auwliya[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah (Arabic: مكة المكرمة, lit. ’Makkah the Noble’ ) and commonly shortened to Makkah (Arabic: مكة) is a city and administrative centre of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. The city is 70 km inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Kaaba (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, lit. ’The Cube’) sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit. ’Honored Ka’bah’), is a building at the centre of Islam’s most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, lit. ’direction’) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca – Saudi Arabia, which Muslims use in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. The Kaaba is a sacred site built by the prophets Abraham a.s. and Ishmael a.s, and… Read More