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So travel through
the land and see what was the end of those who denied (the truth).
(Sura16 An-Nahl,
Ayat 36)
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While I was at the Damascus
University, Syria (2001), I had an opportunity to travel to many of
the Middle Eastern countries. My main aim was to visit, many of the
historic places that are located there. I traveled to;
- Syria:
Damascus
(know as the longest inhabitant city in the world), Hal’lab (Aleppo),
Hims, Hama, Lad’zaqia, Tartus, Tadmur (Palmyra, where Prophet Sulaman
عليه
السلام once lived),
Busra As-Sham (where the foot pints of the she camel that Prophet
صلى
الله عليه و
سلم was riding lay), Malula, Qunatura
and many other small towns.
- Lebanon:
Beirut, Bal’bak (where Prophet Ibrahim عليه
السلام once lived.
- Jordan:
Amman, Aqqaba, The Dead Sea, Petra (the land of Qu’me Thamood, the
tribe of Prophet Sal’lah عليه
السلام ), and
the cave of As’hab-e-Kahaf (the sleepers of the cave).
- Egypt:
The pyramids, Cairo, Askandaria (where Prophet Danial عليه
السلام and Luqman
عليه
السلام are buried),
Luxor, Thebas, Karnak, Aswan, Abu Simbel and Nuweiba.
- Turkey
(South):
Antakiyya (Antioch)
While
in England, in 2003 I have traveled by road to see the Muslim influence
in Andalusia:
- Spain:
In September 2003, 5 of us embarked on a journey of Islamic discoveries,
which took us through 10 historic cities with a round trip of over
5,000 km in 10 days includes: Madrid, Granada, Malaga, Merbella,
Algeciras, Tarifa, Seville, Cordoba, Toledo.
- France:
Paris, Poitires, Bordeaux
Click here to view our itinerary for travels to France, Spain and Gibraltar. (MS Word)
In
2004 i went to;
- Turkey:
Istanbul,
leading a group of eight.
- Pakistan:
Lahore, Islamabad, Taxila and Multan the city conquered my Muhammad
bin Qasim.
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