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Masjid-e-Aqsa
मस्जिद-ए-अक़्सा
said MAS-jid-e-AQ-sa
also written: Al-Aqsa, Bait-ul-Muqaddas
Meaning
The Farthest Mosque in Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site and the destination of the Prophet's Night Journey.
Literally: the farthest mosque
Usage & notes
Iqbal honors Masjid-e-Aqsa as the goal of the Prophet's miraculous Night Journey and a sacred trust of the Muslim world. Its sanctity links the faith to the wider chain of prophetic history.