Page 282 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

280 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

The first House established for mankind was that at Bakka, a place
of blessing and a guidance for all beings. (Surah Al 'Imran, 96)
This is a Book We have sent down and blessed, confirming what
came before it, so that you can warn the Mother of Cities and the peo-
ple around it. Those who believe in the hereafter believe in it and safe-
guard their prayer. (Surat al-An'am, 92)
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when those who disbe-
lieved drove him out (from Mecca) and there were two of them in the
Cave. He said to his companion, 'Do not be despondent, Allah is with
us.' Then Allah sent down His serenity upon him and reinforced him
with troops you could not see. He made the word of those who disbe-
lieved undermost. It is the word of Allah which is uppermost. Allah is
Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat at-Tawba, 40)
Do they not see that We have established (Mecca) a safe haven while
people all round them are violently dispossessed? So why do they be-
lieve in falsehood and reject the blessing of Allah? (Surat al-'Ankabut, 67)
Accordingly We have revealed to you an Arabic Qur'an so that you
may warn the Mother of Cities and those around it, and give warning
of the Day of Gathering about which there is no doubt: one group in
the Garden, the other in the Blazing Fire. (Surat ash-Shura, 7)
It is He Who held their hands back from you, and your hands from
them in the valley of Mecca, after giving you the upper hand over
them. Allah sees what you do. (Surat al-Fath, 24)

MADINA (YATHRIB)
Madina is the city to which Muslims migrated under the leadership
of Our Prophet. Those who migrated were called the "Muhajirun", and
those who welcomed and settled the Muhajirun were called the
"Ansar".
Some of the desert Arabs around you are hypocrites and some of the
people of Madina are obdurate in their hypocrisy. You do not know
them but We know them. We will punish them twice over and then
they will be returned to a terrible punishment. (Surat at-Tawba, 101)
It was not for people of Madina, and the desert arabs around them,
to remain behind the Messenger of Allah nor to prefer themselves to