by the established House (Mecca),

and this safe country (Mecca)!

Here's another crowd in Mecca.

I swear by this city (Mecca)

and by this inviolable city, Mecca.

No, I swear by this country (Mecca),

It's the Mecca of house music. it's DJ paradise.

I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca)

I left the Kaaba to eat something in downtown Mecca.

This is an image of Muslims circling the Kaaba in Mecca.

(Muhammad), consider when Abraham prayed, Lord, make this (Mecca) a peaceful territory and save me and my offspring from worshipping idols.

The first House ever to be built for people was that at Bakkah (Mecca) blessed and a guidance for the worlds.

And remember when Ibrahim prayed, O my Lord! Make this town (Mecca) a safe one, and safeguard me and my sons from worshipping idols.

And they said, Why was the Qur an not sent down upon some chieftain of these two great towns? (The chiefs of Mecca and Taif).

And the first thing I wanted to do as a Muslim was go to Mecca and visit the Kaaba, the holiest shrine of Islam.

A mecca for tourists, a stopover for transients... a target for gangsters... a haven for those fleeing from winter, a home for the hardworking.

Safa and Marwah (names of two places in Mecca) are reminders of God. It is no sin for one who visits the Sacred House (in Mecca) to walk seven times between (Safa and Marwah.) Whoever willingly does a good deed in obedience to God, will find God All knowing and Fully Appreciative.

What happened, that is, on the night in the year 610 when Muhammad received the first revelation of the Koran on a mountain just outside Mecca?

(Muhammad), wherever you go, turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque (in Mecca). This is the truth from your Lord who is not unaware of what you do

The first house (of worship) that God assigned to men was in Bakka (another name of Mecca). It is a blessed one and a guide for all people.

The believers and the Emigrants from Mecca who fight for the cause of God, indeed have hope in receiving the mercy of God God is All forgiving and All merciful.

Indeed the first house that was appointed as a place of worship for mankind, is the one at Mecca (the Holy Ka aba), blessed and a guidance to the whole world

It is He who withheld their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after giving you advantage over them. God is Observer of what you do.

It is He who kept peace between you and the people of the valley of Mecca after having given you a victory over them. God is Well Aware of what you do.

It is He who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them, in the hollow of Mecca, after that He made you victors over them. God sees the things you do.

(We commanded Abraham), Call people for hajj an act of worship accomplished by visiting the sacred sites in Mecca. They will come on foot and on lean camels from all the distant quarters

Yes, it does say that, but in a very specific context the anticipated conquest of the sanctuary city of Mecca where fighting was usually forbidden, and the permission comes hedged about with qualifiers.

And it is He Who restrained their hands from you, and your hands from them in the valley of Mecca, after having given you control over them and Allah sees all what you do.

It was He who restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the hollow (Hudaibiah) of Mecca after He had given you victory over them. Allah sees the things you do.

And He it is Who held back their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Mecca after He had given you victory over them and Allah is Seeing what you do.

And He it is Who hath withheld men's hands from you, and hath withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Mecca, after He had made you victors over them. Allah is Seer of what ye do.

He it is Who raised among the inhabitants of Mecca an Apostle from among themselves, who recites to them His communications and purifies them, and teaches them the Book and the Wisdom, although they were before certainly in clear error,

Have you not seen those to whom a portion of the Book was given believing in (the two statutes of Mecca) jibt and taghout and say to those who disbelieve 'Those are more guided on the way than those who believe.'

We have revealed the Quran to you in the Arabic language so that you could warn the people of the Mother Town (Mecca) and those around it of the inevitable Day of Resurrection when some will go to Paradise and others to hell.

I think you're beginning to recognise how simple this idea is. I would like to go there and select a goodsize iceberg dig out a chamber from its rear drop in two 20,000horsepower diesel engines and sail Brewster's Berg Number One to Mecca.

In the hour of adversity, Allah turned (in mercy) to the Prophet, the Emigrants (of Mecca) and the Supporters (of Madinah) who followed him when some of their hearts were about to swerve away. He turned to them, indeed, He is Gentle, the Most Merciful.

And this is a Blessed Book which We have sent down, confirming what came before it, in order that you warn the Mother of the Villages (Mecca) and those who (live) around it. Those who believe in the Everlasting Life believe in it and preserve their prayers.

Not You must kill unbelievers in Mecca, but you can, you are allowed to, but only after a grace period is over and only if there's no other pact in place and only if they try to stop you getting to the Kaaba, and only if they attack you first.

We have blessed this Book (the Quran) and revealed it to confirm that which was revealed to the Prophets who lived before you and to warn the people of the mother land (Mecca) and those living around it. Those who believe in the Day of Judgment accept this and are steadfast in their prayers.

And this is how We have divinely revealed to you the Qur an in Arabic, for you to warn the people of the mother of all towns Mecca and those around it, and to warn of the Day of Assembling of which there is no doubt a group is in Paradise, and another group is in hell.

The Prophet is closer to the believers than their selves, and his wives are (as) their mothers. And the owners of kinship are closer one to another in the ordinance of Allah than (other) believers and the fugitives (who fled from Mecca), except that ye should do kindness to your friends. This is written in the Book (of nature).

As such We have revealed to you an Arabic Koran, so that you can warn the Mother of Villages (Mecca) and all who live about it, and that you also warn them of the Day of Gathering in which there is no doubt that a division will be in Paradise, and a division in the Blaze.

Slay them wherever you may catch them and expel them from the place from which they expelled you. The sin of disbelief in God is greater than committing murder. Do not fight them in the vicinity of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca unless they start to fight. Then slay them for it is the recompense that the disbelievers deserve.

God has helped you on many occasions including the day of Hunayn (name of a place near Mecca). When you were happy with the number of your men who proved to be of no help to you and the whole vast earth seemed to have no place to hide you (from your enemies) and you turned back in retreat.

God is the Exalted One who took His servant one night for a visit from the Sacred Mosque (in Mecca) to the Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem). God has blessed the surroundings of the Aqsa Mosque. He took His servant on this visit to show him (miraculous) evidence of His (existence). It is He who is All hearing and All aware.