Black Rock Kaaba. The Black Stone is a rock set in an oval-shaped silver frame on the southeast corner of the Kaaba. The images of al-Hajar al-Aswad or the Black Stone are up to 49000 megapixels in size and took more than 50 hours to photograph and develop the General Presidency for.
According to historians the Black Stone was one of many baetyls employed to idolatrous ends by pre-Islamic Arab pagans who used the Kabah as a. It stands about 15 meters above the ground. Last week we talked about how the Kaaba seems to be an adoption from pre-Islamic Paganism.
It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba the ancient sacred stone building towards which Muslims pray in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca Saudi Arabia.
Suggest edits to improve what we show. As they circle the Kaaba pilgrims kiss touch or point towards it following the example of Prophet Mohammed PBUH. The Black Stone The Black Stone has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. The Rejected Stone Common Human Nature Shall Become The Conner Stone By Imam W.