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HISTORY OF THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM IN THE ISLAMIC TRADITION: REVELATION, RUIN, AND THE CITY THAT REFUSED TO BELONG TO ONE PEOPLE Few cities have carried as much spiritual weight-and endured as much upheaval-as Jerusalem. In the Islamic tradition, Jerusalem is not a peripheral place but a sacred center of revelation, memory, and responsibility. This book explores the city's significance in Islam, tracing its role from the earliest days of faith through centuries of conquest, devotion, loss, and renewal. Beginning with the Prophet Muhammad and the Night Journey, and continuing through the establishment of Islamic rule and stewardship over holy sites such as Al-Aqsa Mosque, the book examines how Jerusalem became embedded in Islamic theology, law, and spiritual imagination. It reveals how Muslim rulers, scholars, and ordinary believers understood the city not as exclusive property, but as a trust-holy precisely because it stood at the crossroads of faiths and peoples. History of the Holy City of Jerusalem in the Islamic Tradition is not merely a political history, but a spiritual and cultural one. It shows how revelation and ruin repeatedly reshaped the city, and why Jerusalem consistently resisted belonging to any single power or people. For readers seeking depth, clarity, and historical perspective, this book offers a grounded exploration of a city whose sacredness lies as much in its endurance as in its stones.

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