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(Mecca and Medina)

Allah says, "A mosque founded upon piety from the first day is worthier for you to stand in" (9:108). When the Prophet was asked to which mosque the verse referred he replied, "My Mosque." It also includes the Quba Mosque.

He tells us, "Allah has made the Ka'bah the Sacred House, as an establishment for people; and the Sacred Month, and the offering, and the necklaces, in order that you know that Allah has knowledge of all that is in the heavens and the earth; and that Allah has knowledge of all things." (5:97)

Allah says, "They say, 'If we follow the guidance with you, we shall be driven from our land.' But have We not given them a secure sanctuary from which fruits of every kind are collected as a provision from Us? Indeed, most of them do not know. (28:57)

He says, "Do they not see how We appointed a safe Sanctuary while all around them people are snatched away? Would they believe in falsehood and do they disbelieve in the favor of Allah! (29:67)

And "Therefore let them worship the Lord of this House." (106:3)

And, "No, I swear by this country (Mecca), and you are a lodger in this country." (90:1-2)

And, "By the fig and the olive! and the Mount, Sinai, and this safe country (Mecca)!" (95:1-3)

Allah tells us, "The first House ever to be built for people was that at Bakkah (Mecca) blessed and a guidance for the worlds." (3:96)

Allah says, "And when We made the House (Ka'bah) a visitation and a sanctuary for the people (saying) 'Make the place where Abraham stood a place of prayer. 'And We made a covenant with Abraham and Ishmael, 'Purify My House for those who circumambulate around it, and those who cleave to it, to those who bow and prostrate.'" (2:125)