Quote from: Layth on April 17, 2020, 01:47:15 AMSalam,
Makka is the town of Lot. That is why the Quran told its recipients "And you pass by them (Lot's people) in the morning; and in the evening; do you not comprehend?" (37:137-138)
The black stone in the Kaaba is likely the remnant of the meteors that struck the town.
Salam, petra cannot be makkah in my understanding (following is just my unerstanding and obviously i could be wrong)
The God says that whoever enters the house is safe (3:97), that the house is in a safe land (2:125-126, 95:3), that everyone around them are snatched yet they are safe (29:67), that it is the oldest house (3:96... so must be still standing otherwise it would not be the "ancient house"), it is for all mankind (2:125 ... so must still be standing as we too should go there given we are aprt of humanity), all humanity of all times since it being built must go (3:97 ... owed to The God that humanity goes and again we are part of humanity) ... petra is destroyed and majoritarily buried underground so cant be the holy city with kaaba in it .. and kaaba must still be standing and not destroyed ...
Plus it is not one city that is blessed, but many cities blessed in a holy land (34:18)
I think bakka is the valley kaaba was built on, around which the city of Makkah was built (people live around the house - last part of 2:196)
and they were prevented to fight at the inside of makka (48:24) a people who i think also prevented them from entering the masjid al haram (next verse 48:25) - so same people The God withheld their hands against within makkah are the same ones who prevented them from the house - so same people same place
Yes based on surah 105 and other clues we can extract petra is city of lut, and muhammed lived there.. but remember muhammed migrated .. he migrated to the secure land/makka (which i equate to egypt (5:20-22 compared with 28:3-6, 26:54-59, and 7;137))
plus they have "already come across/passed by" (25:40) so perhaps they left the place of lut and no longer are there i think
salam