first mosque

Submitted by Sulaman (Saudi Arabia), Jan 8, 2006 at 03:38

When this Surah was revealed ~621 AD, the Sacred Mosque already existed in Mecca, but where was "the farthest mosque?" It was apparently identified with places inside Arabia; either Medina, or a town called Ji'rana, about ten miles from Mecca, which Muhammad visited in 630 AD.

Palestine had not yet been conquered by Muslim armies, and contained not a single mosque

In Islam all the places for worship God from Adam till these days are Mosque . there is nothing called church(which by the way is invented many years after Juses ) nor temple in Judisam they have been called Mosque.
Also when this happen ( Isara) , at that time , there was not any Mosque have been built , the first Mosque was built after MIRAJ by 5-7years in Maddina.

the correct name for Solmon temple is Soloman Mosque.

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