Qur'an (Hajj 22/40) mentions the different kinds of Christian shrines and how they survived.In this paper I show what the main theme in the above-mentioned verse (ayah) is, and howthe commentators interpreted the maintenance of these shrines in Islamic regions over thetimes, and what sorts of practices took place during the Islamic period. In order to explainthis issue better, first I will examine the Qur'anic perspective towards to the Christians. Iargue that some commentators misunderstood the ayah as they claimed that protection ofshrines belongs to their specific times, and interpreted the places in where the name of Allahwas mentioned, as only mosques.

Qur’an (Hajj 22/40) mentions the different kinds of Christian shrines and how they survived.