Quran’s Reference to Al-Aqsa Mosque Reflects Its Islamic Identity: Egyptian Scholar
Speaking at the weekly meeting of the Al-Azhar Mosque this week, Ibrahim al-Hudhud said that Surah Al-Isra begins with the mention of Al-Aqsa Mosque and this indicates that the mosque is an inseparable part of the identity of the Islamic Ummah.
The name of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Quran, as some people think, does not only appear in Surah Al-Isra, but also in a number of other Surhas, including Al-Baqarah, Al Imran, Al-Aaraf, Al-Qassas, Muminun and Qaaf, he stated.
The holy city of al-Quds will be the gathering place of the people on the Day of Resurrection and the place where the creation will be resurrected on that day, al-Hudhud said.
He added that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) underlined the virtue of Al-Aqsa Mosque and ordered Muslims to go to this mosque and said, “If someone lights a lamp in it, it is as if he has prayed in it.”
The scholar also noted that the Quran does not attribute this mosque to the Jews.
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Salah Ashur was another scholar addressing the meeting. He dismissed the Zionist occupiers’ attempts to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque under the pretext of finding the Temple of Solomon and said such attempts are covers to judaize the mosque and desecrate it.
He added that al-Quds and Palestine will remain Arab, no matter how long the hostilities last and no matter how the enemy occupier tries to distort history.
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