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where was mohammed? (Part 6)
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Written by Layth (e-mail:
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Part VI - Questions/Misc.
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Baca/Jerusalem - How Was it
Forgotten?
One
of the most alarming points raised in this article is how the
city of Jerusalem and home to Abraham and Mohammed and many
prophets in-between lost its significance and became of
secondary importance for the people who claimed to be followers
of the last prophet!
There are three main reasons that may be viewed as being factors
in this historic confusion:
1.
The change in the Qibla;
“The foolish from amongst the people will Say: “What has
turned them away from the focal point that they were on?” Say:
“To God is the east and the west, He guides whomsoever He
wishes to a straight path.” (The Message 2:142)
2.
God’s decree that
allows interference with the delivery of His Message;
“We have permitted
the enemies of every prophet, human and Jinn devils, to inspire
in each other with fancy words in order to deceive. Had your
Lord willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard
them and their fabrications. That is so the hearts of those who
do not believe in the Hereafter will listen to it, and they will
accept it, and they will take of it what they will.” (The
Message 6:112-113)
3.
God’s pledge revealed
in the final Scripture to keep His Temple ‘off-limits’ to
idolaters;
“O you who believe, those who have set up partners are impure,
so let them not approach the Restricted Temple after this
calendar year of theirs; and if you fear poverty, then God
will enrich you from His blessings if He wills. God is
Knowledgeable, Wise.” (The Message 9:28)
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Previous Structures Preceding the
Dome of the Rock;
Since the location of God’s Temple is deemed to be that where
the current Dome of the Rock stands (constructed in 687 A.D.),
then it should stand that previous structures have existed on
this site since the time of Abraham?
Research shows that indeed this site was the location where the
Temple of Solomon stood, and, more
recently, the Temple of Herod that was standing
during the time of Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem.
Reconstruction of Herod’s Temple, which was standing during the
time of Jesus in the 1st century A.D.
It
should be noted that all sites were centered around the
outcropping rock, also known as the ‘holy of holies’ in Jewish
tradition (click
here for more design details for the historic Temple).
Misc.
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The History of the Arabs;
During the course of this research, a number of interesting
facts came to light which, when viewed with the information
revealed in the Scripture, gave us a more detailed knowledge of
our ancient past.
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Arabic language
originated with the Nabataen’s – who’s kingdom was the area of
today’s Jordan and
stretched to include Jerusalem and parts of Arabia. This information is relevant as
the Scripture was revealed in an Arabic tongue.
“We have sent it
down an Arabic compilation, perhaps you will comprehend.” (The
Message 12:2)
In
addition, The Aramaic-speaking Nabataeans created a new writing
form to add to those in use in the Middle East of their day. They developed a running "cursive" or semi-ligatured
script, which was used for both lapidary inscriptions and more
common graffiti. This writing form would later evolve into the
"Arabic" writing still in use today. (source)
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Nabataen’s were
dedicating worship to female god’s named ‘Allat, Uzzah, and
Manaat’ in addition to the main deity Allah.
Allat
(found at the temple of the winged lions) & Uzzah (found carved
at the treasury) (see
link)
“Have you considered Allaat and Al-`Uzzah? And Manaat, the third
one?” (The Message 53:19-20)
“The
Temple is the most important Nabataean temple discovered up to
the present time. Seen by the excavator as dedicated to the
goddess 'Allat, one of the three major pre-Islamic female
deities, the Temple is really a complex of related facilities,
including a worship center, residential quarters, and workshops,
a combination never before seen in Nabataean religious
installations.” (http://todacosa.com/petra/aep
/temple-winged-lions.htm).
In-fact, other historians who have studied the 'Nabataeans' have
concluded that they worshipped a 'Triple' female god-head (The
chief Nabatean goddess was al-Uzza, who reigned with her sisters
Allat and Manat).
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Israel and the Temple
(Jerusalem);
“And We decreed to
the Children of Israel in the Scripture, that you will make
corruption twice on Earth, and that you will become very high
and mighty.” (The Message 17:4)
A
prophecy has existed in the Scripture that did not begin to
materialize until this last century...The Children of Israel
were destined to regroup and gain strength and influence in the
world (as began in 1948).
However, this prophecy is very bad news for the Children of
Israel as it will conclude with their humiliation and complete
defeat at the hands of a people who will retake God’s Temple.
“If you (Children of Israel) do good, then it will be good for
you, and if you do bad, then so be it. But when the promise of
the second time comes, they will make your faces filled with
sorrow and they will enter the Temple as they did the first
time, and they will strike down all that was raised up.” (The
Message 17:7)
Which Temple is being referred to here?
The
Zionists have taken physical control of Jerusalem and its Temple
since 1967 and are working continually to make it their capital.
Unless the Zionists plan to physically move on Mecca – Arabia,
then it is safe to pronounce that this Jerusalem Temple is the
one that will be liberated as its was the first time during the
prophet’s mission:
“God
has fulfilled with truth His messenger's vision: “You will
enter the Restricted Temple, God willing, secure, with your
heads shaven and shortened, having no fear.” Thus, He knew
what you did not know, and He has coupled with this a near
victory.” (The Message 48:27)
Questions to be Asked.
If
you are a Muslim and totally reject the above article as being
preposterous or made-up regardless of the physical evidence that
has been presented, then please ask yourself the following
questions:
1.
Why did the early
Muslims according to the evidence conduct the Salat facing
Jerusalem (1st
Qibla) if Mecca was the location for God’s Temple?
2.
Why is there a clear
contradiction in the Sunni/Shia traditions whereby they claim
that Mohammed only faced Jerusalem for about 18 months after
arriving to Medina (i.e. until 624 A.D. which corresponds to his
2nd year of the Hijra), yet they neglect to mention
what qibla he faced for the 12 previous years since he
apparently declared his messengership in 610 A.D!
3.
Why does Islamic
tradition hold that the Prophet journeyed to
Jerusalem before his ascension to
heaven during the ‘night journey’?
4.
Since you believe that
Abraham (and Ismail) raised the foundations of the Kaaba in
Mecca, then why do the
faiths after Abraham (Jewish & Christian) not acknowledge that
Abraham traveled as far south as Mecca or that their pilgrimage
was to that area?
5.
Do you accept the
physical evidence that the Arabic language as revealed in the
Scripture is a product of the Nabataens who were dominant in the
Jordan/Palestine area?
6.
Can you find
Mecca - Arabia as being on any ancient
trade map, or recorded as a center for pilgrimage or major
religious activity before the 7th century A.D?
7.
Do you believe the
remains of Lot's town are near the towm of
Mecca - Arabia, or, are they nearer to the town of Jerusalem?
8.
Why is the rock
outcropping (which is attributed as “Maqam Ibrahim”) located
inside the Temple at
Jerusalm (as per the description given in 3:98) while the “Maqam
Ibrahim” in Mecca is located outside the shrine/temple
conflicting with the description given in the Scripture?
9.
Why was Mohammed
adamant on facing the mighty Roman (Byzantium)
army to the North. Did the Roman's hold something dear to make
him take such a risk?
10.
Why did Abdel Malik
construct a magnificent Dome around the rock outcropping in
Jerusalem as a
‘Temple/Shrine’ with no mihrab facing Mecca and no features of a
typical mosque?
11.
Why did Abdel Malik
call people to pilgrim to
Jerusalem and away from Mecca as per some historians?
12.
Why did the Caliph
Suleyman as late as 717 A.D. show confusion in whether it was
Mecca or Jerusalem that
the pilgrimage should be conducted to? (see
source)
13.
Why does the prophecy
associated with Israel’s 2nd
rising speak of their defeat by the retaking of the ‘Temple’? Is
Israel planning to occupy Mecca any time in the future? Or, is
God speaking of His Temple in Jerusalem that they have already
occupied during the 1967 war?
14.
Why is the ‘kaaba’ of
Mecca located at the base
of a valley where it is prone to flash floods? Is this in-line
with the monotheistic purpose of providing a sanctuary for the
pilgrims, or, is it related to the pagan practices of Arabia as
found at other such sites in the
Negev?
15.
Why do pilgrims in
Mecca circle around the
cube 7 times, as well as running between two hills 7 times? Does
this seem to be an act associated with God’s system where He
asks us to ‘think’ and ‘reason’, or, is it more associated with
the empty pagan rituals of the time?
Answering these questions may lead you on the journey that needs
to be taken about now...
Or, you may simply continue on
the same path you found your parents and peers upon.
Worshippers giving their backs to the Temple/Shrine first raised
by Abraham
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Perhaps it is time to once again walk in the footsteps of our
Patriarch Abraham by calling for the great pilgrimage and
assembling mankind to honor the blessings of the Lord…
“And call out to
mankind with the Pilgrimage, they will come to you walking and
on every transport, they will come from every deep enclosure. So
that they may witness benefits for themselves and recall God’s
name in the appointed days over what He has provided for them of
the animal livestock. So eat from it and feed the needy and the
poor. Then let them complete their duties and fulfill their
vows, and let them partake at the ancient Sanctuary.” (The
Message 22:27-29)
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Please note that the methodology, timing, and details to the
pilgrimage as decreed in God’s Scripture have been detailed in
the following article: ‘Pilgrimage
– the Lost Legacy of Abraham’
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