Mecca and the black rock (Vanity)

vanity | 11/07/2005 | AmericanDave

[AmericanDave]

I've heard the at Mecca in the pilgramage area they worship a black rock that fell, a meteorite. Anybody know the truth of this and the meaning?

[bnelson44]

/shrug. At least here she knows what she is talking about.

[DTogo]

Black stone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone

[Bosco]

Correct.

I've been there, seen the rock. There's a cave underneath the rock that the Muslims believe was created as the earth tried to keep Muhammed from ascending to heaven.

Archaeologists believe it was the place where the bones and residue from the animal sacrifices were temporarily stored for the Jewish Temple rites. I don't remember if they said the cave was man-made or not.

[GSlob]

"Caaba, n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved in Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread."
Ambrose Bierce

[wideminded]

Black Stone

[msnimje]

It is the first lump of coal given out by Santa Claus on Christmas.

[bboop]

I've heard that too. Cannot elaborate on it, but I think it's true. Probably is an old Renault. hhaha.

[wideminded]

I think that Freud would say that there is obvious symbolism here.

[bboop]

"He felt that paganism was holding the Arabs back from joining the great civilizations" -- well, he certainly was right on that.

[hosepipe]

[ Anybody know the truth of this and the meaning? ]

Yeah Allah dont like them either.. He chucked a rock at them..

[AmericanDave]

"It is the first lump of coal given out by Santa Claus on Christmas."

LOL, ding ding ding, we have a winner!

[bboop]

Except the A-rabs believe Abraham was going to sacrifice Ishmael. And that the Dome of the Rock was NOT built over Solomon's Temple. And that....

[Eva]

Black Rock is the name that PNC assigns to all of their own investment funds. That's a scary thought.

[MistrX]

It's the dottle from Mohammed's hookah.

[Andy from Beaverton]

Is there a relationship between the Borg and Muslims? If you don't answer right, you will be assimilated!

[airedale]

I thought that was CBS's headquarters in New York

[wickedpinto]

If you mean the Kaaba (spelling) it isn't a black rock. It is a "room" shrouded in fabric, and that fabric is black with a bunch of phrases from the texts of the quran. Originally it was an isolated home (like "The Holy of Holies" that shrouded the "Ark of the Covenant") that housed the pagan gods of the pre-islamic faiths. The first thing the prophet did upon Reentering Mecca was to enter a sacred place, and draw out the idols of the various gods of the people and destroy them. He then placed the symbol of the Islamic faith in their place. Since he was not struck down, CLEARLY he was the courier of the true god as he said.

I think that is the story of the "black rock" you think you are referencing.

[Cyclopean Squid]