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Kaabas
Ka'abas also spelt Ka'bas (Arabic: الكعبات) are the plural term used to describe houses of worship mainly located in the Arabian Peninsula that are cubic in shape and resemble the Kaaba structure from Mecca. They are mainly dedicated to various gods from the Arabian pantheon, although the term has been used to describe some Christian churches built in a similar style in the Arabian Peninsula. Architectural style A typical Kaaba building is shaped like a cube or block and functions as a place for the devotees of a particular god or goddess to worship in.al-Hout, Mahmoud Salim (1955). ''iarchive:ashrf1979_HOTmail_20181204/mode/1up, Fi Tariq al-Mithulujia 'aynd al-'Arabi: Bahth Mashab wa' Immaq fi al-Mu'itaqadat wa' al-'Asatir al-'Arabiyat Qabla al-Islam.'' Beirut, Lebanon: Dar an-Nahar Publishing.al-Hamdani (1940), ''Kitab al-Iklil; al-Juz' al-Thamin''. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. The name "Kaaba" was used by ancient Arabians to describe and label these sites beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaba Abraha 1942
The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and Holiest sites in Islam, holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the ''Baytullah'' () and determines the qibla () for Muslims around the world. In Historiography of early Islam, early Islam, Muslims faced in the general direction of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as the qibla in their prayers before changing the direction to face the Kaaba, believed by Muslims to be a result of a Quranic verse revelation to Muhammad. According to Islam, the Kaaba was rebuilt several times throughout history, most famously by Abraham in Islam, Ibrahim and his son Ishmael in Islam, Ismail, when he returned to the valley of Mecca several years after leaving his wife Hagar in Islam, Hajar and Ismail there upon God in Islam, Allah's command. The current structure was built after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
