Mecca in The Bible - Shocking Evidences!! - Mohammad[pbuh] in The Bible .
BECCA = MECCA / BAKKAH = MAKKAH
As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him...and I will make him a great nation. Genesis 17:20
And God heard the voice of the child, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the child where he is. Arise, lift up the child, and hold him fast with your hand; for I will make him a great nation. Genesis 21: 17-19
O my Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your sacred House ; in order, O our Lord that they may establish regular prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men with love toward the;, and feed them with fruits, so that they may give thanks. O our Lord! Truly You know what we concealed and what we reveal: for nothing whatever is hidden from God, whether on earth or in heaven. Praise be to God, who has granted me in old age Ishmael and Isaac truly my Lord is He, the Hearer of Prayer! Qur'an 14: 37-39
Abraham took Hagar and Ishmael away to a Valley in the Arabian Peninsula called Bacca which is present day Mecca.
"The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings"
Qur'an 3:96
The prophet Muhammad is a descendant of Ishmael's children and is therefore part of that "great nation" announced by the Scriptures. Abraham is hence his "father" in the primary sense, and Islamic tradition understands that the blessings of this father's prayers extend to his descendant the Last Prophet as well as to place where he left Hagar and Ishmael, where, a few years later, he was to raise with his son God's sacred House (The Ka'ba).
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In the beginning of Islam(Submission to The Creator alone in peace), The Muslims(The ones who submits their will to the will of The Creator alone in peace) were praying toward the Direction of " Al Quds ", "Jerusalem ". In the Second year of "The Muslims Migration to Madina" Allah Commanded That :
“Verily! We have seen the turning of your (Muhammad's) face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall turn you to a Qiblah (prayer direction) that shall please you, so turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid- Al-Harâm (at Makkah). And wheresoever you people are, turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction. Certainly, the people who were given the Scriptures (i.e. Jews and the Christians) know well that, that (your turning towards the direction of the Ka'bah at Makkah in prayers) is the truth from their Lord. And Allâh is not unaware of what they do.” (Quran 2 : 144)
