Caaba, which is often called, by way of excellence, the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Suras–the Cave, Mary, Imran, Repentance, T, H, are woven into the Kiswah or covering of the Caaba, which is renewed annually.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The elders of the city, the uncles of the prophet, affected to despise the presumption of an orphan, the reformer of his country: the pious orations of Mahomet in the Caaba were answered by the clamors of Abu Taleb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference

H That is, the Caaba, which is usually called, by way of eminence, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

“Now, by the corner-stone of the Caaba!” said the Saracen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Talisman] Reference

He sprang from the distinguished tribe of the Koreishites, the custodians of the sacred shrine of the Caaba.    From Wordnik.com.  [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference

They actually shelled the Caaba at Mecca (luckily without doing material damage), and their action in storing high explosives close to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pan-Islam] Reference

Here was the ancient and most revered shrine of the Caaba, where was preserved a sacred black stone believed to have been given by an angel to Abraham.    From Wordnik.com.  [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference

Al Dorâb, the celestial mode of the Caaba, 388, n.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Temple of Mecca, vide Caaba; of Jerusalem, built by genii, 322.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The demolition of the Caaba, or temple of Mecca, by the Ethiopians. 1 13.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Caaba, the running between Safâ and Merwâ, and the throwing of the stones in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

At a small distance from the Caaba, on the east side, is the Station or Place of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The decree was suspended in the Caaba before the eyes of the nation; the messengers of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference

Caaba built between the years of Rome 650 and 746, the dates of their respective histories?.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference

It was worn by girls, by women monthly, and also, "it is said, by worshipers at the Caaba.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference

Koreish, especially after they had gotten the custody of the Caaba from the tribe of Khozâah. 4.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Three men were disputing in the court of the Caaba, which was the most liberal person among the Arabs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

M. Gagnier has been twice guilty of a mistake in confounding this monument with the sacred enclosure of the Caaba.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The Caaba is an oblong massive structure 55 ft. in length, 45 in breadth, and the height somewhat greater than the length.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The poems which were judged the best were written up in letters of gold, or suspended (hence called Moallakat) in the Caaba.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Koreish and the family of Hashem, the most illustrious of the Arabs, the princes of Mecca, and the hereditary guardians of the Caaba.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference

The Caaba has a double roof, supported within by three octangular pillars of aloes wood; between which, on a bar of iron, hang some silver lamps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Medina, and Tayef; and perhaps the Koreish would have restored the idols of the Caaba, if their levity had not been checked by a seasonable reproof.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference

For otherwise the Koreish had a right to the guardianship of the Caaba, and it was continued in their tribe and in the same family even after the taking of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

The last thing I shall take notice of in the temple is the well Zemzem, on the east side of the Caaba, and which is covered with a small building and cupola.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

Caaba, saluted Mahomet in the Arabian tongue, and, suddenly contracting her dimensions, entered at the collar, and issued forth through the sleeve, of his shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference

Henda, with fifteen matrons of Mecca, incessantly sounded their timbrels to animate the troops, and to magnify the greatness of Hobal, the most popular deity of the Caaba.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference