Sunday 15 May 2011

Mecca Night View



O Allah! We beg help from You alone; ask forgiveness from You alone, and turn towards You and praise You for all the good things and are grateful to You and are not ungrateful to You and we part and break off with all those who are disobedient to you. O Allah! You alone do we worship and pray exclusively to You and bow before You alone and we hasten eagerly towards You and we fear Your severe punishment and hope for Your Mercy as your severe punishment is surely to be meted out to the unbelievers. ( Dua-e-Qunoot )

Far view of Kaba


Muzdalifah


& Yes we all Muslims only bow before Allah





Embroidery on Ghilaf e Ka'aba



World's biggest Clock



The four-faced clock tower will top a massive skyscraper that when completed  around 1,970 feet (600 meters) tall, the second tallest in the world after Dubai's Burj Khalifa.


The clock will dwarf London'sBig Ben, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, with dials more than five times greater in area.

The around 130 foot (40 meter) diameter Saudi clock dials are also bigger than the current world champion at the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which has a 36 meter face set in the transparent roof of the shopping complex.



Each face will be inscribed with "God is greatest" in Arabic and fitted with thousands of colored lights. The clock will be visible from more than 16 miles (25 kilometers)





Saturday 14 May 2011

Supplication


Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
–Ali Ibn Abi Talib RA

Door way to Kaba


To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him. [Imam Al Ghazali]


Multazim


Al-Multazim is the part of Ka'ba between its door and the Black Stone. After drinking the water ofZamzam, it is recommended that one should make special supplications at Al-Multazim.

        Ibn 'Abbas reported that he used to stand between the Black Stone corner and the Ka'ba door and said, "The space between the Black Stone and the door of the Ka'bah is called 'AlMultazim' and whoever stands here and supplicates to Allah, he gives him whatever he supplicates for." (Al-Baihaqi)