Picture 1: Ancient Map created by Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi with south at the top
Picture 2: Another ancient map by Al-Idrisi – Mid 11th century
Picture 3: Picture of Mecca and the Kaabah housing around 1 million muslims
As we have read in part 1, the Qur’an al-Hakim is the book of no doubt. Now we are going to read why Allah chose Makkah to be where he sent the last prophet Muhammad (SAW) and why Allah chose to reveal the Qur’an here.
Makkah is considered to be the centre of the world by Allah. Now if Allah considers this, there must be some truth to it.
In the time of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and before his time, Makkah was the centre of worshiping Allah. All the Prophets of Allah have visited Makkah once in their lifespan. Now Makkah started to become inhabited by the Arabs after the Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) left his wife Hajira (PBUHer) and baby son Ishmael (PBUH) at the site of the well of ZAM ZAM, by the will of Allah. From there after Hazrat Ishmael grew up, him and his farther built the Kaabah under the command of Allah. From then on the Kaabah became a site of worship, but when Hazrat Ibrahim and Ishmael and their followed passed away, through the passage of time it became a place of idol worship. And because of this, it was the centre of trade and prosperity, for people from all over Arabia came here to worship the Idols. So Makkah was a well known trade route then making it an ideal place to reveal the Qur’an and send the last Prophet Muhammad (SAW), because people from all over Arabia and beyond would come there, embrace Islam and leave to spread the word of truth to the world.
Makkah is also geographically the centre of the world. Muslims were one of the first to make accurate maps of the world and when they drew their maps, they placed south at the top. In that way, Makkah was the centre of the world, and still is, even though the poles have been swapped around.
Around the time of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) there were two superpowers. One being Rome and the other being Persia (present day Iran). These two empires were extravagant and stretched all over Asia, Africa and Europe. At this time, Makkah and Arabia were inhabited by tribes, often warring with each other. The ironic thing is, none of the two superpowers thought Arabia worthy of being part of their empire. In this way, Makkah and Arabia were free, each clan having their own rules and laws. This meant that no influence from these two superpowers could have been part of the Prophet, and this also meant that big scholars and their literature, their sciences and advancements couldn’t have been any part of the Qur’an which contains numerous scientific miracles, that have only been discovered in recent times. This just straightens the fact that the Qur’an is the word of Allah, and was not written by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), who was in fact unlettered.
I am going to conclude with saying that there is Hikmat (undoubted truth) in whatever decision Allah has ever made. But it might not be apparent at first. Mashallah.
Picture 1:http://www.hs.ias.edu/islamicworld/islamic_map_1154_ad.jpg
Picture 2:http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Travelers/Idrisimap.gif
Picture 3: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/images/makkah1.jpg
