Who Was Herod Antipas? The king who killed Yahya in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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هيرودس أنتيباس

Herod Antipas

The king who killed Yahyac. 29 CE

Relied onHis throne under Rome

Undone byExile

Ruler of Galilee under Rome. Yahya told him that his marriage to his brother's wife was forbidden, and the king had him beheaded.

How it ended

Rome stripped him of his lands in 39 CE and sent him into exile in Gaul, where he died.

And peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive.
Quran 19:15

The lessonYahya lost his life and kept his honour; peace be upon him the day he died (19:15).

In the Quran

3:39 19:12-15

Stood against
Source: Recorded by historiansThe Quran praises Yahya but does not tell of his death. Muslim historians tell of a king who killed him over a forbidden marriage, and Ibn Kathir reports his head is buried in Damascus; the name Herod comes from the Gospels and Josephus.

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Before Adam Iblis: the one who refused