The name 'al-Quds'
The Arabs refer to Jerusalem as 'al-Quds.' They probably don't know that the name reflects the Jewish connection to the city:Background: El-Kuds is an abreviation for "The Jewish Temple"Unfortunately, the last two links have apparently been changed.
by Rabbi Joseph Katz
The Arabic name for Jerusalem is "el-KuDS" which is abbreviation for another Arabic name used for Jerusalem until the last century, "bet el-maKDeS". Under the Arab rule, in the 10th century Jerusalem was always called "bet el maKDeS"
The name "BeT el-MaKDeS" is a translation of the Aramaic and Hebrew "BeiT ha-MiKDaSH", which means Temple. But Islam has no Temple, only the Jews did.
Thus the Arabic name for Jerusalem makes no reference to Mohammed's trip to Heaven, but rather refers to the Jewish Temple.
For instance Jordan still lists
"Beit El Makdes Tourism & Travel"
http://members.fortunecity.com/tourism1/travelagency.html
Islamic Itineraries offers 1. Night / 2 Days in Beit El Makdes
with a picture of the Temple Mount
http://www.aweidah.com/umrah2.htm
There is a Turkish description of the conquering of Beyt El-Makes
by Suleman at
http://homepages.infoseek.com/~atturak/trk85.html
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 6:49 PM
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Gotta love the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:
The second link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040320051237/http://www.aweidah.com/umrah2.htm
The last link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219013117/http://homepages.infoseek.com/~atturak/trk85.html
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