THE KAABA

THE KAABA

The Kaaba is a large masonary structure, look with rouhgly to the shape it's look like the cube. It is made from granite the hills near Mecca. The four corner of the Kaaba roughly face of the four points of compass. In the east corner of kaaba is the Rukn al-Aswad( the black stone), at the northen corner is the Rukn al-Iraqi, at the west is Rukn al-Shami and at the south called Rukn al-Yamani.
It's was covered by the black silk curtain decorated with kalighrafi of Arabic, the covered as known as Kiswah, and it's replace yearly. Inside the Kaaba there is a marble floor, the interior of the walls are clad with marble half way to the roof and tablets with quranic inscription. The Hatim is the structure outside from Kaaba and the shape look likes semi circular wall opposite the north west wall of Kaaba. It is 90 cm in height and 1.5 m in lenght. Muslims must throught out their face during prayer in five time a day.
The Black Stone or Hajar al-Aswad is most significant feature of Kaaba. When the pilgrims was visit to Kaaba, they often attempt to kiss the Hajar al-Aswad, as Nabi Muhammad once kiss it because it is a Sunna. The Black Stone was white when it came to earth, and change the colour turning black because burden the sins of human.The Kaaba was built by the first men(Nabi Adam) and it was fall down, Nabi Ibrahim with his sons Nabi Ismael was rebuilt it.

sources:www.wikipedia.org

from susa jalil solihin