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EPISODE 3️⃣7️⃣ – MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH (مكة المكرمة)
(Part A – Introduction)
Location: Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦.
Coordinates: 21°25′21″N 39°49′24″E
🕋 Welcome to the holiest city in Islam. The birth city of the Nabiy Muhammad (ﷺ).
🕋 Makkah al-mukarramah is the city of Allaah (ﷻ) that has been mentioned in the Qur’an by several other names among which are:
▪️ Bakkah (بَكَّةَ) [Aal-E-Imran Ayah 96].
▪️ Al-Balad (ٱلۡبَلَدِ) [Al-Balad, Ayah 1].
▪️ Al-Qaryah (قَرۡيَتِ) [Muhammad, Ayah 13].
▪️ Ummul-Qura (أُمَّ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ) [Al-An’am, Ayah 92].
🕋 Al-Bakkah housed two of the most expensive buildings in the world, the first being Masjid al-Haram and Abraj al-Bait Complex which are both valued at USD100 billion and USD15 billion respectively.
🕋 It is in this city that the last and final manual of life, the revelation to all mankind, a guidance to the guided was first revealed to the chosen one, Muhammad (ﷺ) in the cave of Hira.
🕋 Ummul-Qura is also the city of Nabiy Ismaheel (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ), whom along with his mother became the first inhabitant of the Holy City.
🕋 In addition to being the holiest city on earth, it also housed the most sacred of all houses on earth – the Holy Kabbah of which according to some tradition was first built by the Angels, and to another tradition, it was first built by Adam (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ). However, what is well established is that the major renovation, which includes the present foundation was constructed by Ibraheem Khaliilullaah (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) and his son Ismaheel (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ).
🕋 Al-Balad also housed the holiest of wells and water, the well of Zamzam. The miraculously generated water was revealed to Hajar (عليها السلام), the mother of Ismaheel (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) who is also the wife of Ibrahim (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ).
🕋 Makkah also housed the hill of as-Safar wal-Marwah which the walk between them is a mandatory pillar in Umrah.
🕋 Among other notable features of the city includes:
▪️Jabal an-Nur – the mountain of which Nabiy Muhammad (ﷺ) often spend times in seclusion from the bustling of the city.
▪️Hira’a Cave – the cave where the Archangel Jubril (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) first appeared to the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) with the first revelation in his true form.
▪️Hijr al-Aswad (The Black Stone) – the black stone from paradise, located at the eastern corner of the Kaaba from where pilgrims begin the circumambulation.
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🕋 Muslim scientists have provided evidence to show that Makkah is the true centre of the Earth, one argument being that unlike other longitudes, Makkah’s is in perfect alignment to the magnetic north.
🕋 A prayer in Masjid al-Haram, the central Masjid of Makkah is better one hundred thousand times than a prayer elsewhere [Sahih Muslim, Book 15, Hadith 578. Also Musnad Aḥmad 15685]
To be continued… إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ
ISLAM IS GOOD, ITS HISTORY IS RICH
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