Definitions
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- proper noun Islam the
cubic sacred shrine inMecca , towards whichMuslims turn inprayer , and around which they performcircumambulation when they visit the Sacred Mosque at Makkah and also at the time of thehajj pilgrimage ; built, according to tradition, byAbraham andIshmael .
Etymologies
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The Qur'an, the recorded revelation of God to Prophet Muhammad, refers to the Ka'ba as the Sacred Sanctuary, al-masjid al-haram.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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At the heart of the world's most famed mosque in the center of Mecca lies the Ka'ba, an Arabic word meaning cube.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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The Qur'an, the recorded revelation of God to Prophet Muhammad, refers to the Ka'ba as the Sacred Sanctuary, al-masjid al-haram.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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At the heart of the world's most famed mosque in the center of Mecca lies the Ka'ba, an Arabic word meaning cube.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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In his telling, the Ka'ba was created even before the fashioning of the heavens and the earth and Adam, the first man, is said to have circled around the structure in a counter-clockwise manner simultaneously praising God's attributes and reciting his name.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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In fact, there are a multitude of sites that are visited by Muslims around the world that co-exist alongside the Ka'ba.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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If you haven't had them, the Starbucks Marshmallow Dream Bars are really yummy, and they perfectly symbolize my current state of being because they are white yet shaped like the holiest place in all of Islam, the Ka'ba in Mecca, the shape is probably coincidental, otherwise Starbucks would market them as Rice Ka'ba Treats.
Jeremy Greenberg: Why Every White Guy Should Spend A Day Wearing Islamic Clothing Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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In fact, there are a multitude of sites that are visited by Muslims around the world that co-exist alongside the Ka'ba.
Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011
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If you haven't had them, the Starbucks Marshmallow Dream Bars are really yummy, and they perfectly symbolize my current state of being because they are white yet shaped like the holiest place in all of Islam, the Ka'ba in Mecca, the shape is probably coincidental, otherwise Starbucks would market them as Rice Ka'ba Treats.
Jeremy Greenberg: Why Every White Guy Should Spend A Day Wearing Islamic Clothing Jeremy Greenberg 2011
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Saudi Arabia's inaugural exhibit, "The Black Arch," the work of the sisters Raja and Shadia Alem, combines references to the Black Stone housed in the Ka'ba in Mecca, their native city, with projections of Venetian mosaics.
Setting the Art World Alight Andrew McKie 2011
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