Posted on 12/04/2016 2:10:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
In an area that does not exceed 180 meters square, the Kaaba contains three wooden columns which hold the Kaaba's ceiling.
The wood used is one of the strongest types of wood and they were put by the prophet's companion Abdullah bin Zubair.
They are more than 1,350 years old and are dark brown. The perimeter of each column is around 150 centimeters while the diameter is 44 centimeters.
Each column has a squared wooden base. Between these three columns, there is a pillar from which the Kaaba's gifts are suspended. This pillar passes through all three columns and its sides extend to the northern and southern walls.
The presidency of the two holy mosques told Al-Arabiya that the Levantine corner on the right interior side of Kaaba includes an enclosed staircase that leads to a hatch, which resembles an enclosed rectangular structure without any windows and which has a door with a special lock leading to the ceiling. On the door, there is a beautiful silk curtain that has gold and silver engravings.
The presidency also said that the floor of Kaaba is made of marble. Most of the marble is white while some of it is colored. The walls of the Kaaba's interior are made of colorful and emblazoned marble. The Kaaba's interior is covered with a red silk curtain that has white-embroidered texts which includes some of God's names. This curtain also covers the Kaaba's ceiling.
Inside the Kaaba, there are eight stones decorated with Arabic calligraphy using Thuluth script and one stone decorated with Arabic calligraphy using Kufic script. The words on the stones are made of precious, colorful pieces of marble. These were written after the 6th century AH.
On the eastern wall and between the Kaaba's door and the Baabut Taubah (door of repentance), there is the document of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz al-Saud engraved on a marble board to indicate the date of renovations which the late king made to the Kaaba structure. The number of stones written on inside the Kaaba is thus a total of 10, all made of white marble.
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Can anyone tell me what the Arabic writing says ? I’ve heard in al aqsa mosque it’s written in Arabic denying Jesus being the SON OF GOD . Help me out here.
That should have been ground zero on 9/12/01. We should have destroyed every one of the “holiest sites” of Islam, starting at #1. If you want to destroy this cult, you take out the places that the believers think are untouchable because allah has blessed them. If allah cannot save it, who can?
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Looks like an HGTV show where contestants make a minimalist room with found objects.
You piss on the rock...kind of a sauna like thing.
It gets them all excited.
The red silk wall curtains sure look green to me.
Has to be Ground Burst.
There is no torture like the Comfy Chair.
It’s actually the instructions on how to care for your new “Pet Rock”.
LOL!
Well Gary Dahl waited 1,370 years before mass marketing the idea.
I don't think there's any danger of a Patent Infringement or Copyright claim.
(There is some opportunity here for conning some Soros Bucks. I can see it now - "Black Rocks Matter.")
Exactly.
That is some crazy stuff there,,,
Don’t bother with an explanation.
That kid at OSU see This?
The Black Stone was stolen once and held in Bahrain for 23 years before being ransomed back. Its absence then didn’t seem to affect their prayers. But if you want to move it, one destination would sow the most confusion and be the most irrevocable: give the lunar cult’s icon to the Sun.
What exactly is the kaaba? I’m assuming it’s a pay toilet somewhere in Dohai.
Hey Nick...you still here?
You would destroy Jerusalem?
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