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  • Ka'abah and the prophet, -- the blessing of Allah be upon him and his family!

    Our Day In the Light of Prophecy William Ambrose Spicer 1908

  • He did the circumambulation at the Harem; he was admitted to the house of our Lord; he went to the well Zemzem, the holy water of Mecca; he visited Ka'abah, the holy grail of the Moslems, and kissed the famous black stone; he spent the night in the Mosque; and he journeyed to

    The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897

  • By Zemzem, Safá and wall Hatím [FN#260] * And Ka'abah and glories of Ka'abah's site,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • [FN#330] The litholatry of the old Arabs is undisputed: Manát the goddess-idol was a large rude stone and when the Meccans sent out colonies these carried with them stones of the Holy Land to be set up and worshipped like the Ka'abah.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • And by Ka'abah resplendent and all its site * And by Zemzem, Safa and the wall Hatim,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • That which drains the Ka'abah on the N. - W. side is called Mizáb al-Rahmah

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • This was the goddess of the Kuraysh and Thakíf whose temple at Taíf was circuited like the Ka'abah before Mohammed destroyed it.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • The going round (Tawáf) and the running (Sa'i) allude to the circumambulation of the Ka'abah, and the running between Mount

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Sana'a, then moved North to Meccah and built the fifth Ka'abah.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Ka'abah and Ibrahim said to Shakik, 'What is your fashion in your country?'

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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