Indeed, all the historic clues including Koran descriptions and the orientations of the earliest mosques in both Asia and Africa all point to Petra. Mecca was nowhere in sight.
yes, a reading of the Qu’ran tells one that they were most likely talking about Petra, not the little oasis town called Mecca.
And Mohammad is a title meaning “the praise-worthy one” - a title used by a heretic sect of part-Christians who believed Jesus was just a prophet