7 reasons why "pre-Islam" fits PETRA, not Mecca!

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•6 Mar 2021

PfanderFilms - Dr Jay Smith reporting

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Lahleh Cyrus has a good question, where he asks, “Mecca is described in the Qur'an and the Islamic Traditions as having a valley, a stream/river, ruins, trees, grass, fruits, olive trees and mountains overlooking the Kaaba. Yet, none of this is correct due to the location and climate of Mecca. So the question is, where is this place described in the Qur'an and in the Islamic Traditions?” We've mentioned the answer to this question before, but let us remind our viewers that everything in the Qur'an and in the Islamic Traditions which refer to where the prophet lived and worked seem to be pointing towards Petra. Why? Here are 7 quick reasons: 1) Petra has all 5 stages of the Hajj, which are now copied in Mecca. 2) Petra is in a valley, and did have olive trees and all of the kinds of vegetation referred to in the Qur'an and the Traditions, but Mecca does not. 3) Petra has the water ways, and the wells referred to in the Traditions, whereas Mecca only has one water source, the ZamZam well. 4) Petra was on all of the land trade routes North, East and West, as well as the Maritime trade route going south, so was at the center of the trade then, whereas Mecca was on none of these routes, because it is situated off of the Western Plateau, and not near the sea. 5)  Petra is where the Nabataean Arabic which is used in the Qur'an originated, whereas the Arabic used in the Hijaz (where Mecca and Medina are located) used the Yemeni 'Sabaic' Arabic. 6) Petra is where the god 'Allah' and the goddesses 'Al-lat', 'Al-Uzza', and 'Al-Manat' (referred to in the Qur'an in the Satanic Verses, Surah 53:19-20) Came from, whereas this god and those goddesses were not from Mecca. 7) And most importantly, Petra is where all of the Qiblas for every mosque, up until 706 AD are facing, while the first Qibla actually facing Mecca doesn't appear until 727 AD, almost a century too late. For these 7 reasons, it seems that it is Petra which was the earlier sanctuary that the Qur'an and the Traditions were referring to, and not Mecca, as it simply didn't exist that early, nor that far south.

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