Al-Aqsa Mosque ki Kahani aur Tareekh

Al-Aqsa Mosque, jo Falasteen ke sheher Jerusalem mein mojood hai, Islam ke teen muqaddas tareen maqamat mein se ek hai. Yeh maqam sirf ek masjid nahi, balki ek poora Haram Sharif ka ilaqa hai, jo Musliman aur Islami tareekh mein bepanah ahmiyat rakhta hai.

Iska Naam aur Ahmiyat

“Al-Aqsa” ka matlab hai “Sabse door masjid.” Quran-e-Pak mein Surah Al-Isra (17:1) mein is ka zikar hai jab Nabi Muhammad ﷺ ne Shab-e-Meraj mein yahan safar kiya aur phir asmanon ka safar shuru kiya. Yeh maqam un sab maqamat mein se hai jahan tamam anbiya ne jama ho kar Nabi Muhammad ﷺ ki imamat mein namaz ada ki.

Tareekh aur Tameer

Al-Aqsa ka asal buniyad Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S.) ke ahad mein rakhi gayi thi, lekin Hazrat Sulaiman (A.S.) ne iski tameer mukammal ki. Hazrat Dawood (A.S.) ne bhi is maqam ki tameer mein aham kirdar ada kiya.

Islam ke baad, 7th century mein Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (R.A.) ke ahad mein is maqam ka qabza liya gaya aur yahan Musliman masjid banane lage. 691 AD mein Ummayad Khalifa Abdul Malik bin Marwan ne Qubbat al-Sakhrah (Dome of the Rock) banwaya jo Haram Sharif ka hissa hai.

Crusades aur Wapsi

1099 AD mein Crusaders ne is maqam par qabza kar liya aur isse ek church mein tabdeel kar diya. Lekin 1187 AD mein Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi ne Crusaders ko shikast di aur Haram Sharif ko Musliman ke liye wapas hasil kiya. Salahuddin ne Al-Aqsa Mosque aur Dome of the Rock ki dobara bahali karai.

Haalat-e-Hazira

Aaj ke dor mein Al-Aqsa Mosque Falasteen aur Israel ke conflict ka markazi nuqta hai. Yeh maqam sirf ibadat ka nahi, balki Musliman ke izzat aur shanakht ka symbol hai. Haram Sharif ka area 35 acres par mashoomal hai, aur is mein Dome of the Rock aur Al–Aqsa ki asal masjid dono mojood hain.

Musliman ke liye yeh maqam ek azmat aur ruhaniyat ka markaz hai. Har saal hazaron log yahan ziyarat ke liye aate hain, aur yeh maqam Muslim unity ka aik bara zariya hai.