﴿ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍۢ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًۭا وَهُدًۭى لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴾

“Behold, the first Temple ever set up for mankind was indeed the one at Bakkah: rich in blessing, and a [source of] guidance unto all the worlds,”

(Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind�) [3:96]. Said Mujahid: �The Muslims and the Jews boasted to each other; the Jews said: �Jerusalem is better and greater than the Ka�bah because it was the land to which the Prophets had migrated and it is also sacred�; while the Muslims said: �No, the Ka�bah is better�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�.