This chapter (sura) of the Quran is thought to be written in the Medinan period sometime between 622 and 632 and is made up of 200 verses or 'aya'. Current translation is Pickthall.
3:96Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples;
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ
The Temple, the Ka'aba, and the Christ, John Gilchrist
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