Kaaba - wikipedia Kaaba Kaaba ( Ka'aba ) ٱلْكَعْبَة Pilgrims at the Great Mosque of Mecca Basic information Location Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia Geographic coordinates 21 ° 25 ′ 21.0 '' N 39 ° 49 ′ 34.2 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.422500 ° N 39.826167 ° E ﻿ / 21.422500 ; 39.826167 Coordinates : 21 ° 25 ′ 21.0 '' N 39 ° 49 ′ 34.2 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 21.422500 ° N 39.826167 ° E ﻿ / 21.422500 ; 39.826167 Affiliation Islam Country Saudi Arabia Height ( max ) 13.1 m ( 43 ft ) The Kaaba ( Arabic : ٱلْكَعْبَة ‎ al - kaʿbah IPA : ( alˈkaʕba ), `` The Cube '' ), also referred as al - ka ` bah al - musharrafah ( The Holy Kaaba ), is a building at the center of Islam 's most sacred mosque, that is Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( Arabic : الـمَسجِد الحَرَام ‎, The Sacred Mosque ), in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the bayt Allāh, the `` House of God '', and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing salat or salah ( prayer ). From any point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the qibla. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim who is able to do so to perform the hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make tawaf, the circumambulation seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. Tawaf is also performed by pilgrims during the umrah ( lesser pilgrimage ). However, the most significant times are during the hajj, when millions of pilgrims gather to circle the building within a 5 - day period. In 2013, the number of pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform hajj was officially reported as 1,379,531. In 2014, Saudi Arabia reported having completed Hajj permits for 1,389,053 international pilgrims and 63,375 for residents. Contents 1 Lexicology 2 Architecture and interior 3 Religious significance 3.1 Qibla 3.2 Pilgrimage 4 History 4.1 Islamic views on origin 4.2 Modern independent views on origin 4.2. 1 Ptolemy 4.2. 2 Diodorus Siculus 4.2. 3 Others 4.3 Pre-Islamic Era 4.4 Muhammad 's era 4.5 After Muhammad 5 Cleaning 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External links Lexicology This section needs expansion with : please specify where and by what names Kaaba is mentioned in Quran and Hadith. You can help by adding to it. ( April 2016 ) The literal meaning of the Arabic word ka ` bah ( كَعْبَة ) is `` cube. '' In the Qur'an, the Ka'ba has been also mentioned as `` al - Bayt '' ( Arabic : البیت, the house ), `` al - Bayt al - Haram '' ( Arabic : البیت الحرام, the sacred house ), `` al - Bayt al - ' Atiq '' ( Arabic : البیت العتیق, the old house ), and `` al - Bayt al - Muharram '' ( Arabic : البیت المحرم, respected house ). The mosque surrounding the Ka'ba is called al - Masjid al - Haram. According to some reports, in ancient times, the Ka'ba was also called `` Qadis '' ( Arabic : القادس, holy ), `` Nadhir '' ( Arabic : الناذر ). Architecture and interior The Kaaba is a prismal stone structure made of granite. It is approximately 13.1 m ( 43 ft ) high ( some claim 12.03 m ( 39.5 ft ) ), with sides measuring 11.03 m ( 36.2 ft ) by 12.86 m ( 42.2 ft ). Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls, measuring 13 m ( 43 ft ) by 9 m ( 30 ft ), are clad with tiled, white marble halfway to the roof, with darker trimmings along the floor. The floor of the interior stands about 2.2 m ( 7.2 ft ) above the ground area where tawaf is performed. The wall directly adjacent to the entrance of the Kaaba has six tablets inlaid with inscriptions, and there are several more tablets along the other walls. Along the top corners of the walls runs a green cloth embroidered with gold Qur'anic verses. Caretakers anoint the marble cladding with the same scented oil used to anoint the Black Stone outside. Three pillars ( some erroneously report two ) stand inside the Kaaba, with a small altar or table set between one and the other two. ( It has been claimed that this table is used for the placement of perfumes or other items. ) Lamp - like objects ( possible lanterns or crucible censers ) hang from the ceiling. The ceiling itself is of a darker colour, similar in hue to the lower trimming. A golden door -- the bāb al - tawbah ( also romanized as Baabut Taubah, and meaning `` Door of Repentance '' ) -- on the right wall ( right of the entrance ) opens to an enclosed staircase that leads to a hatch, which itself opens to the roof. Both the roof and ceiling ( collectively dual - layered ) are made of stainless steel - capped teak wood. A drawing of the Kaaba. See key in text. A technical drawing of the Kaaba showing dimensions and elements Each numbered item in the following list corresponds to features noted in the diagram image. Al - Ḥajaru al - Aswad, `` the Black Stone '', is located on the Kaaba 's eastern corner. Its northern corner is known as the Ruknu l - ʕĪrāqī, `` the Iraqi corner '', its western as the Ruknu sh - Shāmī, `` the Levantine corner '', and its southern as Ruknu l - Yamanī, `` the Yemeni corner '' taught by Imam Ali. The four corners of the Kaaba roughly point toward the four cardinal directions of the compass. Its major ( long ) axis is aligned with the rising of the star Canopus toward which its southern wall is directed, while its minor axis ( its east - west facades ) roughly align with the sunrise of summer solstice and the sunset of winter solstice. The entrance is a door set 2.13 m ( 7 ft ) above the ground on the north - eastern wall of the Kaaba, which acts as the façade. In 1979 the 300 kg gold doors made by chief artist Ahmad bin Ibrahim Badr, replaced the old silver doors made by his father, Ibrahim Badr in 1942. There is a wooden staircase on wheels, usually stored in the mosque between the arch - shaped gate of Banū Shaybah and the Zamzam Well. Mīzāb al - Raḥmah, rainwater spout made of gold. Added in the rebuilding of 1627 after the previous year 's rain caused three of the four walls to collapse. Gutter, added in 1627 to protect the foundation from groundwater. Hatīm ( also romanized as hateem ), a low wall originally part of the Kaaba. It is a semi-circular wall opposite, but not connected to, the north - west wall of the Kaaba. This is 90 cm ( 35 in ) in height and 1.5 m ( 4.9 ft ) in width, and is composed of white marble. At one time the space lying between the hatīm and the Kaaba belonged to the Kaaba itself, and for this reason it is not entered during the tawaf. Al - Multazam, the roughly 2 meter space along the wall between the Black Stone and the entry door. It is sometimes considered pious or desirable for a hajji to touch this area of the Kaaba, or perform dua here. The Station of Ibrahim ( Maqam Ibrahim ), a glass and metal enclosure with what is said to be an imprint of Abraham 's feet. Ibrahim is said to have stood on this stone during the construction of the upper parts of the Kaaba, raising Ismail on his shoulders for the uppermost parts. Corner of the Black Stone ( East ). Corner of Yemen ( South - West ). Pilgrims traditionally acknowledge a large vertical stone that forms this corner. Corner of Syria ( North - West ). Corner of Iraq ( North - East ). This inside corner, behind a curtain, contains the Babut Taubah, Door of Repentance, which leads to a staircase to the roof. Kiswah, the embroidered covering. Kiswa is a black silk and gold curtain which is replaced annually during the Hajj pilgrimage. Two - thirds of the way up is a band of gold - embroidered Quranic text, including the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith. Marble stripe marking the beginning and end of each circumambulation. A 3D model of the interior can be seen on Google Streetview. Entrance, golden door -- the bāb al - tawbah Pilgrims performing Tawaf The Station of Ibrahim ( Maqam Ibrahim ) Mizab al - Rahmah Religious significance The Sacred Mosque and Kaaba during Hajj, 2008 The Kaaba is the holiest site in Islam, and is often called by names such as the House of God. Qibla Main article : Qibla The Qibla is the direction faced during prayer. It is the focal point for prayer. The direction faced during prayer is the direction of where the Kaaba is. Pilgrimage Main articles : Hajj and Umrah The Sacred Mosque is the focal point of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages that occur in the month of Dhu al - Hijjah in the Islamic calendar and at any time of the year, respectively. The Hajj pilgrimage is one of the Pillars of Islam, required of all able - bodied Muslims who can afford the trip. In recent times, about 1.8 million Muslims perform the Hajj every year. Some of the rituals performed by pilgrims are symbolic of historical incidents. For example, the incident of Hagar 's search for water is emulated by Muslims as they run between the two hills of Safa and Marwah whenever they visit Mecca. The Hajj is associated with the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from the 7th century, but the ritual of pilgrimage to Mecca is considered by Muslims to stretch back thousands of years to the time of Prophet Ibrahim. History See also : Pre-Islamic Arabia and Jahiliyyah Islamic views on origin The Quran contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba, it states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship, and that it was built by Ibrahim and Ishmael on God 's instructions. Verily, the first House ( of worship ) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah ( Makkah ), full of blessing, and a guidance for mankind. -- Quran, Chapter 3 ( Aale - Imran ) verse 96 Behold ! We gave the site, to Ibrahim, of the ( Sacred ) House, ( saying ) : `` Associate not anything ( in worship ) with Me ; and sanctify My House for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate themselves ( therein in prayer ). -- Quran, Chapter 22 ( Al Hajj ) verse 26 And remember Ibrahim and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House ( With this prayer ) : `` Our Lord ! Accept ( this service ) from us : For Thou art the All - Hearing, the All - knowing. -- Quran, Chapter 2 ( Al Bakarah ) verse 127 Ibn Kathir, the famous commentator on the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the Kaaba. One is that the shrine was a place of worship for Angels before the creation of man. Later, a temple was built on the location by Adam and Eve which was lost during the flood in Noah 's time and was finally rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by Ali ibn Abi Talib that although several other temples might have preceded the Kaabah, it was the first `` House of God '', dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction and sanctified and blessed by Him as stated in Quran 22 : 26 -- 29. A Hadith in Sahih al - Bukhari states that the Kaaba was the First Mosque on Earth, and the Second Mosque was the Temple in Jerusalem. While Abraham was building the Kaaba, an angel brought to him the Black Stone which he placed in the eastern corner of the structure. Another stone was the Maqam - e-Ibrahim ( literally the Station of Abraham ) where Abraham stood for elevation while building the structure. The Black Stone and the Maqam - e-Ibrahim are believed by Muslims to be the only remnant of the original structure made by Abraham as naturally the remaining structure had to be demolished and rebuilt several times over history for maintenance purposes. After the construction was complete, God enjoined the descendants of Ishmael to perform an annual pilgrimage : the Hajj and the Korban, sacrifice of cattle. The vicinity of the shrine was also made a sanctuary where bloodshed and war were forbidden. According to Islamic tradition, over the millennia after Ishmael 's death, his progeny and the local tribes who settled around the oasis of Zam - Zam gradually turned to polytheism and idolatry. Several idols were placed within the Kaaba representing deities of different aspects of nature and different tribes. Several heretical rituals were adopted in the Pilgrimage ( Hajj ) including doing naked circumambulation. In her book, Islam : A Short History, Karen Armstrong asserts that the Kaaba was officially dedicated to Hubal, a Nabatean deity, and contained 360 idols that probably represented the days of the year. But by Muhammad 's day, it seems that the Kaaba was venerated as the shrine of Allah, the High God. Once a year, tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula, whether Christian or pagan, would converge on Mecca to perform the Hajj, marking the widespread conviction that Allah was the same deity worshiped by monotheists. Guillaume in his translation of Ibn Ishaq, an early biographer of Muhammad, says the Ka'aba itself was addressed using a feminine grammatical form. Circumambulation was often performed naked by men and almost naked by women, and linked to ancient fertility rites. It is disputed whether Allah and Hubal were the same deity or different. Per a hypothesis by Uri Rubin and Christian Robin, Hubal was only venetrated by Quraysh and the Kaaba was first dedicated to Allah, a supreme god of individuals belonging to different tribes, while the pantheon of the gods of Quraysh was installed in Kaaba after they conquered Mecca a century before Muhammad 's time. Modern independent views on origin Ptolemy Writing in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Wensinck identifies Mecca with a place called Macoraba mentioned by Ptolemy and found in a 3rd - century BC map which suggests that Macoraba was Mecca. G.E. von Grunebaum states : `` Mecca is mentioned by Ptolemy. The name he gives it allows us to identify it as a South Arabian foundation created around a sanctuary. In Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, Patricia Crone argues that the identification of Macoraba with Mecca is false and that Macoraba was a town in southern Arabia in what was then known as Arabia Felix. Her point of view was supported by some Islamic scholars and challenged by others. Ottoman tiles representing the Kaaba Diodorus Siculus The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus is believed to have mentioned the Kaabah in 60 -- 30 BC while describing the coast of Jeddah and its surrounding areas mentioned : The inhabitants of the land about the gulf, who are known as Banizomenes, find their food by hunting the land animals and eating their meat. And a temple has been set up there, which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians. -- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Book 3 Chapter 44 Edward Gibbon suggested that the Kaaba was mentioned by ancient Greek writer, Diodorus Siculus, before the Christian era : The genuine antiquity of Caaba ascends beyond the Christian era : in describing the coast of the Red sea the Greek historian Diodorus has remarked, between the Thamudites and the Sabeans, a famous temple, whose superior sanctity was revered by all the Arabians ; the linen or silken veil, which is annually renewed by the Turkish emperor, was first offered by the Homerites, who reigned seven hundred years before the time of Mohammad. -- Edward Gibbon, Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Volume V, pp. 223 -- 24 Others Imoti contends that there were numerous such `` Kaaba '' sanctuaries in Arabia at one time, but this was the only one built of stone. The others also allegedly had counterparts of the Black Stone. There was a `` red stone '', the deity of the south Arabian city of Ghaiman, and the `` white stone '' in the Kaaba of al - Abalat ( near the city of Tabala, south of Mecca ). Grunebaum in Classical Islam points out that the experience of divinity of that period was often associated with stone fetishes, mountains, special rock formations, or `` trees of strange growth. '' The Kaaba was thought to be at the center of the world, with the Gate of Heaven directly above it. The Kaaba marked the location where the sacred world intersected with the profane ; the embedded Black Stone was a further symbol of this as a meteorite that had fallen from the sky and linked heaven and earth. According to Sarwar, about 400 years before the birth of Muhammad, a man named `` Amr bin Lahyo bin Harath bin Amr ul - Qais bin Thalaba bin Azd bin Khalan bin Babalyun bin Saba '', who was descended from Qahtan and was the king of Hijaz had placed a Hubal idol onto the roof of the Kaaba. This idol was one of the chief deities of the ruling tribe Quraysh. The idol was made of red agate and shaped like a human, but with the right hand broken off and replaced with a golden hand. When the idol was moved inside the Kaaba, it had seven arrows in front of it, which were used for divination. To maintain peace among the perpetually warring tribes, Mecca was declared a sanctuary where no violence was allowed within 20 miles ( 32 km ) of the Kaaba. This combat - free zone allowed Mecca to thrive not only as a place of pilgrimage, but also as a trading center. Many Muslim and academic historians stress the power and importance of the pre-Islamic Mecca. They depict it as a city grown rich on the proceeds of the spice trade. Crone believes that this is an exaggeration and that Mecca may only have been an outpost trading with nomads for leather, cloth, and camel butter. Crone argues that if Mecca had been a well - known center of trade, it would have been mentioned by later authors such as Procopius, Nonnosus, or the Syrian church chroniclers writing in Syriac. The town is absent, however, from any geographies or histories written in the three centuries before the rise of Islam. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, `` before the rise of Islam it was revered as a sacred sanctuary and was a site of pilgrimage. '' According to German historian Eduard Glaser, the name `` Kaaba '' may have been related to the southern Arabian or Ethiopian word `` mikrab '', signifying a temple. Again, Crone disputes this etymology. In Samaritan literature, the Samaritan Book of the Secrets of Moses ( Asatir ) claims that Ishmael and his eldest son Nebaioth built the Kaaba as well as the city of Mecca. `` The Secrets of Moses '' or Asatir book was suggested by some opinion to have been compiled in the 10th century, while another opinion in 1927 suggested that it was written no later than the second half of the 3rd century BCE. Pre-Islamic era Prior to the spread of Islam throughout the Arabian Peninsula, the Kaaba was a holy site for the various Bedouin tribes of the area. Once every lunar year, the Bedouin tribes would make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Setting aside any tribal feuds, they would worship their pagan gods in the Kaaba and trade with each other in the city. Islam would later adopt the established traditions of the Bedouin tribes, such as encouragement of trade during the Hajj, but replacing the worship of their pagan gods with Allah. Muhammad 's era An illustration from the early 14th - century Persian Jami al - Tawarikh, inspired by the story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place when the Kaaba was rebuilt in the early 600s During Muhammad 's time ( 570 -- 632 CE ), the Kaaba was considered a holy and sacred site by the local Arabs and later Islam recognized it. Muhammad took part in the reconstruction of the Kaaba after its structure was damaged due to floods around 600 CE. Ibn Ishaq 's Sirat Rasūl Allāh, one of the biographies of Muhammad ( as reconstructed and translated by Guillaume ), describes Muhammad settling a quarrel between Meccan clans as to which clan should set the Black Stone cornerstone in place. According to Ishaq 's biography, Muhammad 's solution was to have all the clan elders raise the cornerstone on a cloak, after which Muhammad set the stone into its final place with his own hands. Ibn Ishaq says that the timber for the reconstruction of the Kaaba came from a Greek ship that had been wrecked on the Red Sea coast at Shu'ayba and that the work was undertaken by a Coptic carpenter called Baqum. Muhammad 's night journey is said to have taken him from the Kaaba to the Temple Mount and heavenwards from there. Muslims initially considered Jerusalem as their qibla and faced that direction while offering prayers ; however, pilgrimage to the Kaaba was considered a religious duty though its rites were not yet finalized. During the first half of Muhammad 's time as a prophet while he was at Mecca, he and his followers were severely persecuted which eventually led to their migration to Medina in 622 CE. In 624 CE the direction of the Qiblah ( Prayer Direction ) was changed from Jerusalem to the Kaabah in Mecca. In 628CE Muhammad led a group of Muslims towards Mecca with the intention of performing the minor pilgrimage ( Umrah ) at the Kaaba, though he was n't allowed by the people of Mecca to do so, he secured a peace treaty with them called the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, which allowed the Muslims to freely perform pilgrimage at the Kaaba from the following year. At the culmination of his mission, in 629 CE, Muhammad conquered Mecca with a Muslim army. His first action was to remove statues and images from the Kaaba. According to reports collected by Ibn Ishaq and al - Azraqi, Muhammad spared a painting of Mary and Jesus, and a fresco of Abraham ; but according to Ibn Hisham all pictures were erased. Narrated Abdullah : When the Prophet entered Mecca on the day of the Conquest, there were 360 idols around the Ka'bah. The Prophet started striking them with a stick he had in his hand and was saying, `` Truth has come and Falsehood has Vanished... ( Qur'an 17 : 81 ) '' -- Sahih Al - Bukhari, Book 59, Hadith 583 After the conquest Muhammad restated the sanctity and holiness of Mecca, including its Great Mosque, in Islam. He performed a lesser Pilgrimage ( Umrah ) in 629 CE, followed by the Greater Pilgrimage ( Hajj ) in 632 CE called the Farewell Pilgrimage since Muhammad prophesied his impending death on this event. After Muhammad The site of Kaaba in 1880 The Kaaba in 1907 The Kaaba has been repaired and reconstructed many times since Muhammad 's day. The structure was severely damaged by fire on 3 Rabi I ( Sunday, 31 October 683 CE ), during the first siege of Mecca in the war between the Umayyads and Abd - Allah ibn al - Zubayr, an early Muslim who ruled Mecca for many years between the death of ʿAli and the consolidation of Umayyad power. Ibn al - Zubayr rebuilt it to include the hatīm. He did so on the basis of a tradition ( found in several hadith collections ) that the hatīm was a remnant of the foundations of the Abrahamic Kaaba, and that Muhammad himself had wished to rebuild so as to include it. The Kaaba was bombarded with stones in the second siege of Mecca in 692, in which the Umayyad army was led by al - Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. The fall of the city and the death of Ibn al - Zubayr allowed the Umayyads under ʿAbdu l - Malik ibn Marwan to finally reunite all the Islamic possessions and end the long civil war. In 693 CE, ʿAbdu l - Malik had the remnants of al - Zubayr 's Kaaba razed, and rebuilt on the foundations set by the Quraysh. The Kaaba returned to the cube shape it had taken during Muhammad 's time. During the Hajj of 930 CE, the Qarmatians attacked Mecca, defiled the Zamzam Well with the bodies of pilgrims and stole the Black Stone, taking it to the oasis region of Eastern Arabia known as al - Aḥsāʾ, where it remained until the Abbasids ransomed it in 952 CE. The basic shape and structure of the Kaaba have not changed since then. After heavy rains and flooding in 1629, the walls of the Kaaba collapsed and the Mosque was damaged. The same year, during the reign of Ottoman Emperor Murad IV, the Kaaba was rebuilt with granite stones from Mecca, and the Mosque was renovated. The Kaaba 's appearance has not changed since then. The Kaaba is depicted on the reverse of 500 Saudi Riyal, and the 2000 Iranian rial banknotes. Cleaning This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2016 ) Play media The Kaaba during Hajj The building is opened twice a year for a ceremony known as `` the cleaning of the Kaaba. '' This ceremony takes place approximately thirty days before the start of the month of Ramadan and thirty days before the start of Hajj. The keys to the Kaaba are held by the Banī Shayba ( بني شيبة ) tribe. Members of the tribe greet visitors to the inside of the Kaaba on the occasion of the cleaning ceremony. A small number of dignitaries and foreign diplomats are invited to participate in the ceremony. The governor of Mecca leads the guests who ritually clean the structure, using a broom. See also Islam portal Saudi Arabia portal Al - Aqsa Mosque Al - Masjid al - Nabawi Hubal Khaabou Mount Sinai References Jump up ^ Al - Azraqi. Akhbar Mecca : History of Mecca. p. 262. ISBN 9773411273. ^ Jump up to : Wensinck, A. J ; Ka ` ba. Encyclopaedia of Islam IV p. 317 Jump up ^ `` In pictures : Hajj pilgrimage ''. BBC News. 7 December 2008. 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Peters, Muhammad and the origins of Islam, SUNY Press, 1994, p. 109. Jump up ^ Armstrong, Jerusalem : One City, Three Faiths, pp. 221 -- 22 Jump up ^ Crone, Patricia ( 2004 ). Makkan Trade and the Rise of Islam. Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias. p. 137 Jump up ^ Britannica 2002 Deluxe Edition CD - ROM, `` Ka'bah. '' Jump up ^ Gaster, Moses ( 1927 ). The Asatir : the Samaritan book of Moses. London : The Royal Asiatic Society. pp. 262, 71. Ishmaelites built Mecca ( Baka, Bakh ) Jump up ^ Crown, Alan David ( 2001 ). Samaritan Scribes and Manuscripts. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck. p. 27. Jump up ^ M. Gaster, The Asatir : The Samaritan Book of the `` Secrets of Moses '', London ( 1927 ), p. 160 Jump up ^ Timur Kuran, `` Commercial Life under Islamic Rule, '' in The Long Divergence : How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East. ( Princeton University Press, 2011 ), 45 - 62. Jump up ^ University of Southern California. `` The Prophet of Islam -- His Biography ''. Archived from the original on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2006. Jump up ^ Guillaume, A. ( 1955 ). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford : Oxford University Press. pp. 84 -- 87 Jump up ^ Saifur Rahman al - Mubarakpuri, translated by Issam Diab ( 1979 ). `` Muhammad 's Birth and Forty Years prior to Prophethood ''. Ar - Raheeq Al - Makhtum ( The Sealed Nectar ) : Memoirs of the Noble Prophet. Retrieved 2007 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ Cyril Glasse, New Encyclopedia of Islam, p. 245. Rowman Altamira, 2001. ISBN 0 - 7591 - 0190 - 6 Jump up ^ Saifur Rahman. The Sealed Nectar. p. 130. Jump up ^ Saifur Rahman. The Sealed Nectar. p. 213. Jump up ^ Saifur Rahman. The Sealed Nectar. pp. 250 -- 53. ^ Jump up to : Ellenbogen, Josh ; Tugendhaft, Aaron ( 18 July 2011 ). Idol Anxiety. Stanford University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780804781817. When Muhammad ordered his men to cleanse the Kaaba of the statues and pictures displayed there, he spared the paintings of the Virgin and Child and of Abraham. Jump up ^ Guillaume, Alfred ( 1955 ). The Life of Muhammad. A translation of Ishaq 's `` Sirat Rasul Allah ''. Oxford University Press. p. 552. ISBN 978 - 0196360331. Retrieved 2011 - 12 - 08. Quraysh had put pictures in the Ka'ba including two of Jesus son of Mary and Mary ( on both of whom be peace ! )... The apostle ordered that the pictures should be erased except those of Jesus and Mary. Jump up ^ Rogerson, Barnaby ( 2003 ). The Prophet Muhammad : A Biography. Paulist Press. p. 190. ISBN 9781587680298. Muhammad raised his hand to protect an icon of the Virgin and Child and a painting of Abraham, but otherwise his companions cleared the interior of its clutter of votive treasures, cult implements, statuettes and hanging charms. Jump up ^ W.M. Flinders Petrie ; Hans F. Helmolt ; Stanley Lane - Poole ; Robert Nisbet Bain ; Hugo Winckler ; Archibald H. Sayce ; Alfred Russel Wallace ; William Lee - Warner ; Holland Thompson ; W. Stewart Wallace ( 1915 ). 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Grunebaum, G.E. von ( 1970 ). Classical Islam : A History 600 A.D. to 1258 A.D. Aldine Publishing Company. ISBN 978 - 0 - 202 - 30767 - 1. Hawting, G.R ; Ka ` ba. Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān Hisham Ibn Al - Kalbi The book of Idols, translated with introduction and notes by Nabih Amin Faris 1952 Macaulay - Lewis, Elizabeth, The Kaba '' ( text ), Smarthistory. Mohamed, Mamdouh N. ( 1996 ). Hajj to Umrah : From A to Z. Amana Publications. ISBN 0 - 915957 - 54 - X. Peterson, Andrew ( 1997 ). Dictionary of Islamic Architecture London : Routledge. Wensinck, A. J ; Ka ` ba. Encyclopaedia of Islam IV ( 1915 ) The Book of History, a History of All Nations From the Earliest Times to the Present, Viscount Bryce ( Introduction ), The Grolier Society. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to : Kaaba ( category ) Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article Kaaba. Interesting Facts About Kaaba ( Mecca ) that you do n't know Ka'bah info : Everything you want to know about the Holy Ka'bah Description and significance of performing tawaf around the Kaaba SA 's Official Live Webcam of the Kaaba Former door of the Kaaba ( ca. 1635 ) People and things in the Quran Characters Non-humans Allâh ( `` The God '' ) Names of Allah found in the Quran Beings in Paradise Ghilmān or Wildān Ḥūr Animals Related The baqarah ( cow ) of Israelites The dhi'b ( wolf ) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph The fīl ( elephant ) of the Abyssinians ) Ḥimār ( Domesticated donkey ) The hud - hud ( hoopoe ) of Solomon The kalb ( dog ) of the sleepers of the cave The nāqaṫ ( she - camel ) of Saleh The nūn ( fish or whale ) of Jonah Non-related Ḥimār ( Wild ass ) Qaswarah ( ' Lion ', ' Beast of prey ' or ' Hunter ' ) Jinns ' Ifrîṫ ( `` Strong one '' ) Mârid ( `` Rebellious one '' ) Iblīs the Shayṭān ( Devil ) Qarīn Prophets Mentioned Ādam ( Adam ) Al - Yasa ' ( Elisha ) Ayyūb ( Job ) Dāwūd ( David ) Dhūl - Kifl ( Ezekiel ? ) Hārūn ( Aaron ) Hūd ( Eber ? ) Idrīs ( Enoch ? ) Ilyās ( Elijah ) ' Imrān ( Joachim the father of Maryam ) Is - ḥāq ( Isaac ) Ismā'īl ( Ishmael ) Dhabih Ullah Isma'il Ṣādiq al - Wa 'd ( Fulfiller of the Promise ) Lūṭ ( Lot ) Ṣāliḥ Shu'ayb ( Jethro, Reuel or Hobab ? ) Sulaymān ibn Dāwūd ( Solomon son of David ) ' Uzair ( Ezra ? ) Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyyā ( John the Baptist the son of Zechariah ) Ya'qūb ( Jacob ) Isrâ'îl ( Israel ) Yūnus ( Jonah ) Dhūn - Nūn ( `` He of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' or `` Owner of the Fish ( or Whale ) '' ) Ṣāḥib al - Ḥūṫ ( `` Companion of the Whale '' ) Yūsuf ibn Ya'qūb ( Joseph son of Jacob ) Zakariyyā ( Zechariah ) Ulu - l - ' Azm Muḥammad Aḥmad Other names and titles of Muhammad ʿĪsā ( Jesus ) Al - Masīḥ ( The Messiah ) Ibn Maryam ( Son of Mary ) Mūsā Kalīmullāh ( Moses He who spoke to God ) Ibrāhīm Khalīlullāh ( Abraham Friend of God ) Nūḥ ( Noah ) Debatable ones Dhūl - Qarnain ( Cyrus the Great ? ) Luqmân Maryam ( Mary ) Ṭâlûṫ ( Saul or Gideon ? ) Implied Irmiyā ( Jeremiah ) Ṣamû'îl ( Samuel ) Yūsha ' ibn Nūn ( Joshua, companion and successor of Moses ) People of Prophets Evil ones Āzar ( possibly Terah ) Fir'awn ( Pharaoh of Moses ' time ) Hāmān Jâlûṫ ( Goliath ) Qārūn ( Korah, cousin of Moses ) As - Sāmirī Abî Lahab Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Good ones Adam 's immediate relatives Martyred son Wife Believer of Ya - Sin Family of Noah Father Lamech Mother Shamkhah bint Anush or Betenos Luqman 's son People of Aaron and Moses Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Imra'aṫ Fir'awn ( Âsiyá bint Muzâḥim or Bithiah ) Khidr Magicians of the Pharaoh Moses ' wife Moses ' sister - in - law Mother Sister People of Abraham Mother Abiona or Amtelai the daughter of Karnebo Ishmael 's mother Isaac 's mother People of Jesus Disciples ( including Peter ) Mary 's mother Zechariah 's wife People of Joseph Brothers ( including Binyāmin ( Benjamin ) and Simeon ) Egyptians ' Azîz ( Potiphar, Qatafir or Qittin ) Malik ( King Ar - Rayyân ibn Al - Walîd ) ) Wife of ' Azîz ( Zulaykhah ) Mother People of Solomon Mother Queen of Sheba Vizier Zayd Implied or not specified Abrahah Bal'am / Balaam Barsisa Caleb or Kaleb the companion of Joshua Luqman 's son Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Rahmah the wife of Ayyub Shaddad Groups Mentioned Aş - ḥāb al - Jannah People of Paradise People of the Burnt Garden Aş - ḥāb as - Sabṫ ( Companions of the Sabbath ) Christian apostles Ḥawāriyyūn ( Disciples of Jesus ) Companions of Noah 's Ark Aş - ḥāb al - Kahf war - Raqīm ( Companions of the Cave and Al - Raqaim ? Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of a township in Surah Ya - Sin People of Yathrib or Medina Qawm Lûṭ ( People of Sodom and Gomorrah ) Nation of Noah Tribes, ethnicities or families A'rāb ( Arabs or Bedouins ) ʿĀd ( people of Hud ) Companions of the Rass Qawm Tubba ' ( People of Tubba ) People of Saba ' or Sheba Quraysh Thamûd ( people of Saleh ) Aṣ - ḥâb al - Ḥijr ( `` Companions of the Stoneland '' ) Ajam Ar - Rûm ( literally `` The Romans '' ) Banî Isrâ'îl ( Children of Israel ) Mu'ṫafikāṫ ( The overthrown cities of Sodom and Gomorrah ) People of Ibrahim People of Ilyas People of Nuh People of Shuaib Ahl Madyan People of Madyan ) Aṣ - ḥāb al - Aykah ( `` Companions of the Wood '' ) Qawm Yûnus ( People of Jonah ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Ahl al - Bayṫ ( `` People of the Household '' ) Household of Abraham Brothers of Yūsuf Daughters of Abraham 's nephew Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Progeny of Imran Household of Moses Household of Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul - Muttalib ibn Hashim Daughters of Muhammad Wives of Muhammad Household of Salih People of Fir'aun Current Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Aṣ - ḥāb Muḥammad ( Companions of Muhammad ) Muhajirun ( Emigrants ) Anṣār Muslims of Medina who helped Muhammad and his Meccan followers, literally ' Helpers ' ) People of Mecca Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ( son of Adam ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Ya'jūj wa Ma'jūj ( Gog and Magog ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Implicitly mentioned Amalek Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Aus & Khazraj People of Quba Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Kâfirûn ( Infidels ) Zoroastrians Munāfiq ūn ( Hypocrites ) Muslims People of the Book ( Ahl al - Kiṫāb ) Naṣārā ( Christian ( s ) or People of the Injil ) Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Yahūd ( Jews ) Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Rabbani / Rabbi Sabians Polytheists Meccan polytheists at the time of Muhammad Mesopotamian polytheists at the time of Abraham and Lot Locations Mentioned Al - Arḍ Al - Mubārakah ( `` The Land The Blessed '' ) Al - Arḍ Al - Muqaddasah ( `` The Land The Holy '' ) In the Arabian Peninsula ( excluding Madyan ) Al - Aḥqāf ( `` The Sandy Plains, '' or `` the Wind - curved Sand - hills '' ) Iram dhāṫ al - ' Imād ( Iram of the Pillars ) Al - Madīnah ( formerly Yathrib ) ' Arafāṫ Al - Ḥijr ( Hegra ) Badr Ḥunayn Makkah ( Mecca ) Bakkah Ka'bah ( Kaaba ) Maqām Ibrāhīm ( Station of Abraham ) Safa and Marwah Saba ' ( Sheba ) ' Arim Saba ' ( Dam of Sheba ) Rass Jahannam ( Hell ) Jannah ( Paradise, literally ' Garden ' ) In Mesopotamia : Al - Jūdiyy Munzalanm - Mubārakan ( `` Place - of - Landing Blessed '' ) Bābil ( Babylon ) Qaryaṫ Yūnus ( `` Township of Jonah, '' that is Nineveh ) Door of Hittah Madyan ( Midian ) Majma ' al - Bahrain Miṣr ( Mainland Egypt ) Salsabîl ( A river in Paradise ) Sinai Region or Tīh Desert Al - Wād Al - Muqaddas Ṭuwan ( The Holy Valley of Tuwa ) Al - Wādil - Ayman ( The valley on the ' righthand ' side of the Valley of Tuwa and Mount Sinai ) Mount Sinai or Mount Tabor Implied Antioch Antakya Arabia Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas & ' Ariha Bilād ar - Rāfidayn ( Mesopotamia ) Canaan Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al - Nadwa Al - Ḥijāz ( literally `` The Barrier '' ) Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) & Al - Hijr of Isma'il Cave of Hira & Ghar al - Thawr ( Cave of the Bull ) Ta'if Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Nile River Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Masjid ( Mosque, literally `` Place of Prostration '' ) Al - Mash'ar Al - Ḥarām ( `` The Monument the Sacred '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Aqṣā ( Al - Aqsa Mosque, literally `` The Place - of - Prostration The Farthest '' ) Al - Masjid Al - Ḥarām ( The Sacred Mosque of Mecca ) Masjid al - Dirar A Mosque in the area of Medina, possibly : Masjid Qubâ ' ( Quba Mosque ) The Prophet 's Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Plant matter Fruits Ḥabb dhul - ' aṣf ( Corn of the husk ) Rummān ( Pomegranate ) Ukul khamṭ ( Bitter fruit or food of Sheba ) In Paradise Forbidden fruit of Adam Bushes, trees or plants Plants of Sheba Athl ( Tamarisk ) Sidr ( lote - tree ) Līnah ( Tender palm tree ) Nakhl ( date palm ) Rayḥān ( Scented plant ) Sidraṫ al - Munṫahā Zaqqūm Texts Al - Injîl ( The Gospel of Jesus ) Al - Qur'ân ( The Book of Muhammad ) Ṣuḥuf - i Ibrâhîm ( Scroll ( s ) of Abraham ) Aṫ - Ṫawrâṫ ( The Torah ) Ṣuḥuf - i - Mûsâ ( Scroll ( s ) of Moses ) Tablets of Stone Az - Zabûr ( The Psalms of David ) Umm al - Kiṫâb ( `` Mother of the Book ( s ) '' ) Objects of people or beings Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Ṫābūṫ as - Sakīnah ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) ' Ansāb Idols of Israelites : Baal The ' ijl ( golden calf statue ) of Israelites Idols of Noah 's people : Nasr Suwā ' Wadd Yaghūth Ya'ūq Idols of Quraysh : Al - Lāṫ Al - ' Uzzá Manāṫ Jibṫ and Ṭâghûṫ Celestial bodies Maṣābīḥ ( literally ' lamps ' ) : Al - Qamar ( The Moon ) Kawâkib ( Planets ) Al - Arḍ ( The Earth ) Nujūm ( Stars ) Ash - Shams ( The Sun ) Liquids Mā ' ( Water or fluid ) Nahr ( River ) Yamm ( River or sea ) Sharâb ( Drink ) Events Battle of al - Aḥzāb ( `` the Confederates '' ) Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Incident of Ifk Laylat al - Mabit Mubahala Sayl al - ' Arim ( Flood of the Great Dam of Marib in Sheba ) The Farewell Pilgrimage ( Hujja al - Wada ' ) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Umrah al - Qaza Yawm al - Dār Implied Event of Ghadir Khumm Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. 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Question: who built the kaaba stone according to the quran
Answer: Ibrahim and Ishmael