The coral reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia, in the Coral  Sea is the Great Barrier Reef. It is the world's largest reef  system, composed of over 2,900 individualâ¦ reefs and stretches for  over 1,400 miles over an area of about 133,000 square miles.
KuttÄb means writers, plural katatÄ«b / katÄtÄ«b. In common Modern Arabic usage, maktab means office while maktabah means library or (place of) study and kuttÄb is a plural word meaning books.n the medieval Islamic world, an elementary school was known as a maktab, which dates back to at least the 10th century. Like madrasahs (which referred to higher education), a maktab was often attached to a mosque.
The literal meaning of the Arabic word ka`bah (ÙÙØ¹ÙØ¨ÙØ©) is âcube.â The Kaaba of Mecca is called by many names in the Quran and Hadith, such as al-bayt (the house), al-bayt al-á¸¥arÄm (the sacred house), bayt AllÄh (the house of God), al-bayt al-`atÄ«q (the ancient house), and âawwal bayt (the first house).