READ, UNDERSTAND, FOLLOW QURAN Q=question yourself U=understand R=relate to daily life A=action N=noor (from darkness to light) ************************ BEWARE ! never forget practicing "AMRE BIL MAROOF & NAHE EANIL MUNKAR" otherwise creuls will become your masters and then your prayers will not be accepted by ALLAH. (THE HOLY PROPHET - PBUH) SOURCE; MCN/KARACHI ***************************** Holly Kaba The current height of the Kaba is 39 feet, 6 inches and total size comes to 627 square feet The inside room of the Kaba is 13 x 9 meters. The Kaba's walls are one meter wide. The floor inside is 2.2 meters higher than the place where> people perform Tawaf. The ceiling and roof are two levels made out of wood They were reconstructed with teak which is capped with stainless steel. The walls are all made of stone. The stones inside are unpolished, while the ones outside are polished. What is inside the Kaba? Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi is the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). He had the opportunity to go inside the Kaba in October 1998. In an interview with Sound Vision, he described the following features:- there are two pillars inside (others report 3 pillars) there is a table on the side to put items like perfume there are two lantern-type lamps hanging from the ceiling the space can accommodate about 50 people there are no electric lights inside the walls and the floors are of the marble there are no windows inside there is only one door the upper inside walls of the Kaba were covered with some kind of curtain with the Kalima written on it Courtesy: A.Patel [[email protected]] ********************************* KHUMS IN QURAN "AND KNOW THAT WHAT EVER THING YOU GAIN, A FIFTH OF IT IS FOR ALLAH AND FOR THE APOSTLE AND FOR THE NEAR OF KIN AND THE ORPHANS AND THE NEEDY AND THE WAYFARER, IF YOU BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND IN THAT WHICH WE REVEALED TO OUR SERVANT, ON THE DAY OF DISTINCTION, THE DAY ON WHICH THE TWO PARTIES MET." (Sura No 8 "Anfal", Ayat No 41, Part No 10) ****************************************** |
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