Chapter 3 · Verse 96
Quran 3:96
The Amramites
سُوۡرَةُ آل عِمرَان
Ali-‘Imran
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3:96
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيۡتٍ۬ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكً۬ا وَهُدً۬ى لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ ٩٦
The most important shrine established for the people is the one in Becca; a blessed beacon for all the people.
Proofs and revelations
This is a Meem-initialed Sura, and the peculiar spelling of Mecca as “Becca” causes the occurrence of “meem” to conform to the Quran’s mathematical code. The normal spelling of “Mecca” would have increased the frequency of the occurrence of “meem.”
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