The Kaaba and pre-Islamic Mecca

In pre-Islamic days, that Muslims call the Days of ignorance, the religious background of the Arabs was pagan, and basically animistic. Through Moon, Sun, Stars, Planets, Animals, wells, trees, stones, caves, springs, and other natural objects man could make contact with the deity. At Mekka, Allah was the chief of the gods and the special deity of the Quraish, the prophets tribe. Allah had three daughters: Al Uzzah (Venus) most revered of all and pleased with human sacrifice; Manah, the goddess of destiny, and Al Lat, the goddess of vegetable life. These three daughters of Allah (there is a Quranic verse about them) were considered very powerful over all things. Therefore, their intercessions on behalf of their worshippers were of great significance.

On rituals, Encyclopedia of Islam (New Edition, s.v. Kaaba) states: It is incontrovertible that Islam took from the pagan Arabs an entire pre-Islamic ritual, previously steeped in paganism. This ritual is the veneration of and the pilgrimage to the Kaaba at Mecca. For the pre-Islamic Arabs, the Kaaba was the center of worship where the Jahilis prayed and went round it seven times. The Jahilis went on pilgrimage to the Kaaba once a year in Dhul-Hijja for a week, and they performed the Waqfa [standing in or stoppage at] on Mount Arafat (Al-Udhhri, 1991, 77). In their ritual, the Pre-Islamic pilgrims halted at Muzdalifa, stayed at Mina, made seven runs between Safa and the Marwah hills, sacrificed animals, and shaved their heads.They performed the lesser pilgrimage (Umrah) outside the month of Dhul-Hijja. Islam adopted the entire ritual. It recognized the Kaaba as the temple of God and the center of worship, retained the Black Stone, consecrated the Haram sanctuary, and ordered Muslims to perform the pilgrimage, if possible, once in a lifetime on the eighth day of the last month of the Islamic lunar year, Dhul-Hijja. Muslims today, like their pre-Islamic ancestors, circumambulate the Kaaba seven times, halt at Muzdalifa, stay at Mina, make seven runs between Safa and the Marwah hills, sacrifice animals, stone the devil, shave their heads, and wear a special simple garb. They perform the lesser pilgrimage (Umrah) outside the month of Dhul-Hijja, Islam has also in common with the pre-Islamic Arabs their belief in Jinn. The pre-Islamic Arabs were fully convinced, in the existence of shadowy, crafty, mischievous, even destructive beings called jinn (Watt and Bell, Introduction to the Quran, 1977, 153). While usually invisible, the jinn are capable of assuming forms of snakes, scorpions, lizards, and other creeping things or mad humans (Ibid.). Sura Al-Jinn (Quranic Chapter number 72, composed of 28 Verses), is dedicated to these spirits. Other parts of the Quran recognize Jinns existence: They link Him with jinn by lineage (37:158); that God created Jinn from fire (55:15), and that Jinns end, like mens, is to serve and worship God (51:56). The Quran reveals also that God sent messengers to Jinn and men (6:130), and teaches that Jinn may believe in God and His Holy Book: (72:1), as well as that Jinn may be unbelievers as well (6:130). Jinn promised that they will not Associate in worship any gods with our Lord (72:2).

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[QuietRain]

Bakkah /Becca/Bekka = ancient name for the site of Mecca (wiki). Psalm 84, David speaks about Mecca: "How lovely is Your dwelling-place, O Lord of Hosts. I long, I yearn for the courts of the Lord; my body and soul shout for joy to the living God ... Happy are those who dwell in Your house; they forever praise You...They pass through the Valley of Baca, regarding it as a place of springs." The well of zemzem still houses this spring of holy water today!

[lajungesombre]

@ergotrof haha no way. Jesus would never destroy people just because they don't believe in God. Jesus would only destroy people who are liars, thieves, rapists, and killers. In other words, Jesus would destroy people like you: people who believe that all religions should be wiped out. People like you are a dime a dozen: maniacal genocidal loonies. Jesus doesn't like people like you. In fact, Jesus will fight you, and send YOU to hell along with Bush, Netanyahu, Harper, and Bin Ladin

[NoSugar85]

I hear anti muslims keep inventing many theories about the Kaaba...

some say it's the temple of the moon god, others say it's a hindu temple, others say it's built for the worship of the planet saturn, and tommorrow we're gonna hear them say that it's built for the worship of the sun goddess or maybe it's actually built to worship Zeus or Shiva...

I mean come on lol

It's so simple, it was built by Ishmael and his father Abraham for the worship of the one god

[amoralis123]

You so called Experts are stupid & devoid of research. She was his Aunt once removed. She was neither a businesswoman in the real sense nor she proposed marriage to him. It was an arranged marriage like million others of that time. There is so much BS about people of Scriptures that one wonders how these experts do not find out the truth before opening their mouths & from the pulpit.

Both these experts on the video need to go back to school to learn something more substantial than.

[I2012Oracle]

Black Stone from Heaven: People who saw the meteor entering the earth, most likely were watching the Moon at that time and saw a Meteor coming toward them from moon Goddess. First it was white due to hitting the atmosphere and then burned and crashed (Burning in the hell fire) to earth and fell near them, when they found it, it was black and since it came from sky, So it was called heavenly White Stone, took the sin of men and became black!

[I2012Oracle]

Kaaba is the Temple of Moon Goddess.

- The Black Rock is on Eastern Corner of Kaaba Faces East, the rise of moon

- It is encased in Silver Casing, shaping Moon Goddess Vulva or Womb, The birth of Moon

- The Black Cloth is the black sky back ground

- Tawaf is from West to East, so People face the moon and welcome its rise

- Moon Goddess was symbol of Fertility, because women have their monthly period. She demanded Blood, so People Shed Animal blood to satisy her demand.

# 3,4,7,12 Relate to Moon

[ULTimaTeOTTomaNpoweR]

أشهد أن الله واحد وحتى الآن وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله

I bear witness that God is one and yet I bear witness that his servant and messenger Muhammad.

If you knew you a prophet to Islam and we'll repent.

[drzakirstupid]

The text of the crucial Vikramaditya inscription, found inscribed on a gold dish hung inside the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, is found recorded on page 315 of a volume known as ‘Sayar-ul-Okul’ treasured in the Makhtab-e-Sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey. Rendered in free English the inscription says

[drzakirstupid]

Was the Kaaba Originally a Hindu Temple?

By P.N. Oak (Historian)

Glancing through some research material recently, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a reference to a king Vikramaditya inscription found in the Kaaba in Mecca proving beyond doubt that the Arabian Peninsula formed a part of his Indian Empire.

[drzakirstupid]

Kaaba a Hindu Temple?

[Note: A recent archeological find in Kuwait unearthed a gold-plated statue of the Hindu deity Ganesh. A Muslim resident of Kuwait requested historical research material that can help explain the connection between Hindu civilisation and Arabia.]

[drzakirstupid]

Dravidian's worshiped Lord Shiva as their Primal Deity - Indus valley civilization. Shiva Temple's in South India are called as Kabaalishwaran temple's. Kabaali - refers to Lord Shiva.

[drzakirstupid]

Kabaa-Kabaali-Lord Shiva*

Dear Sir,

First of all I heartly thank for hosting such a beautiful website. I read the message " Is the Kabaa a Hindu temple ???". It was a very Intresting, thought provoking and informative message. I would like to bring to your notice regarding this, that the word Kabaa might have come from the TAMIL language - Kabaalishwaran temple (TAMIL is considered as one of the oldest languages of the world).