Mount of Temptation / Jabal Quruntul

The Mount of Temptation, in Arabic “جبل التجربة” (Jabal al-Tajriba), also known as Jabal Quruntul is a mountain overlooking the city of Jericho in the West Bank, Palestine.

There is no authentication (as the Original Injil given by Allah to Prophet Jesus ﷺ is lost) where the modified Bible accounts that after the devil tempted Prophet Jesus at this place after fasting for 40 days.

We call upon Christians who believe in Jesus to return to fasting

Authentic scholarly commentary, "those before you" directly includes the previous nations and their respective Prophets.

Classical records indicate that Prophet Musa (Moses) fasted for 40 days on Mount Sinai, Prophet Dawud (David) famously fasted on alternate days (the beloved Siyam Dawud),

and Prophet Isa (عليه السلام) spent extensive periods fasting in absolute devotion to Allah.

Allah confirms the timeless nature of fasting in the Holy Qur'an:

O you who believe!
Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous."
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:183)

The modern biblical texts themselves record that Jesus fell on his face and prostrated in prayer (Matthew 26:39),
did not eat or drink during his fasts, and preached strict monotheism.

Leviticus 23:27–32:
“Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement... and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord...
For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people.”

In ancient Hebrew, the command to "afflict your soul" (anah nephesh) specifically meant a total fast from food and water from evening to evening.

Whenever a major disaster or divine wrath loomed, the Prophets immediately ordered the entire population to fast. In the Book of Joel 1:14, the Prophet commands the elders of Israel:

“Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.”

“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites... But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face...”

When the Pharisees questioned Jesus about why his immediate disciples were not fasting as strictly as the disciples of John the Baptist, Jesus gave a precise prophecy concerning the period after his earthly departure (Mark 2:20):

"The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.”

This verse establishes that once Prophet Isa (عليه السلام) was raised up to the heavens, true Christians were scripturally obligated to resume absolute fasting.

Book of Acts confirms that the early apostolic church strictly followed this prophetic command. They relied on fasting to seek divine direction and to appoint leadership:

• Acts 13:2–3: “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul...' Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.”

• Acts 14:23: “And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord...”

Early Christian historical documents (such as the Didache, dating back to the late 1st century), the earliest Christians fasted strictly twice a week (on Wednesdays and Fridays), mimicking the traditional Semitic style of complete food and drink abstinence

However, over centuries of Romanization and institutional evolution, the church watered down these requirements.

The grueling 40-day absolute fast modeled by Jesus in the wilderness was re-legislated by church councils into Lent

—shifting from a total fast to structural rules where followers merely abstain from red meat, chocolate, or social media.

The original Injil—the pure, monotheistic divine scripture revealed directly by Allah to Prophet Isa (عليه السلام)—was historically lost, altered, and replaced by human-authored biographical accounts centuries later.

While Islam explicitly affirms that Satan tries to whisper to humans, Muslim scholars emphasize that the Prophets of Allah possess 'Ismah (divine infallibility) and are entirely protected from being overcome, physically transported, or swayed by the devil.