İsra ve Miraç’ta Süleyman Mâbedi ve Mescid-i Aksa’nın Varlığı Meselesi

Turkish

The Jewish Holy Book refersto a temple which King David wished to build but erected by his son, KingSolomon and named after him. As it was in the past, the temple enjoys a greatsignificance in the eyes of Jews today. On the other hand, according to Muslimsal-Masjid al-Aqsa (lit. the farthest mosque) is just as a religiousvalue of utmost importance as the Temple of Solomon for Jews. It is due to thefact that the vicinity of the mosque of al-Aqsa is proclaimed holy byQur’an and the mosque is third of the holiest mosques on earth as mentioned bythe Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Furthermore it is believed by Muslims that themiraculous journey of the Prophet known as Isra (lit. walking at night)and Miraj (lit. a vehicle of ascension) took place around this mosque. Inthe course of time the question of the existence of the temple of Solomon hasbeen one of the highly controversial subjects between Jews and Muslims.Expressed by various scholars that there has been never a temple in this areasince the complete demolition of the temple of Solomon that was destroyed byHerod’s rule in A.D. 70 by Romans in A.D. 132. This paper endeavors to clarifysome arguments expressed on the subject in question by presenting a variety ofinformation which deny the allegations about the mosque of al-Aqsa that isparticularly mentioned in the miraculous journeys of the Prophet of IslamMuhammad (pbuh) called Isra and Miraj.