ibrahim and ishmael built the kaaba stone according to the quran.
ibrahim and ishmael built the kaaba stone according to the quran.
who built the kaaba stone according to the quran?
ibrahim and ishmael
the quran contains several verses regarding the origin of the "kaaba". it states that the "kaaba" was the first house of worship, and that it was built by ibrahim and ishmael on allah's instructions.
kaaba
kaaba is the most sacred site in islam. criticism has centered on the origins of the kaaba. in her book, "islam: a short history", karen armstrong asserts that the "kaaba" was officially dedicated to hubal, a nabatean deity, and contained 360 idols that probably represented the days of the year. imoti contends that there were numerous such "kaaba" sanctuaries in arabia at one time, but this was the only one built of stone. the others also allegedly had counterparts of the black stone. there was a "red stone", the deity of the south arabian city of ghaiman, and the "white stone" in the "kaaba" of al-abalat (near the city of tabala, south of mecca). grunebaum in "classical islam" points out that the experience of divinity of that period was often associated with stone fetishes, mountains, special rock formations, or "trees of strange growth." according to sarwar, about 400 years before the birth of muhammad, a man named "amr bin lahyo bin harath bin amr ul-qais bin thalaba bin azd bin khalan bin babalyun bin saba", who was descended from qahtan and was the king of hijaz had placed a hubal idol onto the roof of the kaaba. this idol was one of the chief deities of the ruling tribe quraysh. the idol was made of red agate and shaped like a human, but with the right hand broken off and replaced with a golden hand. when the idol was moved inside the kaaba, it had seven arrows in front of it, which were used for divination.
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