Bait ul Muqaddas, jo ke aksar Jerusalem ke naam se bhi jana jata hai, aik sheher hai jiski tareekhi aur mazhabi ahamiyat hai. Bayt al-Maqdis ke asal asool qadeem dor se milte hain. Is ki tareekh anbiya, badshahon aur saltanaton ki kahaniyon se munsalik hai jo is ke manazir par gahri tasveer chhod gaye hain.
Islami Haysiyat
Bait ul Muqaddas Islam mein aik khaas maqam rakhta hai kyun ke yahan Al-Aqsa Masjid, Islam ki teesri sab se muqaddas jagah, waqe hai. Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ ki Shab-e-Miraj ka waqia bhi Islami tareekh mein aik ahem waqia hai.
Aham Maqamat
Is sheher mein chand aham maqamat bhi hain, jin mein Yahoodi qoum ke liye Doosra Mandir, Masihion ke liye Church of the Holy Sepulchre, aur Muslims ke liye Masjid e Aqsa hai.
Qadeem Tareekh
Sadiyon se Bayt al-Maqdis mukhtalif saltanaton ke hawale raha, jin mein Roomi, Byzantine, Farsi, aur Crusaders bhi shamil hain. Is mukhtalif tareekh ne is sheher ki mazhabi virsa ko ameer banaya hai.
Israeli-Palestinian tanazaat
Yeh sheher Israeli-Palestinian tanazaat ka markaz raha hai, jahan Israeli aur Palestinians ne is ko apna dar al-hakumat qarar diya hai. Bait ul Muqaddas ka status Middle East ke tanazaat mein se aik sab se chubhtay masail mein se aik hai.
Aaj, Bait ul Muqaddas aik ittehad, tanazaat aur hukumat ki jung ke nishaan ke tor par khara hai. Yeh aik tareekhi aur tanazaat ka sheher hai, jahan qadeem aur mojooda dono aik dosray se ghaire murattab hain.