EPISODE 4️⃣2️⃣ – HISTORICAL STRUCTURES OF MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH (مكة المكرمة)
Part C- Al-Kaʿaba Al-Musharrafah (ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة)
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Architectural features of the Ka’aba.
🕋 The Ka’aba is a cuboid-shaped structure made of stones, marbles and limestone, all covered in a black clothe called Kiswat.
🕋 The Ka’aba is approximately 43 ft tall from ground level with a length of 12.86 m and a width of 11.03 m.
Exterior fixtures
🕋 The al-Hajar al-Aswad (The Black Stone), the location for the begining and ending of Tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka’aba) is located on the Ka’aba’s eastern corner wall.
🕋 The entrance into the sacred house, called Bab ar-Rahmah (Door of Mercy) is located on the north-eastern wall of the Ka’aba. It is adorned with a 300 kg gold-made door, rising 7 ft above ground level. The door was built by artist Ahmad ibn Ibrahim Badr.
🕋 Mīzāb al-Raḥmah – a rain spout made of gold, and the Shadherwaan – the slant structure at the base of the Ka’aba, were added in the rebuilt of 1627, following the 1626 collapse.
🕋 The Hatīm or Hijr Ismail, is a low semi-circular wall sitting opposite, but not connected to, the north-west wall of the Kaaba. The space between the hatīm and the Kaaba was originally part of the Kaaba, and is thus not entered during the tawaf.
🕋 Maqam Ibraaheem (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ). The Station of Ibraaheem is a glass and metal enclosure with what is said to be an imprint of Ibraaheem’s feet.
Ibrahim (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) is said to have stood on this stone during the construction of the upper parts of the Kaaba, raising Ismail on his shoulders for the uppermost parts.
Interior Fixtures
🕋 The roof of the Ka’aba is raised with three long pillars adorned with golden rings at the base, stem and at the top.
🕋 A table-like altar, with an octagonal shape for its top is placed between two of the three pillars.
🕋 There are lamp-like objects which could also be censers made of lite gold hanged in between the pillars and touching the walls paralleled to the pillars on a straight line.
🕋 The roof and ceiling (collectively dual-layered) are made of stainless steel-capped teak wood.
🕋 To the right wall at the right of the entrance is the golden door of Bāb ut-Tawbah (The Door of Repentance) which opens to an enclosed staircase that leads to a hatch, which itself opens to the roof.
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Below is a:
▪️Panoramic digital reconstruction of the interior of the Ka’aba – https://rb.gy/w6bcsy
▪️Virtual reality model of the Ka’aba – https://bit.ly/36jjV6N
To be continued… إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ
ISLAM IS GOOD, ITS HISTORY IS RICH
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