Quran Universe

Jerusalem, Also Urushalim, Aelia Capitolina, Iliya, Bayt al-Maqdis, al-Quds, Jerusalem

City

CityAlso Urushalim, Aelia Capitolina, Iliya, Bayt al-Maqdis, al-Quds, Jerusalem

Jerusalemالقدس

City of Dawud and Sulayman, first qiblah of Islam and goal of the Night Journey.

Dawud made it his capital and Sulayman built the house of worship. Rome razed it and renamed it Aelia; in 637 Umar travelled from Madinah to receive its keys and guaranteed its people their churches and lives. Crusaders took it in 1099 with great slaughter, and Salah al-Din restored it to Muslim rule in 1187 without revenge.

What does the Quran say?

17:117:4-75:212:2592:142-144

What does the hadith say?

Sahih Muslim 162a

What happened here?

Who lived here?

Asif ibn BarkhiyaUzayrImranHannahThe Wife of ZakariyaHerod the GreatBaldwin IGuy of LusignanAl-MuqaddasiThe Angels Who Spoke to MaryamThe Two Disputants of DawudThe Jinn of SulaymanThe Ifrit of Sulayman

Who else is linked?

DawudSulaymanZakariyaYahyaMaryamIsaMuhammad ﷺUmar ibn al-KhattabSalah al-DinNebuchadnezzar IIKingdom of Dawud and SulaymanBabyloniaPersian EmpireRoman EmpireByzantine EmpireRashidun CaliphateUmayyad CaliphateCrusader statesAyyubidsMamluk SultanateOttoman Empire

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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