Kaaba

The Kaaba is one of the most important symbols in all of the Muslim faith. The Kaaba is a massive square in the center of the mosque in Mecca. The stone itself is 60 feet tall, 60 feet wide, and 60 feet deep. The stone is actually a hollow room and the only door into the room is 7 feet into the air. The most important piece of the entire Kaaba would be the black stone. The black stone is on the outside of the eastern wall. The stone is about 5 feet off the ground and is 12 inches by 12 inches. Around the Kaaba is a restricted area, the Haram, which extends in some places up to twelve miles and only allows Muslims through. The Kaaba is in the center of the city Mecca. Mecca is the holiest city in all of the Muslim faith, Mecca is 45 miles inland from the Red Sea and one of the pillars of the Islam faith is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Kaaba is the religious and most important shrine and holy place on earth for Muslims. Its name is an Arabic word that means a home or a room that looks like a cube. HOW IS THIS RELEVANT? It is also called "The House of God".The Kaaba occupies a place of immense significance in the hearts of all Muslims as the place to which they pray (the //gibla,// or direction of prayer) and as the chosen place of God's revelation to humankind through the channel of Mohammed. According to the Koran, the cubic-shaped structure was built by Adam according to a divine plan. When Abraham was ordered by Allah to build a Shrine for worship he uncovered the original foundation of the Kaaba built by Adam. Abraham with the help of his son Ishmael erected the new shrine on the original foundation.The Muslim pilgrims come to Mecca each year in the month of pilgrimage (Dhu'l-hijja) for the Hajj, or Pilgrimage. While they are there they circumambulate the Kaaba seven times, touching the Black Stone as they pass it. The black stone is believed to be a meteorite that fell to Adam after he left the garden of Eden, and it has the power to cleanse all sins of anyone who touches it. It was originally white but has turned black after all of the sins that it has absorbed. Other stories say that the stone was given to the Angel Gabriel to fit inside the Kaaba. The stone is kissed by everyone who pass because it is said that Muhammad kissed it. THIS PARAGRAPH NEEDS MORE FOCUS. IS IT ABOUT REVELATION TO MOHAMMAD OR FOCUS ON ADAM AND ABRAHAM? YOUR INTRO MUST FOCUS ON A CENTRAL IDEA.