New York City is notable among world cities for having part of it―the Bronx―located on land, while its remaining parts―Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens―are found in the sea, the Atlantic Ocean. The year 1624 is considered to mark the true emergence of New York City. But a thousand years earlier, the Prophet alluded to this city and told his companions that a Muslim army would invade it in the future. The Prophet died in 631 AD, while the remarkable city did not achieve the unique shape to which the Prophet referred in his speech―“a city of which a part is established on land and the other is established in the sea” [1] ―until 1898. [1] Imam Muslim: speech No. 2920.