Palestine in the Quran

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Palestine in the Quran

The following Noble Quran verses refer to Palestine:

(2:58) “And [recall] when We said, “Enter this city and eat from it wherever you will in [ease and] abundance, and enter the gate bowing humbly and say, ‘Relieve us of our burdens.’ We will [then] forgive your sins for you, and We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward].”– This verse was addressed to Bani Israeel.

(21:71) “And We delivered him [Ibrahim] and Lut to the land which We had blessed for the worlds”

(23:50) “And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign and sheltered them within a lofty place of lasting restfulness and unsullied springs”

(5:21) “O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back and [thus] become losers.” – These are the words of the Prophet Musa (AS).

(10:93) “And We had certainty settled the Children of Israel in a most goodly abode..” – this is said to refers to Shaam and Jerusalem

(21:81) “And to Sulaymaan (Solomon) [We subjected] the wind, blowing forcefully, proceeding by his command toward the land which We had blessed. And We are ever, of all things, Knowing” – The Kingdom of Sulaymaan (AS) was in present-day Palestine, and had Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital.

(34:18) “And We placed between them and the cities which We had blessed [many] visible cities. And We determined between them the [distances of] journey, [saying], “Travel between them by night or day in safety.” – The reference to the blessed cities here refer to the cities of Shaam including Al-Quds.

(38:21-22) “And has there come to you the news of the adversaries, when they climbed over the wall of [his] prayer chamber – When they entered upon David and he was alarmed by them? They said, “Fear not. [We are] two adversaries, one of whom has wronged the other, so judge between us with truth and do not exceed [it] and guide us to the sound path” – The Mihrab mentioned above, was situated within the Masjid Al-Aqsa Compound.

(3:39) “So the angels called him while he was standing in prayer in the chamber, “Indeed, Allah gives you good tidings of Yahya (John), confirming a word from Allah and [who will be] honorable, abstaining [from women], and a prophet from among the righteous.” – Sayyidina Zakariyya (AS), who was an Imam of Masjid Al-Aqsa, beseeched Allah (SWT) to be blessed with a son, despite his advanced age. Allah (SWT) responded to his fervent Du’as, and the glad tidings of his offspring was conveyed to him as he stood at his Mihrab inside Masjid Al-Aqsa.

(7:161) “And [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, “Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, ‘Relieve us of our burdens,’ and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward].” – Reference here is to the City of Al-Quds

Change of the Qiblah to Kaaba

Masjid Al-Aqsa (Bait Al Maqdis) or the Farthest Mosque is the third Holiest Masjid in Islam. First one is Masjid Al Haram (the Sacred Mosque) in Makkah City and the second one is Masjid Al Nabawi (the Prophet’s Mosque) in Madinah City, in Saudi Arabia.

It is the First Qiblah of Muslims (Qiblah is the direction in which muslims all over the world must have to face to while praying to the Only One God of all – Almighty Allah). Masjid Al Aqsa was the Qiblah in the early part of Final Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) Islamic Mission until that position was accorded to the Holy Kaaba (built by Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) 4,000 years before) by Almighty God Allah by a Divine Command (which is in the Holy Quran) in the second year of the migration of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Makkah to Madina in 623/624 AD.

It is also associated with the Mairaj (Celestial Ascension) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He led the congregational prayer of all the Prophets (peace be upon them all) who had gathered by the Leave of Allah in the Bait Al Maqdis Mosque (in Jerusalem) which is, as mentioned before, the first Qiblah of Muslims.

The following saying of the Final Prophet Muhammad (SAW) signifies the sacred status of the Al Aqsa Mosque, Masjid-Un-Nabi and the

Sacred Mosque where Kaaba is in Makkah, which is accorded by God Himself: “Praying once in Al Aqsa Mosque is equal to praying 50,000 times, and praying once in My Mosque is also equal to praying 50,000 times but praying once in the Sacred Mosque is equal to praying 100,000 times”. (Hadith collection of Ibn Majah- or Book of the Traditions of Final Prophet Muhammad – compiled by Ibn Majah).

Masjid Al Aqsa (Al Aqsa Mosque) is situated in Jerusalem, the Holy City is also called Bait Al Maqdis or Bait Al Muqaddas or the Sanctified House or the House of Sanctuary and in short Al Quds as well. Therefore because of all the above mentioned reasons, one can easily note, how important Jerusalem and Al Aqsa Mosque are to Muslims all over the world.

Change of the Qiblah

The Prophet (peace be upon him) as well as the Muslims had been facing Bait Al Maqdis (in Jerusalem) while worshipping, that is, they regarded it as housing the Qiblah. This practice was followed for one year and four months after migrating to Madinah. It was the Prophet’s desire that the Kaaba be made the Qiblah for prayers as did the other Arab converts to Islam, for they had been holding the sanctuary at Makkah in a reverential regard since time immemorial. To them the house of worship built by Ibrahim and Ismail (peace be upon them both) was the holiest of the holy ones, incomparable in sanctity to any other sanctum or shrine. They were put to a severe test by being asked to face Jerusalem instead of the Kaaba and they withstood this trial by dutifully obeying the divine command.

“Prophet Muhammad used to supplicate to Allah and look at the sky, waiting for Allah’s command.” (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Such was their devotion to the Prophet (peace be upon him) that they always replied, whether they found anything to their linking or not.

“We hear, and we obey,” [Surah Al-Nur 24:51] and: “We believe therein: The whole is from our Lord,” [Surah Al’-Imran 3:7]

Thus, after the faith of the earliest Muslims had been brought to a test and they had defied it successfully, the Qiblah for the prayer was changed to the Kaaba.

“Thus, have We made of you an Ummah justly balanced, that ye might be witnesses over the nations, and the Apostle a witness over yourselves; and We appointed the Qiblah to which thou wast used, only to test those who followed the Apostle from those who would turn on their heels (from the Faith). Indeed it was (a change) momentous, except to those guided by Allah. And never would Allah make your faith of no effect. For Allah is to all people most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.” [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:143]

“We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The People of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord, Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.” [Surah Al-Baqarah 2:144]

The Muslims changed their direction promptly in prayer, in compliance with divine command, towards the Kaaba which was henceforth selected as the Qiblah for all the believers, living in any part of the World, for all times to come.

Sahih Bukhari :: Book #8, Hadith #392

Narrated Bara’ bin ‘Azib: Allah’s Apostle (saw) prayed facing Bait Al Maqdis for sixteen or seventeen months but he loved to face the Kaaba (at Makkah) so Allah revealed: “Verily, We have seen the turning of your face to the heaven!” (Quran 2:144) So the Prophet faced the Kaaba and the fools amongst the people namely “the Jews” said, “What has turned them from their Qiblah (Bait Al Maqdis) which they formerly observed”” (Allah revealed): “Say: ‘To Allah belongs the East and the West. He guides whom he will to a straight path’.” (Quran 2:142) A man prayed with the Prophet (facing the Kaaba) and went out. He saw some of the Ansar praying the ‘Asr prayer with their faces towards Bait Al Maqdis, he said, “I bear witness that I prayed with Allah’s Apostle facing the Kaaba.” So all the people turned their faces towards the Kaaba.

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