History of Al Aqsa -
The Furthest Mosque
History of Al Aqsa -
The Furthest Mosque
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي
Introduction For more than thirteen hundred
years Al - Aqsa has been venerated throughout the Muslim
world as the third holiest site of Islam. It was to this that
the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, made his
Night Journey from the Masjid al - Haram in Makkah. It was
from this site that he, peace and blessings be upon him,
ascended on the Miraj, his journey through the heavens to his
Lord.
Contents >> Chapter One: The History
of Palestine
The Land of the
Prophets, Destruction of the First and Second Temples, Romans,
Byzantines, Muslim rule, Al - Aqsa and the Dome of the
Rock. >> Chapter Two: People of The
Book
The Crusaders,
Nuradeen and Salahudeen, Mameluks, Ottomans, Zionism and the
British Mandate, Terrorrism and the Jewish State. >> Chapter Three: The Furthest
Mosque Rebuilding the Second
Temple, the burning of Al - Aqsa, Sabotage, Harrassment and
the Israeli army in the Noble Sanctuary, Jewish Condominium
fortresses and the Intifada; the Furthest Mosque.
أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلاً
مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى
الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ
لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Glory be to Him
Who did take His slave (Muhammad) for a Journey by night
from the Sacred Mosque to the furthest Mosque,
The precincts of which We have blessed,
That We might show him some of Our Signs.
He is the All - Hearing, the All - Seeing.
[surah Isra; 17: 1]
For thirteen hundred years Al - Aqsa has dominated the
skyline and the life of the Holy City. For more than thirteen
centuries it was a centre of pilgrimmage for Muslims from all
over the world. For the past twenty years, its very
existence has been threatened. It is purpose of this
book to outline the history of events that has led to this
situation and the Muslim perspective on, and beyond,
it.
This booklet was first published in
1990 By Mustaqim Islamic Art & Literature
Copyright � 2000 Mustaqim
Islamic Art & Literature
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