(This trade of Makka has been referred to in Quran Majid in Sura Quraysh, the 106th chapter). Foreign trade was the entire basis of the economic life of Makka. Makka had neither arable lands nor water for irrigation.
Hivyo walipata faida Syria, Yemen na Makka. (Biashara hii ya Makka imetajwa kwenye Qur'ani Majid, Sura ya 106) Biashara ya nje ilikuwa ndio msingi mkubwa wa uchumi wa Makka. Makka ilikuwa haina ardhi ya kilimo wala maji ya kilimo cha umwag-iliaji.