422 Bakkah: same as Makkah; perhaps an older name. The foundation of the Ka'bah goes back to Abraham, but there are place associations in the sacred territory with the names of Adam and Eve. (R). 423 'Ala-nun: all the worlds (
1:2, n. 20), all kinds of beings; all nations (
3:42 ); all creatures (
3:97).