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"The farthest mosque" referring to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

The place referred to in the Quran as "the farthest mosque", from surat al-Isra, has been historically considered as referring to the site of the modern-day al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

However, the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was not built during Muhammad's lifetime.

The Jerusalem interpretation was advanced by the earliest biographer of Muhammad (ca. 570-632) – Ibn Ishaq (ca. 704-761/770) – and is supported by numerous ahadith.

The term used for mosque (Arabic masjid) literally means "place of prostration" and includes monotheistic places of worship but does not lend itself exclusively to physical structures but a location, as Muhammad stated "The earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying".