Quran Universe

Palestine, Also Filastin, Palaestina, the Holy Land

Region

RegionAlso Filastin, Palaestina, the Holy Land

Palestineفلسطين

The heart of the Holy Land, between the Jordan and the sea.

Many prophets lived and preached here, from Ibrahim to Isa, and its centre is Jerusalem. The Muslims took it from Byzantium in the 630s. It was fought over in the Crusades, ruled by the Mamluks and Ottomans, and after 1917 by Britain.

What does the Quran say?

5:2121:71

What happened here?

Who lived here?

Khawlah bint al-AzwarTamim al-DariTalut

Who else is linked?

IbrahimIshaqYaqubDawudSulaymanZakariyaYahyaIsaKingdom of Dawud and SulaymanRoman EmpireByzantine EmpireRashidun CaliphateCrusader statesAyyubidsMamluk SultanateOttoman EmpireEuropean colonial empires

Everyone and everything in the timeline

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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