When prophet Musa (Moses) passed away, the leadership of Bani Isra'il passed to Yusha ibn Nun (great grandson of prophet Yusuf/Joseph). Yusha ibn Nun is not mentioned directly in the Qur'an but he is the servant of Musa who is referred to in the following verses of the Qur'an (18:60) and (5:23). The Prophet (saws), mentions the name of Yusha ibn Nun as this servant of Musa in a number of authentic narrations (see for example 3/124 and 55/613 of Sahih Al-Bukhari). Before this point, they (bani is’rael) were all wandering in the desert for 40 years as a punishment from Allah due to constant disobedience of His commands by the Children of Is’rael. Prophet Musa and his brother Prophet Haroon (Aaron) both passed away during the wandering period. The Prophet (saws) gives us a clue as to why this victory was delayed when he said: "None of the ones who worshipped the calf entered into Jerusalem" Allah made them stay in the wilderness for 40 years until all of that generation had passed away. And they were replaced by a new generation, and it was this generation that was given the victory. Yusha led the Children of Isra'il against the Jababirah (the inhabitants of Jerusalem), who were a large giant-like people. The fighting was furious and the sun was about to set (asr time on a friday). Yusha knew that he could not defeat these people except if the day was longer as, if night came, the Jababirah would be able to regroup. So Yusha pointed to the sun and said, "You are receiving orders and I am receiving orders from Allah, O Allah stop the sun!" Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, caused the sun to stop for Yusha until he defeated the people of Jerusalem. (There is a hadith which details this incident - see Sahih Muslim 1747 and Sahih Muslim 19/4327) The Children of Israel lived in Jerusalem for some time and Yusha (as) taught them the Torah and ruled according to it. Ibn Kathir says that he lived up to be 127 years old. He lived 27 years after the death of Prophet Musa (pbuh). If you have Allah on your side, don't worry! It's not a matter of numbers, or weapons, or artillery when Allah is on your side. Allahu’Akbar. #fyp #islam #jerusalem #childrenofisrael #yusha #joshua #musa