Anonymous user
Dome of the Rock: Difference between revisions
→Importance
imported>Pourghorbani |
imported>Pourghorbani |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
Dome of the Rock along with [[Umayyad mosque]] in [[Damascus]], Amr b. al-As mosque in [[Cairo]] and Qirwan mosque in [[Tunisia]] are the most important constructions in the first/seventh century.<ref>Saʿādatī, ''Naqsh-i amākin wa athār-i madhhabī dar tamaddun-i Islāmī'', p. 150.</ref> | Dome of the Rock along with [[Umayyad mosque]] in [[Damascus]], Amr b. al-As mosque in [[Cairo]] and Qirwan mosque in [[Tunisia]] are the most important constructions in the first/seventh century.<ref>Saʿādatī, ''Naqsh-i amākin wa athār-i madhhabī dar tamaddun-i Islāmī'', p. 150.</ref> | ||
The mountain on which the Dome of the Rock has been constructed was the direction of [[qibla]] for Muslims up to second year/ | The mountain on which the Dome of the Rock has been constructed was the direction of [[qibla]] for Muslims up to second year/623-4 CE after [[Migration to Medina|hijra]].<ref>Mīr Abu l-Qāsimī, ''Bāstānshināsī-yi Qur'ān'', p. 114.</ref> According to Islamic beliefs, the Holy Prophet (s) ascended to heavens from upon this rock at the [[Night of Ascent]].<ref>Mūsā Ghūsha, ''Tārīkh-i majmūʿa masjid al-aqṣā'', p. 23.</ref> Jews believe that Earth has been expanded from beneath this rock and the body of [[Adam (a)]] has been created from its dust and it is the same place where Abraham (a) was assigned to sacrifice his son.<ref>Ḥamīdī, ''Tārīkh-i Urshalīm'', p. 17, 18.</ref> | ||
==Location and Structure== | ==Location and Structure== | ||