On Safwa and Marwa mentioned in quran being Mount Zion and mount Moriah
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Peace! everyone
Today I would like to share a thought-provoking idea that occured to me that in the quran verse 2158"The Safa and Marwa are amongst God’s symbols. So whosoever makes Pilgrimage to the House, or is merely passing through, commits no error that he should traverse them. And whoever donates for goodness, then God is Appreciative, Knowledgeable."
Now those who read the articles of this website knows that The Pilgrimage to the house refers to the "Dome of the rock"
in jerusalem.However I did not find the mention of Safwa and marwa being mount zion and mount moriah. The other Day I realised that in a wikipedia articleMoriah /mɒˈraɪə/ (Hebrew מוֹרִיָּה, Mōrīyya; Arabic ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify the region mentioned in Genesis and the specific mountain in which the near-sacrifice is said to have occurred with "Mount Moriah", mentioned in the Book of Chronicles as the place where Solomon's Temple is said to have been built, and both these locations are also identified with the current Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Also Mount Zion
Mount Zion (Hebrew הַר צִיּוֹן, Har Ṣīyyōn; Arabic جبل صهيون, Jabal Sahyoun) is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David (2 Samuel 57, 1 Chronicles 115; 1 Kings 81, 2 Chronicles 52) and later for the Temple Mount, but its meaning has shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's Western Hill. In a wider sense, the term Zion is also used for the entire Land of Israel.
The etymology of the word Zion is uncertain. Mentioned in the Bible in the Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 57) as the name of the Jebusite fortress conquered by King David, its origin likely predates the Israelites. If Semitic, it may be associated with the Hebrew root ṣiyyôn ("castle"Though not spoken in Jerusalem until 1,700 years later, the name is similar in Arabic and may be connected to the root ṣiyya ("dry land" or the Arabic šanā ("protect" or "citadel".The name Siyyon sounds very close to Safwa and Moriah to Marwa. Also Mount moriah and Zion are thwo important sites in jerusalem
That means the Dome of the Rock s the house of pilgrimage aligns with the informationj given In the quran "The Safa and Marwa are amongst God’s symbols. So whosoever makes Pilgrimage to the House"
Just a thought
Godbless -
peace,
You can read a detailed analysis of 2158 here
https//mypercept.co.uk/articles/meaning-hajj-Quran.htmlThere seems to be insufficient evidence, as per Quran, to definitively deduce the meaning of "safa" and "marwah", however we should bear in mind that whatever they are the implication is that they are not critical/compulsory aspects for one who did "HaJJ" or visited.
