Google Earth Proves Greatness of The Prophet!

[amidamaru]

Dear Roy , i guess you have not understood the situation. We are not talking about measuring accurate distance or direction itself.
When the Prophet (PBUH) advised to build this mosque he was not present in the location of that Mosque but a 1000 miles away in Hijaz. He had never visited Yamen [Site of the Mosque] himself before construction. The Mosque was to be directed towards Makkah but because of the distance they had no way of finding out how it would be done.

He gave signs about the mountain top and directed to build the mosque according to that direction , WHILE NOT being there himself. Now the Sat imagery proves that he was 100% accurate.

Im not trying to prove his Divinity to you - you won't accept i wont reject so lets keep it scientific.

Cheraman Juma Masjid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Read this , & btw this Mosque is believed to be facing Palestine (Masjid-e-Aqsa) which coincides with the famous miracle by the Prophet [PBUH] of splitting moon into two which converted an Indian Brahmin King Cheraman Perumal to Islam after he saw it on his roof.

Splitting of the moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was told by the Arab traders in Malabar that who exactly did it , he left his throne & went to Arabia , met the Prophet (PBUH) himself with his wife and converted to Islam.

The first Muslim convert on Indian soil was an Indian Brahman king & Queen ! --Leave the rest to yourself.

LOL .. umm he was not that accurate... and when ur prophet was alive, map making was well and truly an established and common thing................ its not divine...

 

[roshangjha]

As per legend, the last Perumal who ruled Kerala divided his kingdom between his nephews ,his sons, relatives and nobles converted to Islam and travelled to Mecca on a hajj. The Keralolpathi recounts the above narrative in the following fashion:

The last and the famous Perumal king Cheraman Perumal ruled Kerala for 36 years. He left for Mecca by ship with some Muslims who arrived at Kodungallur (Cranganore) port and converted to Islam. Another legend mentions that the Queen of a Cheraman Perumal had an illicit liaison with one of the courtiers. An army Chieftain (the leader of "ayiram" (1000 Nairs )) accidentally became a witness to these escapades, whereupon the Queen tried to pre-empt him by falsely implicating the honest Chieftain before the Perumal. Persuaded by his Queen the Perumal sentenced him to death. However, when this injustice became known to the army they revolted " kudipaka" (blood flood). The Perumal, now realised his folly and in order to escape their wrath secretly approached the arab merchants at the harbor for help. They promised to arrange escape of the Perumal to Arabia provided he converted to Islam. Thus, was created a popular saying in malayalam language " pennu chollu ketta perumalepole" which means " like the perumal who was manipulated by a woman". Kodungaloore Temple still the lords of these warriors known as "onnukure ayiram" (thousand minus one). Before leaving for Mecca, he divided his kingdom between his nephews and sons.

Cheraman Perumal divided the land in half, 17 amsom north of Nileshwaram and 17 amsom south, totaling 34 amsom, and gave his powers to nephews and sons. Thirty-four rajyas between Kanyakumari [now in Tamil Nadu] and Gokarna [now in Karnataka] were given to the Thampuran who was the daughter of the last niece of Cheraman Perumal. Keralolpathi recorded the division of his kingdom in AD 345, Perumpadapu Grandavari in 385, Loghan (a historian) in 825. There are no written records on these earlier divisions of Kerala, but according to historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, a division might have occurred during the Second Chera Kingdom, at the beginning of 12th century. The Keralolpathi says that on the request of the Namboothiris of Perinchellur (Taliparamba) the last Cheraman Perumal was a Vanipperumal and was sent by an Aryan King of Aryapura Krishnarayar (Krishna III)(939 – 967 CE) with a large Nair army 3 lakh 50 thousand strong led by General Pada Mala Nair. Keralolpathi also states that the Banapperumal was the brother of Kavirasasingha the King of Tulunad. Keralolpathi´s Cheraman Perumal was not a Tamil Chera king belonging to Chera Dynasty but a Rashtrakuta invader who established his authority over the northern most parts of Kerala at Ezhimala. This Banapperumal was a Buddhist who later converted to Islam by a preacher called Veda Aliar and went to Mecca according to Keralolpathi.The establishment of Nair and Namboothiri power in Kerala may correspond to this invasion of Banapperumal from Karnataka. This Banapperumal revolted against Krishnarayar and declared himself Cheraman Vadakkan Perumal. Keralolpathi says that the Kolathiri were the descendents of this Banapperumal.

However, the above are all mere legends with no historical evidence whatsoever. These legends are popular with respective communities as per convenience.

 

[Hyde]

That was very informative, thanks for sharing

but such threads only leads to trolling so I am closing it now

 

[Awesome]

This may be a hoax, googling for Mount Deyn - I couldn't find it. However I found other GPS coordinates claiming to be a Mount Deyn

So here it is

https://maps.google.ae/maps?saddr=1...;FT_-7QAdohegAg;FaHhRgEdG7NfAg&t=h&mra=ls&z=5

Sanaa is surrounded by mountains and the above does look quite aligned by the variable is Mount Deyn. If Point B on the link I've given can be proven as Mount Deyn mountain top then there is weight to this theory.