There is no mention of Makkah as a sacred place in any historic document for the followers of the previous scriptures. On the contrary, there is strong support that the Hebrew Prophets held the area of Jerusalem and the Temple within its environs as the Lords place of worship. The old sanctuary that Prophet Abraham constructed has been described as a ‘mubaraka’ (blessing) and a ‘huda’ (guidance) for all ‘alamin’ (nations) according to your Qur’an. Here an apt question arises. How can the Kaaba sanctuary today at Makkah serve the conditions of a blessing and guidance to all nations if true Muslims among the Hebrew Israelites, and Ahlul Kitab (the Jews and Christians) are forbidden from its precincts? On the other hand in Jerusalem, Muslims, Christians and Jews are all allowed within its environs. This lends support to the notion that the Kaaba sanctuary was made sacred only for those believers (mumins) after the advent of Islam in Arabia. “The first House (of worship) appointed lilnnāsi (for sons of Adam) is the one which bibakkata (is at Bakkah) mubārakan (blessed) wahudan (and a guidance) lilʿālamīna (for all the nations).” Sura 3/96
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