The Kaaba is a cuboidal-style building, residing next to the al-Masjid al-Haram mosque.  It's regarded as the most holy place in Islamic religion -- during prayer worldwide, Muslims face towards the Kaaba (the direction is referred to as the qibla.

The cube structure is composed of granite and stands on a marble base.  It's covered by a large black cloth (the kiswah), also consisting of gold embroidering.  The Kaaba has an interior of marble floors and walls.  The walls are inset with Qur'anic inscriptions and verses.

The eastern corner of the Kaaba contains the Black Stone.  Many believe the stone to be a meteorite dating back to the time of Adam and Eve.  Islamic religion teaches that the stone was originally white, but turned black when it arrived on earth due to sin.  Further, the prophet Muhammad supposedly kissed the Black Stone.

According to the Qur'an, Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba in a location that "reflects" a house in Heaven that Adam built.

During the reign of the Meccan pagans, the Kaaba was surrounded with 360 idols (one for each day of the year).  After Muhammad conquered Mecca, he destroyed all of the idols while reciting "Truth has arrived and falsehood has perished for falsehood is by its nature bound to perish."

For more info, see the Kaaba Wikipedia entry.

Subhannallah, the truth! =D Jazakallah khair

MASHALLAH ISLAM IS A PERFECT AND TRUE RELIGION AND MOST IMPORTANT EVERYTHING IS LOGICALLY DEFINED, WHICH MAKE SENSE TO MIND.

Its good to c Macca's Map

the 360 idols are hindu gods.nabi muhammad destroy the idols.nabi muhammad try to cheats us

Instead of many temples, just one temple and one stone as a locus.  A unifying trick, but the worst weak point of a cult.

"he destroyed all of the idols" - that is absolutly  wrong, Mohammed nabi (s.w.a) never destroyed any Idols. he just replaced it out from ka'ba. Islam is against Idol worship but Islam is  prohibited to insult or hurting other relegions sentiments.[ dear brother atleast try to understand " what is Islam?".]

why is it all bright and white?

you can't really see the Kaaba itself.

Response to FAREED- you brought it up, so here's what I think about Islam:

Mohammed was the son of a dog.  If Mohommed were a true prophet, the fruit of his teaching would not be murder.

Just want to know why its so white. I mean why I can't view any clear image?

ST - Islam means Submission, A Muslim is onw who submits to the will of the deity Allah, There are some peaceful and loving aspects to the Islamic faith, there are conversley some evil aspects. Allah has delivered a number of punishments in his book, He also said follow the prophet which leaves extremists open to interpreting the hadith as they see fit and hence killing in the name of Allah believing they are righteous, you must take the rough with the smooth.

MASSAALLAH very nice pictures of KABA i just want to see the view of KHANA KABA of next few years after all the construction.

what does the kaaba contain ?

I Love Khana Kaba

send to me in mtz1984mtz@yahoo.com

KHANA KABA is really very beautiful,,,,

it was built more than 4000 years ago,its height is 54 feet and 9 inches,

every year people came here not just from 1 country but from all over the world.[for HAJ]

ISLAM IS THE BEST RELIGION IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE

The Kaaba is a cuboidal-style building, residing next to the al-Masjid al-Haram mosque.  It's regarded as the most hThe Kaaba is a cuboidal-style building, residing next to the al-Masjid al-Haram mosque.  It's regarded as the most holy place in Islamic religion -- during prayer worldwide, Muslims face towards the Kaaba (the direction is referred to as theoly place in Islamic religion -- during prayer worldwide, Muslims face towards the Kaaba (the direction is referred to as the qiblla.

Mohhamed destroyed the idol coz he was evil but yet he kisses the black shivling idol?? and all muslims pray 2 this idol, ironic aint it!!!!

Mohhamed family where priest at the temple in which he destroyed but only kept the shivling as it had great importance 2 his family, he then left mecca n formed an amry 2 only come back n convert people by force n destroy the 360 idols!!!

Rest of my life days may be in khana-e-kaaba.. Ameen

Peace,

The Muslims pray in the "direction" of the Holy Kaaba ... they don't pray to IT.

Islam does indeed prohibit worshiping of anything or anyone other than Allah Almighty.  Islam is the same monotheistic message brought by previous Prophets (such as Noah, David, Abrahem, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad peace be upon all of them).  If any one (even Muslim) says he/she prays to the Holy kaaba then they are not practicing Islam.

Kaaba is a structure built by the Abrahem (AR: Ibraheem) and Ishamel (AR: Isma'eel) (peace be upon them) as a place of worship by the command of Allah Almighty.

Overtime the Monotheistic religion of Abrahem and Ishmael (in Arab land) diminished and people started putting their own idols inside the Holy Kaaba and they place three larger ones outside.

Someone in the earlier posts (users such as I AM and Voice of God and others) made some derogatory comment about Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him; such remarks are not befitting our good friends let alone Prophets - whether it be Moses, Jesus, or Prophet Muhammad peace be upon all of them.  Ask yourselves if you would use the same term for your Prophet or whomever you follow? All Prophets are pure and their message is pure.  For such users I really ask them to truly read an objective book about the Life of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him (suggestion: Muhammad by Martin Lings)

Regarding Islam and its teaching - The word Islam itself is rooted in PEACE.  Salaam (Muslim greeting means "Peace").  It does not preach terrorism just like any other religion (Chistianity, Judaism, etc).  If you study the Life of Prophet Muhammad and exegesis of Quraan you will find the truth.

Much like any other religion, few followers (rather a small sect of followers) interpret it negatively and use it as an excuse to carry out their sadistic oppressions.  Those oppressor / terrorists don't distinguish between Muslim or Non-Muslim.  To them their power and their existence matters ... at any cost.

In any case, I leave you with a message of Peace and with a request to mind your language when it comes to Prophets...any Prophet ... whether you believe in them or not.  Making such derogatory comments is not part of good character or manner preached by your religion and Islam.

And God knows best.

PEACE

People!! This image is NOT the image of the Kaabah from space. It is nothing but a graphical image created by google sketch. Many people don't want us to see what the Kaabah really looks like since there has been many research that was done and deleted to prove the Kaabah's amazing miracles. 

Infidels, delete as you like on the earth, but victory will be ours!!

why kaaba is not clearly pictured on google earth?

Why don,t all non-muslims understand the glory of Islam, Quran and all mighty Allah as they notice this gathering every year. Iwas trying to have a close look of various passages and construction of kabba mosque building ......but i couldn,t find it.

This bastered by name of" I AM" is real bastered.We love kaaba and our religion.Allaho Akbar.I slam teaches to respect other religion but I wanted to say bastered to this "I AM" as he is getting out of boundaries.

guys.... islam is like ny other relegon.. but some people had done so much to defame it,ki its jst become general perception to hate muslims...

vaise to,  i dont beleive in disrespecting ny relegion....same apply for islam....

problem is not islam... problem is its follower, and how they interpret its teaching...

slm an prophets cannot change their mindset,because they r destined 2 be ignorent,so dnt upset urself about their remarks rather pray for them maybe GOD will give them some wisdom.

it is most beautiful place in world

ya allah i belive you non muslim you are the son of tajjal

yaa banee isreal those of you who hate and insult islam islam teaches us that jews are waiting for their false masiah dajjal kaffir written on his head ask ur self why has he got kaffir written on his head jew boys can enjoy swim in sea of galilee 4 few days more then start looking 4 antichrist dajjal the kaffir he will piss in jews mouth to quench their thirst scums are going to burn in hell hahaha lol they made  all the human rights acts etc so nobody can harm them but allah is going to destroy the kaffir once and for all wipe of face of earth lol allaho akbar long live islam

The best place in the world! if u have problems with that, Allah will make u pay the price.

A.sattar Khan

Response to IAM ,

I F UR in front of me, Iwill kill U ON THE BASIS OF COMMENTS AGAINST MOHAMMED PBUH.

mAY B UR BROUGHT UP IS NOT INA CIVILIZED WORLD , IF U CAN'T RESPECT OTHER RELIGION HOW U WILL RESPECT WHAT UR FOLLOWING WHICH IS COMPLETE WRONG.DONT BE JEOLOUS ALLAH WILL REWARD U WITH HELL THEREAFTER.SO FOLLOW ISLAM IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO U & SAME FOR OTHERS WHO R UNBELEIVER IN ISLAM

Do not condemn those of whom are not muslim.

I was a devout catholic but after learning of some things about my blood line, I am now deeply devoted to Islam.

But if I do not do the practises, obey the rituals, am I any less devoted to God?

Surely it is what is forbidden in a religion that ensures more then what is  nescesary.

To "Fear Allah..." - "Muslims will address world peace" - in other words, Muslims will do what they've done for 1400 years, oppress everyone, steal all their wealth, force conversions or slaughter them en mass. Today there are still Arab tribes in the Jordan-West Bank region who admit they were forced to convert from Judaism by usurper Muslims who raided the region in the 7th century. Muslims haven't done one thing to advance peace, either around the world or among their own citizens. To leave peace to Muslims is to leave weight-loss programs to Sally Struthers. No other religion has slaughtered more people and currently colonize more land than Muslims.

To "respect all" - Feb 5th - Funny name for someone who just left a racist rant against Jews. Unless you mean - "respect all...except the ones you don't like". NOW, you're acting like a Muslim. Answer me this....if the Jews are waiting for a "fake messiah" why were the Muslims so afraid that they placed a big cemetery in front of the Lion's Gate of the Old City and bricked up the entrance so the "messiah" cannot enter as prophesied? How can you be afraid of a fake? Answer me another riddle - if Jews are so bad, why are they able to repel every Arab attack on them with less money and less weapons? Isn't Allah strong enough to defeat a few under-armed Heebs?? Or maybe Muslims are just disobeying their own Quran which states Jews will return to their holy land and any who impede them will be met with wrath. A person who follows some of their religious laws and ignores others are no more holy than one who is not religious. As a person who "respects all", you should respect those who are not Muslim as well as those who are and choose not to follow your path of terror and evil.

In ISLAM: Touchstone (Criteria) of Theology (Divinity):

In the glorious Qur’an, Surah Ikhlas – Chap-112, Verse-1 to 4.

1.      Qul huwallahu Ahad. (Say, he is Allah one and only).

2.      Allah hussamad. (Allah, the absolute and eternal).

3.      Lamyalid wa Lamyulad. (He begets not, nor is he begotten, He has got no superior, no Lord, no father, no mother).

4.      Wa Lamyakullahu Kufuwan Ahad. (There is nothing like him i.e. no image, no sculpture and no idol). The moment we imagine of a shape, picture or idol is not GOD coz God cannot be seen.

In HINDUISM: Touchstone (Criteria) of Theology (Divinity):

Chandogya Upanishad, Chap-6, Section-2, Verse-1.

1.       Ekkam Ividityam. (God is only one without the second).

Bhagavad Gita, Chap-10, Verse-3.

2.      Yo maamjamnandi chavetti lokmaheshwaram, Asammudha samatyershu sarvpapaih pramuchyate. (Almighty God is the Supreme Lord of all the worlds, if one will believe in this fact, his sins will be forgiven).

Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Chap-6, Verse-9.

3.      Na chasya kasij janita na chadhipah. (He begets not, nor is he begotten, He has got no superior, no Lord, no father, no mother).

Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Chap-4, Verse-19. And

Yajurveda, Chap-32, Verse-3.

4.      Na Tasya Pratima Asthi. (There is nothing like him i.e. no image, no sculpture and no idol).The moment we imagine of a shape, picture or idol is not GOD coz God cannot be seen.

Yajurveda, Chap-40, Verse-9:

Amongst the Vedas, the most sacred and the oldest is the Rig-Veda.

In Rig-Veda Book-1, Hymn-164, Verse-46.and

Rig-Veda Book-10, Hymn-     114, Verse-5.  

Ekkam Satya            Vipra Bahuda Vidhaante. (Truth is one, God is one, and Sages call him by a variety of names.)                                             

                                                 And Rig-Veda alone in Book-2, Hymn-1 gives no less than 33 different attributes to almighty God.

One amongst them is “BRAHAMA” which is mentioned in Rig-Veda Book-2, Hymn-1, Verse-3.

If you translate “BRAHAMA” into English, it means “The Creator” and in Arabic, it means “KHALIQ”. There is no objection when someone says that Almighty God is “BRAHMA” or “CREATOR” or “KHALIQ”. But if someone says that Almighty God is BRAHMA who has got 4 heads and on each head is a crown, then there is an objection, moreover they are going against Shvetashvatara Upanishad Chap-4, Verse-19, which says “Natasya pratima asthi”= Of him there is no likeness.

The other attribute given is “VISHNU” in Rig-Veda Book-2, Hymn-1, Verse-3.

If you translate “VISHNU” into English, it means “The Cherisher/Sustainer” and in Arabic, it means “RAB”. There is no objection when someone says that Almighty God is “VISHNU” or “CHERISHER/SUSTAINER” or “RAB”. But if someone says that Almighty God is VISHNU who is relaxing on a couch of snakes travelling in the sea or flying in the air on the bird GARUDA or has 4 hands and has Chakra on the right hand, then there is an objection, moreover they are going against Yajurveda, Chap-32, Verse-3, which says “Natasya Pratima Asthi”= Almighty God has got no Images.

It’s mentioned in,

Rig-Veda Book-8 Hymn-1, Verse-1, which says “Machadinadi Sansad”=Praise him alone, he alone deserves worship.

Rig-Veda Book-6 hymn-45, Verse-16, which says “Ya ik itmushtihi”=Praise him alone, he alone deserves worship.

And the

Brahma Sutra of Hinduism:                                                              Ekkam Braham, Duitya naste nehna naaste kinchan.

Meaning: - Bhagavan ek hai, doosra nahi hai nahi hai zara bhi nahi hai.

Kaaba which is located in Mecca city is also mentioned in RIGVEDA, BOOK-3, HYMN-29, VERSE-4. This says

Note: - In this verse of Rig-Veda, ILA means GOD (ILAH) and as we know that, geographically, KAABA is at the center of the Earth which has been proved by Neil Armstrong. Since, Kaaba is mentioned in the oldest Veda which is Rig-Veda; therefore it clearly means that the Kaaba is there since the time when Rig-Veda came into existence. Now if the Hindus believe the Vedas to be the word of God then according to that they should do the pilgrimage of Kaaba as well. Now, we Muslims do not worship Kaaba, on the basis of Hazrat Bilal who, at the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), gave azaan after climbing on the Kaaba. Kaaba is a direction, and all the Muslims of the entire world face it while offering SALAH in order to show that there is only one GOD who is unseen, who has no LORD and no PARENTS, who neither begets nor is begotten.

The name of ALLAH, which is one of the attributes of Almighty, is mentioned in the Hindus’ Religious Scriptures:

1.     Rig-Veda Book-2 Hymn-1 Verse-11: One of the attributes of God is given as “ILA” or “ILAH” means ALLAH.

2.     Rig-Veda Book-3 Hymn-30 Verse-10: ALLAH.

3.     Rig-Veda Book-9 Hymn-67 Verse-30: ALLAH.

NOTE: - If you check the Sanskrit Dictionary/Hindu Dictionary then you will find ALLAH as one of the attributes of GOD or is the name of GOD.

 The sacred scriptures of Hinduism can be categorized into 2 types.

1.  SHRUTI: It means that which is perceived, heard, understood, revealed and it is considered to be the word of GOD and they are of Divine Origin. And Shruti is of 2 types which are The VEDAS and The UPANISHADS.

2.  SMRITI: It means that which is remembered and the Smritis are less sacred as compared to the Shrutis. It is not considered to be the word of GOD or of the Divine Origin. They are written by Human beings and Smritis mainly contain the rules and regulations of how a human being should lead his life and are called as Dharma-Shastra. Among the Smritis, we have the ITIHAAS, which include the 2 great EPIC which are The RAMAYANA (which deals with the story of Shri Ram) and The MAHABHARATA (which deals with the story of a feud/quarrel between the cousins who are The PANDAVAS and The QAURAVAS and also deals with the story of Shri KRISHNA). The most popular is the BHAGAVAD GITA, which is the part of The MAHABHARATA. The Bhagavad Gita contains the 18 chapters of The Mahabharata from The BHEESHM PARV from Chapter- 25 to 42, which is a guidance given by Shri Krishna to Arjun in the battlefield.

If GOD is the one and only one, If GOD doesn’t have any superior, if GOD doesn’t beget nor is he begotten and if God doesn’t have any image, sculpture, painting then who are Shri Rama and Shri Krishna. Because as we know that, Shri Krishna was begotten and his parents were VASUDEV and DEVKI, same in the case of Shri Ram who was also begotten and his parents were DASHRATH and KAUSHALYA.

                                                                                                If we analyze, after looking into the life of Shri Ram, then we come to know that he had married Sita. And it is very clear from the concept of GOD, that GOD does not require anyone but we require GOD.

There is only one God and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is the last and the final messenger of Allah.

                                This fact has been proved from the Hinsu religious scriptures as well...If you study the prophecies of "KALKI AVTAAR" which is also known as THE ANTIM RISHI then you will come to know about Prophet Muhammad(pbuh).

A few of the prophecies are as follows:

1. His father's name will be "VISHNUYAAS" which means "Worshipper of God" and we Muslims know that the father of our Prophet was "Abdullah" which means The Worshipper of God.

2. His mother will be "Sumati" which means "Peaceful" and we Muslims know that our Prophet's mother was "Amina" which means peaceful.

3. He will be born in the city of "SAMBALA" which means "place of security and peace" and we Muslims know that our Prophet was born in MECCA which is also known as DAR-UL-AMAN which means "Place of Security and peace".

4. He will have 4 companions and we Muslims know that our Prophet had 4 companions who are "1.Hazrat Abu Bakr(r.a.).2. Hazrat Ali (r.a.). 3. Hazrat Umar (r.a.). 4. Hazrat Usman (r.a.).".

5. He will be given a white steed horse and will be given a sword in his right hand to fight against falsehood and we Muslims know that our prophet had a white steed horse and always had a sword in the right hand at the time of war in the battlefield.

And there are many more prophecies of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) in the Hindus religious scriptures, he is also prophecized in the Vedas as Narashangsa which means Praiseworthy.

He is prophecized in The Bible:

THE PROPHECY IN DEUTERONOMY

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So my dear brothers and sisters, if you want to know the truth then read out the Scriptures of the book, only then you'll understand the religion and the true concept of God as well. But the very important thing is that you will have to be patient. Don't look at the Muslims to judge Islam coz there are many Muslims who are not aware of the Quran and their religion coz they misinterpret the religion.

JIHAD means to strive and to struggle which we call as "Parishram" in Hindi. So if you want to judge someone then first analyze that is a person is doing Jihad, then in which field is he doing. Islam doesn't preach killing of innocent people and at the same time gives you the permission to fight against harrassment. If any muslim person does anything against it, He is not a muslim, because a person cannot become a Good Muslim unless he is a Good Human Being. So my dear Non-Muslim brothers and sisters in humanity, don't misunderstand anything and do not just judge anything after listening or noticing anything infact go to the depth and analyze the reason and then you will find the truth. thanks for reading. Hope you felt good.

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islam is the complete code of life... we r proud to b a muslim..

the end is near look no further your chance accept Allah he is meciful ,how do you know hes the healer you never asked him yet

food shortage will be soon stock up buy emergency gear dont listen local news look at 1431 the end is ((n e a ))

1431 the end i am only ten years old and i know whats wrong with rest mankind

i love kabba sharif

the most sacred place it is worth-seeing.may   ALLAH give me chance to visit this HOLY PLACE.Geographically it is the centre of earth

ISLAM IS ORIGINAL AND PURE RELIGION, AND MASJITHUL HARAM AND MASJITHUL  MUNAVVARA IS HOLY LPACE OF MUSLIMS, THIS IS TRUTH , BUT SOME PEOPLES TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. ALLAH WILL SAVE AND SAFE THIS. I LOVE MY RELIGION AND HOLY PLACE OF MUSLIMS. SALAM.

i love u all muslims

i live in england my dream is to visit kabba but hike it there anybody can catch a plane but i want to do on foot its not far i am looking for a partner to go with anybody out there contact me here leave a message

many of my brothers and sisters live in england no body wants to touch kabba is that right ?am i the only person with this dream wants it come true ?many of you who have not been there yet go now touch now stand on center on earth and pray to allah for safety of our brothers and sisters i asked my 10 years old son if he wanted to come with me you know his answer was Y E S a little boy why are you scared come lets go i was in the british army served in royal marines i left the forces can not kill brothers and sisters its inhumane i never wnt to any combats but i could see my time was coming were the army will throw me in so i resigned ...

The centre of the earth is in the Atlantic Ocean.  This is completely arbitrary, however.  But any sensible centre would have to lie on the equator.  Kaaba is not in the centre of any landmass, even Gondwanaland.  The Kaaba is even drifting along with the continent, so it is not even a fixed point.

It's dismaying the ignorance of some muslims in their scientific education.  There's certain tribal people who eat pork all their lives, and have adapted to it.  There are old men in this tribe, so pork is certainly not harmful (though it may be a moral sin). 

Probably such old superstitions about various food taboos came from logical reasons, yes it's true that pork must be cook thoroughly to avoid trichinosis.  Also perhaps because the animal is like us in it's organs, or maybe because it's an omnivore with digusting eating habits.

Some leader may have had a food allergy and said certain foods were bad too.  Maybe that's why shellfish are forbidden. 

Her Ibtada is pehlay, her intha k beed, zaat e nabi buland hay, zaat e Khuda k baad, dunia main ahtram k kabil hain jitnay log, main sub ko manta hun muger Mustafa k baad

Asslam allakum  ,  allaha ki ibadat se baddi namat aur inayat kuch nahi, raah a khuda hai islam, mustfa ki hidayat kaba ko salam.

be patient, Islam teach us the lesson of peace. just answer me

1- who started world war 1,2 and recent world war 3, which led to sacrifice of millions of innocent people.

2- who genocide in rawanda, are they were muslims?

3- who genocide in Bosnia, are they were muslims?

4- who genocide in Afganistan in 1979, are they were muslims?

5- who have captured kashmir,palestine and kills innocent peoples-just throwing stones in response of their bullets and laser guided missiles?

Perhaps none of above are muslims and islam's big lesson : one save a life, like who save whole humanity:

Aslamualikum ..Future Of Islam year 2012        2/3 of humanity will perish planet x is on its way for kuffars so let them make plans for the future we muslims make our plans for hereafter a better place this life is mortal kuffar crusaded against islam for last 94 years they still crusading they say they going to iraq to kill terrorists but really they rape muslim women and kill innocent people and steal from their country oil etc if you read on history of islam. muslims won battles over night muslims go to battle with their chest out and kuffars go with bullit proof vest on shows you .whos the weakest link lol islam only declined since 1916 our sohabas radiulhu asked our profit mohammad pbuh what will life be after calihate or kalifah is removed our profit mohammad said it will be military goverments all over the world this was recorded 1400 years if you look today its badly run by poppet leaders .kuffars poppets ...so what is future of islam the sohaba radiulhu asked our profit mohammad pbuh what will be after military goverment our profit mohammad pbuh replied a caliphate kalifah will return and islam will rule the world allahuabker their is no god only allah and mohammad pbuh is his messenger .imam mahdi is on his way just wait and see after 2012 and allah will reveal imam mahdi to you.you will see him .

IS   ALLAH   OF   THE   MUSLIM/ISLAM   RELIGION  
THE   SAME   AS   THE   GOD   OF   THE   BIBLE ?

        The word "Allah" as used is not correct.  The Hausa translation of the Bible in northern Nigeria uses Allah as a designation for the true God.  Allah  is therefore the same divine being in both the Islamic and Jewish faiths and the one who became man for the salvation of mankind.

    The translators, by using a term familiar to the Muslims in northern Nigeria, no doubt thought they were being helpful.  But by using Allah in the Hausa language, they have succeeded, instead, in creating confusion.  Allah is no mere linguistic designation for God, as Dios in Spanish or Dieu in French.  Allah is  the name of the god of Islam.  In fact, Allah was the name of the chief god among the numerous idols in the Kaaba in Mecca, which represented the deities of travelers passing through in the caravans.  Allah was the god of the local Quraish, Muhammad's tribe, before Islam was invented.  Muhammad smashed the idols but kept the black stone which is still kissed today by Muslims.  He kept, too, the name Allah for the god of Islam (its sign was the crescent moon) in order to appeal to his own tribe.

   Allah has definite characteristics: he is not a father, has no son, is not a triune being but a single (and thus incomplete) entity who destroys rather than saves sinners, has compassion on only the righteous, does not deal in grace but only rewards good deeds, has no way to redeem the lost sinners, etc.  Allah is not the God of the Bible.

   The God of Israel, too, has a name, YHWH, now pronounced Jehovah but more anciently as Jahweh. Most Christians are unaware of God's name because the Old Testament substitutes Lord for YHWH. In Exodus 6:3 God says,''By my name YHWH was I not known to them"; and at the burning bush when Moses asked His name, God explained the meaning of it by saying I AM THAT I AM; thus YHWH means not just one who is, but the self-existent One who is in and of Himself (Ex. 3:13-14).

   The God of the Bible is love, an impossibility for Allah. As a single entity, Allah was lonely and could not love or fellowship until other entities came into existence. Not so with YHWH (Jehovah).  He is three persons in One: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, complete in Himself and in need of no others to love and fellowship with ("The Father loveth the Son" [John 3:35], there is communion within the Godhead, etc.). Only of this God could it be said that He is love in Himself.

   Allah could never say, "Let us make man in our image" (Genesis  1:26) and the Muslim scholar has no explanation for this expression, which is even found in the Koran's paraphrase of this Bible verse.  We could point out other reasons, but this should be enough to show that to use in the Hausa translation the name Allah for the God of the Bible is a great error!  In fact Allah is a false god on a par with any other pagan deity.

 I would like to make a few comments and ask some questions.  Please give me chapter and verse from the Qur'an...That GOD is Allah.lf l do not hear from you I will assume you have no proof and are spreading lies about Islam.

  This has been discussed in the past.  That Allah is not the God of the Bible is very clear.  The biblical God is called Yahweh (or Jehovah) nearly 9,000 times. Yet Allah is not called by that name even once in the Koran.  Why not, if Allah is the same God?  God is also referred to as Elohim more than 2,500 times in the Bible, but again that word never appears for Allah in the Koran.  Why?  The God of the Bible is called "The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob “Israel" (Jacob's name was changed by God to Israel later in life, so he is referred to by either name).  He is the father of the Jews.

            The God of the Bible revealed himself to Moses at the burning bush by this name ("God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob “Israel") and told Moses, "this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations" (Ex 3:1-16).  If Allah is the God of the Bible, why is he never called by these names?  The God of the Bible tells us again and again that He is the God of the Jews.  Many times He is called "the God of Israel."  Yet there is such hatred for Israel among Muslims!  The Koran talks about Abraham and Ishmael, even claims they built the Kaaba, but gives Isaac no prominence. The Bible mentions Isaac favorably and prominently more than 150 times. God very clearly says that His covenant is with Isaac, not with Ishmael (Genesis 17:19-21), from whom the Arabs claim they are descended.  The God of the Bible calls the Jews His chosen people.  He loves them and gave the land of Israel to them as an heritage forever, as hundreds of verses in the Bible declare.  Islam denies this basic biblical truth.  The Jews are certainly not Allah's chosen people! How can Allah be the God of the Bible, yet not choose the Jews?

            In your Koran, as you must know, Allah commands Muslims, "Take not the Jews and Christians as friends 1 Surah 5:51, A1 Hi1-a1i, v. 54, Jusuf a1i), so Allah is not the God of the Christians either. In the hadith, Muhammad himself said, "The last hour will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims kill them" (Mishkat al Masabih Sh. M. Ashraf, 1990, pp. 147, 721, 810-11, 1130, etc.).  Islam's god hates the Jews; the God of the Bible loves them as His chosen people! Allah is very clearly not Jehovah, Elohim, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the God of the Bible!

            The God of the Bible chose Jerusalem as His holy city. Forty times He calls Jerusalem "the city of David" and repeatedly He promises that the Messiah will be descended from David and will rule on David's throne in Jerusalem over the whole world (2 Chronicles 6:6; 33:7; 2 Samuel 7: 16; Psalm 89:3-29, etc.).  Never does the Bible (or the God of the Bible) mention Mecca or Medina, but Jerusalem is mentioned more than 800 times.  Yet Allah never mentions Jerusalem.  How can this be if Allah is the God of the Bible?  And how can the Muslims today claim Jerusalem as a holy city of Islam, when it isn't even mentioned in the Koran?  That recent claim comes from those who want to take that city from the Jews.

            That Allah has no son is further proof that He is not the God of the Bible, who definitely has a Son, as both the Old and New Testaments declare.  Psalms 2 says, "Kiss the Son." Referring to the God of the Bible, Solomon says, "What is his son's name...?" (Proverbs 30:4). The angel Gabriel, whom Islam claims to honor, told the virgin Mary (Islam accepts the virgin birth of Jesus), " And, behold, thou shalt...bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.  He shall be...called the Son of the Highest ...the Son of God...and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David..." (Luke 1:31-35). That throne is in Jerusalem, not in Mecca.

            Muslims insist that the name " Allah" must be used in every language; it cannot be translated Dios in Spanish, Dieu in French, or God in English.  Muslims thus treat " Allah" not as a generic word for God, but as the name of a particular god.  In fact, Allah was the god of the Kuraish tribe centuries before Muhammad was born.  You deny that he was the chief god in the Kaaba, but you admit there were for centuries 360 idols in the Kaaba and one of these was called Allah. What is Allah doing in a temple among 360 idols if he is the God of the Bible, who forbids idolatry?  Why does Islam keep this idol temple, and why must Muslims to this day make a pilgrimage there?  That Allah was the chief idol in the Kaaba is documented history.  Let me quote one of the greatest historians:    The desert Arab...feared and worshiped incalculable deities in stars and moons....Now and then he offered human sacrifice; and here and there he worshiped sacred stones.  The center of this stone worship was Mecca (with) the Kaaba and its sacred Black Stone...in its southeast corner, five feet from the ground, just right for kissing.…

            Within the Kaaba, in pre-Moslem days, were several idols representing gods.  One was called Allah...three others were Allah's daughters, al-Uzza, al-Lat, and Manah.  We may judge the antiquity of this Arab pantheon from the mention of A1-il Lat (AI-Lat) by Herodotus [fifth century B.C. Greek historian] as a major Arabian deity . The Quraish [Muhammad's tribe controlling Mecca] paved the way for monotheism by worshiping Allah as chief god; He was presented to the Meccans as the Lord of their soil, to Whom they must pay a tithe of their crops and the first-born of their herds. The Quraish, as alleged descendants of Abraham and Ishmael, appointed the priests and guardians of the shrine and managed its revenues (Will Durant, "The Story of Civilization," IV: 160-61).

            The Kaaba still stands, without its idols, but with the Black Stone.  The pilgrimage to the Kaaba, to...kiss the sacred stone, to run between Safa and Marwa, and to climb Mount Arafa, was practiced by pious pagan Arabs for centuries before Muhammad.  Why did your prophet keep, as part of Islam, these pagan rituals?

            You say "Islam is the religion of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus..."  Do you think Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, et al. journeyed to the idol temple, the Kaaba, and kissed its Black Stone?  Impossible!  Not one follower of the God of the Bible would ever have gone near the Kaaba, because the God of the Bible forbids any association with idols; and you admit (as history tells us) that the Kaaba was filled with idols before Muhammad destroyed them all.  In history and the Bible, you will find no mention of Islam or any religion like it.  How could you have Islam without the Koran and Muhammad?

            The only people who journeyed to the Kaaba and kissed the Black Stone were pagan Arabs who worshiped one or more of the idols within and around it.  Muhammad started a new religion called Islam to which Arabs, Persians, Egyptians, Turks and everyone else in the region had to convert at the point of the sword.  They became Muslims, and there is no way you can say that Islam was the original religion of that or any other region.

            You ask me to explain, "The God of the Bible is love, an impossibility for Allah."  If Allah is a single being, as Muslims insist, then he cannot be love in and of himself, because he had no one to love until he created others; but the God of the Bible is love in and of Himself because He is three Persons but One God.  Father, Son and Holy Spirit loved and communed with one another before men or angels were created.

            While the Jews know that Allah is not Jehovah, they try to say (as Muslims do for Allah) that Jehovah is a single being.  If so, then why does the Bible refer to Him more than 2,500 times with the plural Elohim (gods)?  Interestingly, however, always with the plural noun there is a singular verb.  One cannot escape the plurality combined with singularity repeatedly used.

            The famous shema (Dt 6:4), the most fundamental saying about God for a Jew, declares, "Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah." Far from declaring that the God of the Bible is a singular being, the Hebrew word translated "one" is echad, which means a unity of several becoming one, as when God said the man and woman became "one (echad) flesh" (Genesis 2:24); when many soldiers became "one (echad) troop" (2 Samuel 2:25) or when two sticks became "one (echad) stick" (Ezekiel 37:17) etc.

            The Bible teaches that God's very essence is love and says, "God is love" (1 John 4:8).  This is not true of Allah.  The Bible repeatedly speaks of God's love for man and the love we must have for Him.  But love is scarcely mentioned in the Koran.  Not once is "love" listed in the index of the popular Marmaduke Pickthall translation of the Koran.  Of Allah's 99 attributes, love is not one.  The Koran does say that Allah loves "the beneficent" (Surah 2:195), "the stedfast ( and) those whose deeds are good" (Surah 3:146-48), and "those who battle for his cause" (Surah 61:4). But never does it say he loves all mankind, much less sinners; but the God of the Bible loves sinners, even those who hate Him.  Allah is said to be merciful, but he does not show mercy to those who need it.  The God of the Bible, however, is merciful to all, ready to forgive confessed sin.

            The first of the Ten Commandments is that we are to love the God of the Bible with our whole heart; but never does the Koran say a Muslim is to love Allah.  You cannot love Allah, because he is unknowable.  The God of the Bible can be known and repeatedly calls upon men to know Him; but the Koran says no one can know Allah because he is too great.  In spite of being infinite, without beginning and end, and the Creator of the universe, the biblical God reveals himself so that men can know Him.  Jesus himself said, "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3).  Those who don't know the God of the Bible are lost eternally. No one knows Allah.

            The Bible is filled with prophecies of the coming of Messiah Jesus, but there is not one such prophecy in the Koran for Jesus or Muhammad.  In fact, the Koran was written after Muhammad came, so it could not prophesy his coming, but the Old Testament prophesied the coming of Jesus centuries and even thousands of years beforehand.  The Jewish prophets in the Old Testament said the Messiah would be crucified and rise from the dead the third day.  Jesus came at exactly the time prophesied and died for the sins of the world, as the Bible says over and over.  But the Koran contradicts this and says He didn't die on the cross at all, much less for our sins.  The Bible says that the penalty for sin must be paid and that God himself had to come as a man to die for our sins.  Allah did not do that.

            How does Allah save sinners?  It would be unjust to forgive the guilty without the penalty being paid.  Where does Allah explain the penalty?  When and by whom was that penalty paid?  If Allah forgives, how does he forgive?  Allah simply refuses to forgive or forgives whom he will, but there is no consistent or just basis for either.  No Muslim can be sure Allah will forgive him.  As a Christian I know for certain that I have been forgiven all my sins and that I have eternal life as a free gift from God through the death and resurrection of Christ and that I will be in heaven—not by my good works, but by Christ paying the penalty for my sins.  Allah is merciful to those who do good.  The Bible says that none do good, all have sinned, and that God saves sinners if they believe in the Christ who died for them.

            You ask where Allah says in the Koran, "Let us make man in our image."  I don't read Arabic so can't find that exact place but I was told by an Arabic scholar that in the Arabic that is what it says.  However, the God of the Bible said, "Let us make man in our image."  If Allah is the same God, why didn't he say that?  There are many contradictions within the Koran, and between the Bible and the Koran.

no muslim will contradict koran nor shall muslim will call any body elses faith but kuffars are kuffers thats why imam mahdi will return to teach kuffars a lesson lol just like it was in 18 century sharia law islam is returning just wait .even jesus pbuh is returning but to face islam and kill antichrist by year 2011/12 you people will be still writing hate messages against islam and you will hear knock on your door your next door will tell you islam is back like a coward you will hide under your bed so eccept islam today so you dont have to hide tommorrow.takbeer allahuakber

Yes this shows a faith of love and truth, Murder and deception is the trademark from what I see and read from your own writings. As far as not calling anothers faith false. Or decieve them into a trust.Or just kill them right? Cant deny what your own book says. Or is it a misprint?

Qur'an:9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take

them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every

stratagem of war."

Qur'an:8:39 "Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to

Allah."

Qur'an:8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief

[non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the

whole world)."

Ishaq:324 "He said, 'Fight them so that there is no more rebellion, and

religion, all of it, is for Allah only. Allah must have no rivals.'"

Muslim:C10B1N176 "Muhammad (may peace be upon him) sent us in a raiding

party. We raided Huraqat in the morning. I caught hold of a man and he

said: 'There is no god but Allah,' but I attacked him with a spear

anyway. It once occurred to me that I should ask the Apostle about this.

The Messenger said: 'Did he profess "There is no god but Allah," and

even then you killed him?' I said: 'He made a profession out of the fear

of the weapon I was threatening him with.' The Prophet said: 'Did you

tear out his heart in order to find out whether it had professed truly

or not?'"

Ishaq:398 "Ask them for their help. Thereby make the religion of Islam

agreeable to them. And when you are resolved in the matter of religion

concerning fighting your enemy you will have the advantage.

plz give to us the all information about kaba

KUFFAR IS SAUDI KING WHO IS A SELL OUT TO USA

saudi king is kuffar

I dont need to know what a camel dump of a nomad   child  pedophile// Mad men // war monger // sex addict    your Moh Ham Head is .  Save me the excuses  cause 1 thing i have seen about muslims are you only love violence /killing//  raping ///   well enjoy your 75 virgins or what  ever .... Who knows  when you die  you will be all going to hell  .

Ill stick to Yawweh ... If you say muslims have hig reagrd  for jesus  ...  why you  beheading christians  // buring there churches  ... sad to say   Muslims alyas demolish  every other religion  and they brag  there innocent ... Keep it up  after all pay back is a bitch  :P  

i am a muslim and i read most of the comments here,its sad that the non muslims are being very rude and the language is really disgusting,what we are and what was aour prophet we all know and what our religion is about also we know,but calling them kuffars and abusing them is equally wrong,so for allah ta ala"s sake explain to them and stop abusing them then inshaallah they might understand what islam is all about.i know your blood boils when they abuse our profhet but dont forget even when he was alive lots of wrong took place so how will people born after 1350 years later be kind to him?so relax and control our anger and then please behave in a civilised manner to tell them or explain to them....please forgive me if i have said something which has hurt any one here and allah please forgive the people  who have been crude and have abused u and the prophet pbuh.....zazakallah khair

THE UK AND USA ARE THE BABY KILLERS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES THEY ARE CRUSADING IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES THEY KILL FARMERS AND INNOCENT KIDS AND BABIES SCUM SCUM SCUM SCUM SCUM

maka is very good place of world maka and madina is very hollay and good place.of world

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pakistan is not muslim coutrey but he is fareend of ISRAEEL'and;[USA]

i love my god god help the muslims.

all muslim are brothers plzloves each other 

Subhan Allah! Nice picture.

i love kaba

i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee kaba

i love Islam and i love i was borned as a muslim..nothing can compare to be one of Allah (swt) and Prophet Muhammad (saw) humble servant.It not right for those who do dont understand what is Islam to critisize our religion.It best read the Holy Quran and make a comparison between it to your bible or others faith. Condamning others people religion showing how bad your behaviour is. Being religious in your own religion is being good and pure. Meaning in my religion Islam or other , im sure they dont teach bad stuff. I am sure they teach how to respect other.

We believe in reading the Holy Quran , is not reading by glance, u have to read one line by one line , and in one sentance it got it own meaning and stories.I know lots of non muslim  been reading it blindly and make thier own conclution. That is not the right way. That is why we muslim have to study the Quran till the day we die, because it our LIFE. The content of Alquran, teaches us in many aspects of life .So please stog harresing us and stay respect to others..thank you.

 i love  islam.....i love  Allah (swt) n i love  Muhammad (saw)..

you call muslims names your bible reads as jesus said you can not be promoter of good if you harbour hatred and animosity against others go and read your bible that you have missed the pages .one in three children tried commiting suicide in usa one every 17 minutes ,5000 commited suicide in uk last year and that number is lowest since 1975  islam does not teach muslims to commit suicide or murder others ,you commit them murders we dont need to say sorry to you muslims did not kill those in 9/11 you did you say sorry to them muslims did not murdered six million jews in germany you did you go and say sorry to them    and you say you are helping them muslims to build roads etc the roads are for your own need to steal the black gold from muslim countries shame on you muslims dont need roads .their is famous saying in arabic go and fix your own home before you fix mine  

After reading sham and his research on vedas and upanishads  i can only say islam was formed in the year 610 AD.Islam was the only relegion which came with a sword and did forced convertion which he cannot deny.  As he has gone through the hindu scriptures he very well knows that Vedas were there before islam was formed isnt it plagiarism.its for him to judge

Place which is dream destiny ,

I love Allah and Muhammad sallalahu alihee wasallam

god is great..................................................

I love Allah and khana kaba.

respond to I am. your son of a bitch. If you say like that again I will get you arrested.

you all should bloody grow up...you are all quarelling over faith...in a world where we all know the right thing to do is to help each other be it whatever race they may be...pride!!!!you all have too much pride!!!!and for what...can you honestly say that you are a good muslim??a good christian or hindu???if you say yes...then hell awaits you...we are all sinners and what we should be doing instead of fighting all the time is to minimise our sins and be better people...you all should be ashamed!!!!

RESPOND TO AZHAR

VERY NICE EXPLAINATION ABOUT THE RELIGIONS

THE TRUTH WILL COME TO TRUE AT THE END OF WORLD BUT AH FOR THOSE WHO DONT BELIEVE ON ALLAH ALTHOUGH THEY ARE KNOWING WHAT IS  TRUE