University of Tehran, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies Iranian Journal for the History of Islamic Civilization 2228-7906 46 1 2013 05 22 “City of God” and “Umm ul-Qura’’ “City of God” and “Umm ul-Qura’’ 1 19 62219 10.22059/jhic.2013.62219 FA Abulfazl Khoshmanesh Journal Article 2014 02 22 The religious centrality has been concreted in several forms. One of these concrete forms and in fact the best one is the “City of God”. The ideal aim of establishing the “City of God” has been to make the connection between human beings and God. This ideal has been manifested either in ambiguous form in the old times, in the nations’ myths or more clearly in the holy scriptures. Sometime we see the realization of this ideal in physical form. In the course of the religious thought, this sublime and collective ideal, has linked with the divine convenient and the name of the great prophet Abraham and has realized as “Umm ul-Qura’’, meaning the universal and religious metropolis and the cradle of the Holy House of God, to develop  the world security and transcendence. The religious centrality has been concreted in several forms. One of these concrete forms and in fact the best one is the “City of God”. The ideal aim of establishing the “City of God” has been to make the connection between human beings and God. This ideal has been manifested either in ambiguous form in the old times, in the nations’ myths or more clearly in the holy scriptures. Sometime we see the realization of this ideal in physical form. In the course of the religious thought, this sublime and collective ideal, has linked with the divine convenient and the name of the great prophet Abraham and has realized as “Umm ul-Qura’’, meaning the universal and religious metropolis and the cradle of the Holy House of God, to develop  the world security and transcendence. https://jhic.ut.ac.ir/article_62219_85135ca9caec30e6063b69dbb5b0612f.pdf