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Al-Quds / Holy City
Holy to all the three global religions: the one and only city in the world where one can
breathe in faith with the air.
Jews call her “Yerushalim” the capital set up by the prophet David.
Christians call her “Jerusalem”, where the Messiah was crucified…
And Muslims call her “Al-Quds”, the blessed city.
To Muslims Al-Quds is preceded in importance only by Makkah and Madinah. Al-Quds
is where the prophets David and Solomon built temples, where Jesus was born and grew
up, spread his message: and where the first qiblah Kubbet-us-Sahra, existed for the
followers of Islam.
Walls that stretch for 2.5 km surround the old city of Al-Quds. These walls have seven
gates, as if each one symbolised different faiths.
In August 1892 the ‘Jerusalem’ train station in Al-Quds welcomed the first train from the
Mediterranean city of Yafa. This was the miracle that the city was waiting for; and within
ten years the population of Jerusalem doubled. This was due to the fact that the trains not
only brought food to the city but much-needed fresh water. Prior to the arrival of the
trains, rainwater was collected in large pools in the city.
Al-Quds station still welcomes the trains once a day and with its ‘original’ appearance
acts as a bridge between the old and new town of Al-Quds.