ash hadu an lâ elaha elâ Allah Al masjid al Aqsâ is not the mosque or temple of Jerusalem. The “Al Aqsâ mosque” is known in Sunni and Shia Islam to be the name of the temple of Jerusalem. Sadly, it is misinterpretation of the Quran due to the nefarious influence of hadiths. 1) The first reason is that the temple or mosque of Jerusalem did not even exist at the time of Muhammad as it had been burned and razed to the ground by the Romans in 70 CE and never rebuilt since then despite 2 and possibly 3 failed attempts 2) The second reason why “Al Masjid Al Aqsâ” cannot be the temple of Jerusalem is that when the Byzantine empire briefly recaptured Jerusalem in 615,they turned the Temple Mount into a garbage dump in retaliation,and it was still used as such when the Byzantines recaptured Jerusalem in 629 CE and when Khalife Omar conquered Jerusalem. Sura 17,a late Meccan sura (17:1 clearly indicates that Muhammad ascended to heaven from “Al Masjid Al Harâm” in Mecca),was revealed in 621,about 1 year before Muhammad’s migration (Hegira) to Medina in 622. We can therefore say with confidence that at the time of Muhammad’s celestial ascension,the Temple Mount was used as a garbage dump. “Al Masjid al Aqsâ” is the mosque in paradise where Muhammad’s soul was transported from “Al Masjid Al Harâm” during the celestial ascension when God revealed premonitory visions to him,and not the mosque of Jerusalem which did not even exist at the time despite two or 3 failed attempts to rebuild it and which site was used as a garbage dump