphrates River have revealed ancient archaeological sites, some of which were unknown until now.

For Ratib Ali al-Kubaisi, the director of Anbar province's Antiquities Department, the drought has opened up a whole new land of opportunity. He explains that civilization began in Anbar, next to the Euphrates River. "Everyone … thought that Anbar was only desert with no historical importance. But we discovered that this area is one of the most important archaeological areas in all of Iraq. This part of Iraq was the first to be settled," he says.

Flooding Covers Sites

In the mid-1980s, Saddam Hussein's government built dams across the Euphrates in the area, flooding a 120-mile-long stretch of land near Iraq's border with Syria.

What once was an enormous reservoir that stretched as far as the eye could see has shrunk an astonishing 90 percent since summer, officials say.

Ratib says that at least 75 archeological sites had been partially excavated before the area was flooded. They ran the gamut of civilizations — from 3,000 B.C. to the Sumerian and Roman periods. Ancient Jewish settlements were also submerged in the area. But because of the receding waters, Ratib has been able to access some sites for the first time — including, for instance, a cliff with a series of pre-Christian tombs carved into its face. Though they have been heavily damaged by the water, Ratib says they still have value.

"I wish we could excavate these sites again. If we had the money and the resources, we could complete the work we began years ago," he says.

Exciting New Finds

But it's not only previously discovered archaeological sites that the drought has made accessible.

Ratib and a colleague are suddenly excited by something they've seen on this particular day. They kneel next to what looks like an old stone wall, shards of pottery everywhere. Ratib says he believes it is a Roman-era irrigation ditch.

"I've never seen this site before," he says. "When we excavated this area decades ago, this was all buried underneath the soil, but the receding waters uncovered it."

Area Vulnerable To Looters

It's an unexpected discovery, but on the heels of their elation comes concern. Ratib says he is worried the area will be looted. In all of Anbar, just 10 guards protect vulnerable archaeological sites.

"The area is rich with things. You can find jewelry, coins and documents — all these things are temptations for professional thieves," he says. Or others who are just struggling to survive.

While the drought has been good for archaeologists, it has been terrible for the fishermen who rely on the Euphrates for their livelihood. "The river level is very low, it's the lowest it has ever been that we can remember," says fisherman Sa'ad Naji. "It's frightening. The fishermen have no work anymore."

The river here is only about 3-to-4-feet deep. Sa'ad says strange structures now jut out of the water. He points to what looks like a stone arch that stands crumbling, lapped by muddy waves. He says those aren't the only things archeologists have discovered. "About a year ago when the waters started to recede, these artifacts began to show up. We began looking around the area, and we found clay jars and old bones, coins and even some gold jewelry," he says. For now, he says, the looting is confined to mostly local people who don't know the value of what they've taken.

Money Another Challenge

Back on shore, Ratib says excitedly he will ask Baghdad's central government for money to begin new excavations and to protect the sites. "I will demand that we rescan the whole area. And if they have the budget, we will start work on it immediately," he says. But he acknowledges there will probably not be enough money. If we can't excavate, he says ruefully, we can at least announce our new discoveries.

Ancient buildings have emerged from the river bed in Iraq's western Anbar province as the Euphrates River dries up: