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Last Updated: Wednesday, 02 June, 2004, 22:50 GMT 22:50 K.S.A  

"Introduction of Yathrib"

Before the emigration of the Messenger and Prophet of Allah, Mohammed (Peace be upon him), the city of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah was called 'Yathrib'. This name has been mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an, in the words of Allah, (the Most High), concerning the tongues of the hypocrites, (Surah #33 Al-Ahzaab, The Confederates, Verse #13), "O people of Yathrib there is no stand (possible) for you (against the enemy attack". It is also mentioned in an authenticated hadith (tradition of the Messenger of Allah, Peace be upon him) that the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) changed the name from Yathrib to Madinah, and prohibited anyone from using the old name. He said "Who says for Madinah, Yathrib, should seek the forgiveness of Allah". (Imam Ahmed 285/4).

The new name of the city, Madinah, is mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an three times, as follows:

"And among the Bedouins round about you some are hypocrites, and so are some among the people of Al-Madinah..." , (Surat #9, Al-Tawbah, The Repentance, Verse #101), and "It was not becoming of the people of Al-Madinah and the Bedouins...", (Surat #9, Al-Tawbah, The Repentance, Verse #120, and "They (hypocrites) say: 'If we return to Al-Madinah...' ", (Surat #63, Al-Munaafiqoon, The Hypocrites, Verse #8).

The Messenger of Allah exalted Madinah by calling it other names in a number of hadith; important among them are 'Taabah' (Pleasant) and 'Taibah' (Goodness). It is possible the reason that the old name was discarded and changed is because it has such an offensive and repugnant linguistic sense. The word 'Yathrib', in the richness and depth of the Arabic language, is derived from 'Al-Turtheeb', which literally means 'severely blamed, or rebuked'. It can also be taken to mean 'spoiling', 'corrupting' and 'confusion'. Thus, its former name was widespread and renowned. The name Yathrib also appears in engravings and books other than Arabic. It appears in the geography of 'Batlimos (Ptolemy) the Greek, by the name 'Yathripa' and in a book by 'Istafaan Al-Byzanti, as 'Yathrip'. The name appeared on inscriptions on stone columns in Madinah as 'Hiraan' (stubborn or reluctant), (Itribo).

In any case, it is truly prohibited to use the old name, since Islam granted it a new name to be infinitely associated with it. This relation encourages us in researching its earliest origins and the conditions in it, in the long periods before Islam. What emerges is the appearance of clear dimensions of change that occurred before Islam in all aspects, beginning with the time that concludes with the arrival of early cultural aspects of civilisation and progresses with what follows in the analysis of its roots since the phase of the original founding.

All the information above is taken from the web-site: www.al-madinah.org



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