Allah Almighty says in part 30, Surah Al-Balad, verse no. 1 and 2:

لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ(۱) وَ اَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ(۲)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: I swear by this city (Makkah). That (because) O beloved, you are present in this city.

(Part 30, Al-Balad, Ayah 1-2)

Dear Islamic brothers! Mufassireen-e-Kiraam (commentators of the Holy Quran) رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہ عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن have consensus over the fact that the city that Allah Almighty swore an oath about in this verse is Makkah-e-Mukarramah. Pointing towards the same verse, Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ humbly said in the court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: “Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! May my parents be sacrificed upon you. You are so dignified in the court of Allah Almighty that He Almighty has sworn an oath only on the name of your blessed life, not on the names of the lives of other Prophets عَلَیْہِمُ الصَّلٰوۃُ وَالسَّلام. Moreover, your rank and status is so elevated in His court that He Almighty has sworn an oath of the soil of your blessed feet through لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ(۱)” (Bayanaat Dawat-e-Islami, 20)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The way the Glorious Quran states the dignity and grandeur of Makkah-e-Mukarramah, similarly, the distinct virtues of Makkah-e-Mukarramah have also been mentioned in different Ahadees too. Let’s listen to two blessed sayings of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم so that the dignity and honour of this sacred city embeds further into our hearts: 

1. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated:

لا یَدْخُلُ الدَّجَّالُ مَکَّۃَ وَلَا الْمَدِیْنَۃَ

 i.e. Dajjaal will not be able to enter Makkah and Madinah. (Musnad, Imam Ahmed, vol. 10, pp. 85, Hadees 26106)