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During the Hajj of 930 CE, the Shi'ite Qarmatians attacked Mecca under Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, defiled the Zamzam Well with the bodies of pilgrims and stole the Black Stone, taking it to the oasis in Eastern Arabia known as al-Aḥsāʾ, where it remained until the Abbasids ransomed it in 952 CE.
24 maj 2018 · The Kaaba (Ka'aba, Ka'bah, 'Cube,' 'House of God') is a shrine near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, and is Islam's holiest site.
22 cze 2023 · The picture above is the first photographic image of Mecca and the Kaaba, showing the now-familiar scene of the cube structure shrouded in the black cloth known as the kiswa. (The Khalili ...
The Kaaba, meaning cube in Arabic, is a square building, elegantly draped in a silk and cotton veil. Located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, it is the holiest shrine in Islam.
30 sie 2023 · The Kaaba, draped in a black silk cloth known as the Kiswa, is a cuboid structure in the heart of Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram. It’s considered the “House of God,” and Muslims around the world face it during their daily prayers.
Kaaba, shrine located near the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca and considered by Muslims everywhere to be the most sacred spot on Earth. Muslims orient themselves toward this small shrine during the five daily prayers, bury their dead facing its meridian, and cherish the ambition of visiting it on pilgrimage.
The Black Stone (Arabic: ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَد, romanized: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, the ancient building in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
