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2010-07-02 18:03:46 UTC
Do Muslim worship Kaabah?
1- The House/Temple of GOD Almighty in the Noble Quran and the Bible:
To help the non Muslim to understand the Islamic way of Worship
better, I'd like to first present the following from the Bible:
Psalm 138:2
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for
your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
GOD Almighty's Holy Temple in Islam is the Kaaba in Mecca.
Genesis 28:16-18
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in
this place, and I was not aware of it."
17 He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none
other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his
head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
Judges 20:18
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel (the House of GOD in Hebrew) and
inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go first to fight against
the Benjamites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."
1 Chronicles 6:47-49
47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
48 Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the
tabernacle, the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings
on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in
connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making
atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of
God had commanded.
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
As we clearly see, the "House of GOD"Almighty is mentioned in both the
Bible and the Noble Quran. The Prostration to GOD Almighty in either
His House or in the direction of His House (if you live far away) is
the most proper way of Worship according to both the Bible and the
Noble Quran.
As we also clearly see, the House of GOD Almighty was mentioned in the
Bible first. The Kaba or Kaaba (the black cube building in Saudi
Arabia) is basically the symbolic point on earth (His House) that GOD
Almighty Chose to have all of His True Believers meet Him through
bowing down their faces in humility down to the ground before Him.
The actual bricks and cement that make up the Kaaba are not holy.
They are no more holier than the bricks and cement that we see on
regular basis in the towns that we live in.
While it is true that many ignorant and illiterate Muslims might
incline toward idol worship and do consider the actual Kaaba as a very
sacred thing to a point where they would go as far as rubbing their
bodies against it to get "blessings", but these people are not
representing the True picture of Islam. If a person worships the
Kaaba itself, then he/she becomes an idol worshiper:
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
"Say: 'O People of the Book (i.e., Jews and Christians)! Come to
common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah;
that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among
ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah.' If then they turn
back, say ye: 'Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to
Allah's Will).' (The Noble Quran, 3:64)"
"God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He
forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with
God is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed. (The Noble Quran, 4:48)"
"Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to
God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For
God did take Abraham for a friend. (The Noble Quran, 4:125)"
The Kaaba is only the House of GOD Almighty and is the meeting place
for us to meet the Almighty LORD by bowing down our faces in humility
down to the ground before Him in that direction.
GOD Almighty Chose that spot on earth to be the meeting place with
Him, because It is His Grand Temple.
We Worship Allah Almighty in His House/Temple. We never worship the
Temple itself.
Since Allah Almighty ordered Abraham the father of Ishmael and Isaac
peace be upon them to build the Kaaba, people called it the House of
GOD Almighty, and it became the direction for us to bow down to Allah
Almighty in worship:
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
So when Muslims prostrate to Allah Almighty, they prostrate in the
direction that is as close as possible to Him. It was also prophesied
in the Noble Quran that people from all over the world would come to
the city of Mecca (where the Kaaba is located) for pilgrimage.
During the early days of Islam, the Muslims were commanded to bow down
to Allah Almighty in the direction of the Farthest Mosque (Al-Masjid
Al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem, because it was the Holiest Mosque/Temple to
worship Allah Almighty in back since it was not defiled with idols.
Allah Almighty then commanded Prophet Muhammad to order the Muslims to
prostrate to Allah Almighty in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca,
because it was the House of GOD Almighty which was built by Prophet
Abraham peace be upon him (mentioned also in the Bible), and because
after the Muslims liberated Mecca in a 10,000 men army (this event was
prophesied in the Bible), they cleaned the Kaaba from all idols.
2- But aren't Muslims still physically bowing down to the Kaaba
itself?
We've already seen the "House of GOD"Almighty in both the Bible and
the Noble Quran above. We've seen how the Prostration to GOD Almighty
in either His House or in the direction of His House (if you live far
away) is the most proper way of Worship.
Again, to help the Jewish and Christian reader understand the Islamic
point better, I'd like to present the following from the Bible:
Numbers 24:3-5
3 and he uttered his oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the
oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,
4 the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from
the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
5 "How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O
Israel!
Deuteronomy 9:17-19
17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking
them to pieces before your eyes.
18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and
forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the
sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and so
provoking him to anger.
19 I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough
with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.
Deuteronomy 9:25
25 I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights
because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
1 Kings 18:39
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The
LORD -he is God! The LORD -he is God!"
Even Jesus, peace be upon him, bowed down to Allah Almighty the
Islamic way:
"Going a little farther, he [Jesus] fell with his face to the ground
and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from
me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.' (From the NIV Bible,
Matthew 26:39)"
When Muslims bow down to Allah Almighty in worship at their homes,
they do not for instance bow down to the sofa, or to the pair of
shoes, or to the table, or to the wall, or to the door, or to the TV,
or to any object that is in front of them in their homes. They bow
down to Allah Almighty only, regardless what's in front of them AS
LONG AS THEY ARE NOT WORSHIPING THAT OBJECT. The Kaaba is the same
thing. We do not bow down to it in worship in any shape or form. We
bow down only to Allah Almighty in its direction because it is His
Appointed House where He symbolically meets His Servants and True
Believers.
The Kaaba makes the millions of Muslims all over the world Pray to
Allah Almighty as one unified community.
The direction of the Kaaba not only unifies the Muslims, but it also
maximizes the Glorification and Praising of GOD Almighty.
It maximizes the Glorification of GOD Almighty, because in the 5-daily
Prayers, it is not only the individual who is Praising GOD, but also
the millions of the Muslims world-wide (who are on the same time) are
doing it almost simultaneously as if they were ONE CLOSE COMMUNITY.
Now in regards to whether Allah Almighty living there or not, no we do
not believe that Allah Almighty lives there. Allah Almighty is
unlimited and is every where.
By the way, the Orthodox Jews too bow down to GOD Almighty in
worship.
(a)- The blood of a Muslim Believer is more precious than the entire
Kaaba!
Some anti-Islamics tried to compare the Muslims' bowing towards the
Kaaba to the hindus' deification and glorification of their stones, by
making idol gods and holy temples for these gods out of them. Islam
is far from this!
The hindus glorification of stones and rocks is not Islamic. We do
not worship neither the Kaaba nor the black stone. In fact Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him, said in his famous saying that:
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"Demolishing the Kaaba completely is much more preferred to Allah
Almighty than shedding the blood of a Believing Muslim." (Source)
Why should this be of any surprise, when Allah Almighty had brought
down all of the Angels under the feet of the human-believers when He
commanded them to bow down to Adam?
So no, we do not worship rocks and stones.
(b)- In Christianity, the Temple is Holy:
Matthew 23:21
16 "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the
temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the
temple, he is bound by his oath.'
17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that
makes the gold sacred?
18 You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but
if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.'
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes
the gift sacred?
20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by
everything on it.
21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who
dwells in it.
22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one
who sits on it.
This is another example of why Christianity is full of corruption. No
temple should be holy enough to equate it with GOD Almighty. By you
swearing by the temple and by GOD Almighty, you are in essence making
them both equal. This is a form of idol-worship. Notice how even
Jesus himself said that the temple makes the gold that is in it
sacred, and for the altar also making the gift sacred.
These verses are some of the reasons why you see 'holy idols' of
Jesus, Mary, the Angels, and even GOD Almighty (!) in all of the
Christians' churches. The Church, as an object, is a holy place to
them - so holy that they could and would swear by it. And these idol-
objects become holy by the Church.
Here are some of the blasphemous pictures that these infidels put in
their churches about GOD Almighty Himself:
(i)- The Bible forbade making images of GOD Almighty!
Whatever happened to these Commands from GOD Almighty:
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."
Leviticus 26:1
" 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for
yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down
before it. I am the LORD your God.
Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images
are but wind and confusion.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (From the NIV
Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4)"
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord is one. (From the NIV Bible, Mark 12:29)"
""Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good–except God
alone." (From the NIV Bible, Mark 10:18)"
"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he
should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he
promise and not fulfill? (From the NIV Bible, Numbers 23:19)"
"Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He
begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.
(The Noble Quran, 112:1-4)"
Indeed, Jesus Christ, the man, is only a Messenger from Allah
Almighty, and he was never crucified. Isaiah 53 and Psalm 91 are
discussed in great details in this link.
Yet, Christians (Catholics and NON-Catholics) DARE to make images and
portraits of Allah Almighty Himself
along with images of Angels, Christ, Mary and others.
(ii)- But the portraits are not images and idols?!
Many many Christians are so superficial in their thinking that they
believe that those portraits and graven idols of Allah Almighty and
the other creations of Allah Almighty are not the idols and images
that the Old Testament verses, above, prohibited.
This is quite ridiculous and absurd at best! What is it that is
impossible to comprehend about whenever you dare to draw or carve a
picture or object of Allah Almighty, you are in actuality creating an
idol to worship?
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of
anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters
below."
Leviticus 26:1 " 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred
stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to
bow down before it. I am the LORD your God."
I say quit this blasphemy that is called christianity, because it is
no more than a man-made conjecture, as Allah Almighty specifically
called this false religion in the Glorious Quran!
Again, for more verses and details, please visit: Do Muslims really
worship the Kaaba?
3- What is the difference then between the hindu idols and the Kaba?
The comparison is an unfair one because while the Muslims bow down to
GOD Almighty and only to GOD Almighty in Worship, the hindus pray to
and glorify their idols. They address them as "your divinity" and
"your holiness". That's clearly idol worship! You must never confuse
the House of GOD Almighty, where GOD and His Servants meet, with the
man-made idols and statues. Allah Almighty Said:
"For ye do worship idols besides God, and ye invent falsehood. The
things that ye worship besides God have no power to give you
sustenance: then seek ye sustenance from God, serve Him, and be
grateful to Him: to Him will be your return. (The Noble Quran,
29:17)"
"And he said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols besides God,
out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life; but on
the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each other:
and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to
help." (The Noble Quran, 29:25)"
"And they set up (idols) as equal to God, to mislead (men) from the
Path! Say: "Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily ye are making
straightway for Hell!" (The Noble Quran, 14:30)"
"Remember Abraham said: "O my Lord! make this city one of peace and
security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols. (The
Noble Quran, 14:35)"
The Muslims on the hand are not idol worshipers. And neither were the
Bible's Prophets (including Jesus), peace be upon them, who prostrated
to GOD Almighty.
There is a difference between worshiping GOD Almighty in the direction
of His House, and putting idols and praying to them.
Let's not forget also that the hindus' and the buddhists' idols are
statues. The same also for those who worship the fire, sun, moon,
stars, etc... Allah Almighty Said:
"Among His Sings are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon.
Adore not the sun and the moon, but adore God, Who created them, if it
is Him ye wish to serve. (The Noble Quran, 41:37)"
"They ask thee Concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs
To mark fixed periods of time In (the affairs of) men, And for
Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter the houses from the back: It
is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses Through the proper doors:
And fear Allah: That ye may prosper. (The Noble Quran, 2:189)"
4- What about the black stone near the Kaaba? How sacred is it?
The black stone is like the bricks and cement that make up the Kaaba.
It is not holy at all and is not worshiped in any shape or form. The
black stone is nothing but a Heavenly object (an asteroid) that GOD
Almighty descended on earth to determine the exact location of where
His House was going to be built by Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace
be upon them.
NASA'S CONFIRMATION:
""Stars" falling from the skies have been known since ancient times;
rarely, stones are found that were tied to these "shooting stars". One
such rock has been venerated by Islam (in its encased shrine in Mecca)
for more than 1300 years. By the 19th Century, meteorites were
identified correctly as samples from other parts of the Solar System.
They are part of the nearly 500 tons of extraterrestrial rock material
that reaches and enters the atmosphere each day. Most of that material
is burned up by friction from the high speed of entry but meteoric
dust can remain in the air and a very few individual blocks of
material survive this passage to fall in the sea or on the ground as
meteorites." (Source)
"The second city of Saudi Arabia is Mecca which contains the holiest
shrine in Islam, a great plaza with a rectangular structure containing
a meteorite that is considered to have fallen into the Muslim world
directly from Heaven. Devout Muslims make the Hajj, a pilgrimage to
this shrine required at least once in a lifetime. Here it is as seen
in a Quickbird image:" (Source)
The shrine and part of Mecca.
The black stone was proven to be a Meteorite sent from space.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, claimed that the stone was sent
down by Allah Almighty to Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace
be upon both of them, to give the precise location of where the Kaaba
was to be built by them. We believe that Prophets Abraham and Ishmael
built the Kaaba. Western Scientists have confirmed that the black
stone, which resides near the Kaaba in the Holy City of Mecca, is an
outside METEORITE OBJECT!
While Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him kissed the stone before,
because it was chosen by Allah Almighty to descend on earth to
determine the location of the Kaaba, but that still doesn't make it
anything holy.
It certainly makes it a remarkable and noticeable object that is worth
visiting and seeing, but anyone who worships it is an idol
worshiper! And like I said above, those ignorant and illiterate from
the Muslims who go as far as rubbing themselves against the Kaaba and/
or the stone to get "blessings" are not representing Islam's True
picture at all.
5- Conclusion:
As I demonstrated and proved above, Islam and the Prophets are far
from promoting any form of idol worship. You must never confuse or
mix the Worship of GOD Almighty with the worship of man-made idols.
The hindus' and buddhists' worship of idols is far from being even
remotely compared to Islam. And as we've seen from the Saying of
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, above,
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"Demolishing the Kaaba completely is much more preferred to Allah
Almighty than shedding the blood of a Believing Muslim." (Source)
It is clear that the Muslims today are the only ones who truly Glorify
GOD Almighty in the Maximum way. Even Jesus, the polytheist
trinitarian pagans' god, Worshiped GOD Almighty and Glorified Him the
Islamic way. Even though it was done hypocritically because he only
did it once and during his most desperate times, and he has never done
it before, but he still nonetheless showed that the Islamic way is the
BEST WAY to really Glorify GOD Almighty in. Of course, the reader
needs to know that the Jesus of the Bible is not the same as the Jesus
of Islam.
Islam is truly the best Faith to Worship, Praise and Glorify GOD
Almighty in. Therefore, embrace Islam and you will be saved.
1- The House/Temple of GOD Almighty in the Noble Quran and the Bible:
To help the non Muslim to understand the Islamic way of Worship
better, I'd like to first present the following from the Bible:
Psalm 138:2
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for
your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
GOD Almighty's Holy Temple in Islam is the Kaaba in Mecca.
Genesis 28:16-18
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in
this place, and I was not aware of it."
17 He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none
other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his
head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
Judges 20:18
18 The Israelites went up to Bethel (the House of GOD in Hebrew) and
inquired of God. They said, "Who of us shall go first to fight against
the Benjamites?" The LORD replied, "Judah shall go first."
1 Chronicles 6:47-49
47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
48 Their fellow Levites were assigned to all the other duties of the
tabernacle, the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings
on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in
connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making
atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of
God had commanded.
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
As we clearly see, the "House of GOD"Almighty is mentioned in both the
Bible and the Noble Quran. The Prostration to GOD Almighty in either
His House or in the direction of His House (if you live far away) is
the most proper way of Worship according to both the Bible and the
Noble Quran.
As we also clearly see, the House of GOD Almighty was mentioned in the
Bible first. The Kaba or Kaaba (the black cube building in Saudi
Arabia) is basically the symbolic point on earth (His House) that GOD
Almighty Chose to have all of His True Believers meet Him through
bowing down their faces in humility down to the ground before Him.
The actual bricks and cement that make up the Kaaba are not holy.
They are no more holier than the bricks and cement that we see on
regular basis in the towns that we live in.
While it is true that many ignorant and illiterate Muslims might
incline toward idol worship and do consider the actual Kaaba as a very
sacred thing to a point where they would go as far as rubbing their
bodies against it to get "blessings", but these people are not
representing the True picture of Islam. If a person worships the
Kaaba itself, then he/she becomes an idol worshiper:
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
"Say: 'O People of the Book (i.e., Jews and Christians)! Come to
common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah;
that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among
ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah.' If then they turn
back, say ye: 'Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to
Allah's Will).' (The Noble Quran, 3:64)"
"God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He
forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth; to set up partners with
God is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed. (The Noble Quran, 4:48)"
"Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to
God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith? For
God did take Abraham for a friend. (The Noble Quran, 4:125)"
The Kaaba is only the House of GOD Almighty and is the meeting place
for us to meet the Almighty LORD by bowing down our faces in humility
down to the ground before Him in that direction.
GOD Almighty Chose that spot on earth to be the meeting place with
Him, because It is His Grand Temple.
We Worship Allah Almighty in His House/Temple. We never worship the
Temple itself.
Since Allah Almighty ordered Abraham the father of Ishmael and Isaac
peace be upon them to build the Kaaba, people called it the House of
GOD Almighty, and it became the direction for us to bow down to Allah
Almighty in worship:
"Behold! We gave the site, To Abraham, of the (Sacred) House (i.e.,
the Kaaba), (Saying): 'Associate not anything (In worship) with Me;
And sanctify My House For those who compass it round, Or stand up, Or
bow, or prostrate themselves (Therein in prayer). And proclaim the
Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel, lean on account of journeys through deep and
distant mountain highways; (The Noble Quran, 22:26-27)"
So when Muslims prostrate to Allah Almighty, they prostrate in the
direction that is as close as possible to Him. It was also prophesied
in the Noble Quran that people from all over the world would come to
the city of Mecca (where the Kaaba is located) for pilgrimage.
During the early days of Islam, the Muslims were commanded to bow down
to Allah Almighty in the direction of the Farthest Mosque (Al-Masjid
Al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem, because it was the Holiest Mosque/Temple to
worship Allah Almighty in back since it was not defiled with idols.
Allah Almighty then commanded Prophet Muhammad to order the Muslims to
prostrate to Allah Almighty in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca,
because it was the House of GOD Almighty which was built by Prophet
Abraham peace be upon him (mentioned also in the Bible), and because
after the Muslims liberated Mecca in a 10,000 men army (this event was
prophesied in the Bible), they cleaned the Kaaba from all idols.
2- But aren't Muslims still physically bowing down to the Kaaba
itself?
We've already seen the "House of GOD"Almighty in both the Bible and
the Noble Quran above. We've seen how the Prostration to GOD Almighty
in either His House or in the direction of His House (if you live far
away) is the most proper way of Worship.
Again, to help the Jewish and Christian reader understand the Islamic
point better, I'd like to present the following from the Bible:
Numbers 24:3-5
3 and he uttered his oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the
oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,
4 the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from
the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
5 "How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O
Israel!
Deuteronomy 9:17-19
17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking
them to pieces before your eyes.
18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days and
forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the
sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and so
provoking him to anger.
19 I feared the anger and wrath of the LORD, for he was angry enough
with you to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me.
Deuteronomy 9:25
25 I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days and forty nights
because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
1 Kings 18:39
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The
LORD -he is God! The LORD -he is God!"
Even Jesus, peace be upon him, bowed down to Allah Almighty the
Islamic way:
"Going a little farther, he [Jesus] fell with his face to the ground
and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from
me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.' (From the NIV Bible,
Matthew 26:39)"
When Muslims bow down to Allah Almighty in worship at their homes,
they do not for instance bow down to the sofa, or to the pair of
shoes, or to the table, or to the wall, or to the door, or to the TV,
or to any object that is in front of them in their homes. They bow
down to Allah Almighty only, regardless what's in front of them AS
LONG AS THEY ARE NOT WORSHIPING THAT OBJECT. The Kaaba is the same
thing. We do not bow down to it in worship in any shape or form. We
bow down only to Allah Almighty in its direction because it is His
Appointed House where He symbolically meets His Servants and True
Believers.
The Kaaba makes the millions of Muslims all over the world Pray to
Allah Almighty as one unified community.
The direction of the Kaaba not only unifies the Muslims, but it also
maximizes the Glorification and Praising of GOD Almighty.
It maximizes the Glorification of GOD Almighty, because in the 5-daily
Prayers, it is not only the individual who is Praising GOD, but also
the millions of the Muslims world-wide (who are on the same time) are
doing it almost simultaneously as if they were ONE CLOSE COMMUNITY.
Now in regards to whether Allah Almighty living there or not, no we do
not believe that Allah Almighty lives there. Allah Almighty is
unlimited and is every where.
By the way, the Orthodox Jews too bow down to GOD Almighty in
worship.
(a)- The blood of a Muslim Believer is more precious than the entire
Kaaba!
Some anti-Islamics tried to compare the Muslims' bowing towards the
Kaaba to the hindus' deification and glorification of their stones, by
making idol gods and holy temples for these gods out of them. Islam
is far from this!
The hindus glorification of stones and rocks is not Islamic. We do
not worship neither the Kaaba nor the black stone. In fact Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon him, said in his famous saying that:
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"Demolishing the Kaaba completely is much more preferred to Allah
Almighty than shedding the blood of a Believing Muslim." (Source)
Why should this be of any surprise, when Allah Almighty had brought
down all of the Angels under the feet of the human-believers when He
commanded them to bow down to Adam?
So no, we do not worship rocks and stones.
(b)- In Christianity, the Temple is Holy:
Matthew 23:21
16 "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the
temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the
temple, he is bound by his oath.'
17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that
makes the gold sacred?
18 You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but
if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.'
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes
the gift sacred?
20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by
everything on it.
21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who
dwells in it.
22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one
who sits on it.
This is another example of why Christianity is full of corruption. No
temple should be holy enough to equate it with GOD Almighty. By you
swearing by the temple and by GOD Almighty, you are in essence making
them both equal. This is a form of idol-worship. Notice how even
Jesus himself said that the temple makes the gold that is in it
sacred, and for the altar also making the gift sacred.
These verses are some of the reasons why you see 'holy idols' of
Jesus, Mary, the Angels, and even GOD Almighty (!) in all of the
Christians' churches. The Church, as an object, is a holy place to
them - so holy that they could and would swear by it. And these idol-
objects become holy by the Church.
Here are some of the blasphemous pictures that these infidels put in
their churches about GOD Almighty Himself:
(i)- The Bible forbade making images of GOD Almighty!
Whatever happened to these Commands from GOD Almighty:
Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."
Leviticus 26:1
" 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for
yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down
before it. I am the LORD your God.
Isaiah 41:29
See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images
are but wind and confusion.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (From the NIV
Bible, Deuteronomy 6:4)"
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord is one. (From the NIV Bible, Mark 12:29)"
""Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good–except God
alone." (From the NIV Bible, Mark 10:18)"
"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he
should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he
promise and not fulfill? (From the NIV Bible, Numbers 23:19)"
"Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He
begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.
(The Noble Quran, 112:1-4)"
Indeed, Jesus Christ, the man, is only a Messenger from Allah
Almighty, and he was never crucified. Isaiah 53 and Psalm 91 are
discussed in great details in this link.
Yet, Christians (Catholics and NON-Catholics) DARE to make images and
portraits of Allah Almighty Himself
along with images of Angels, Christ, Mary and others.
(ii)- But the portraits are not images and idols?!
Many many Christians are so superficial in their thinking that they
believe that those portraits and graven idols of Allah Almighty and
the other creations of Allah Almighty are not the idols and images
that the Old Testament verses, above, prohibited.
This is quite ridiculous and absurd at best! What is it that is
impossible to comprehend about whenever you dare to draw or carve a
picture or object of Allah Almighty, you are in actuality creating an
idol to worship?
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of
anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters
below."
Leviticus 26:1 " 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred
stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to
bow down before it. I am the LORD your God."
I say quit this blasphemy that is called christianity, because it is
no more than a man-made conjecture, as Allah Almighty specifically
called this false religion in the Glorious Quran!
Again, for more verses and details, please visit: Do Muslims really
worship the Kaaba?
3- What is the difference then between the hindu idols and the Kaba?
The comparison is an unfair one because while the Muslims bow down to
GOD Almighty and only to GOD Almighty in Worship, the hindus pray to
and glorify their idols. They address them as "your divinity" and
"your holiness". That's clearly idol worship! You must never confuse
the House of GOD Almighty, where GOD and His Servants meet, with the
man-made idols and statues. Allah Almighty Said:
"For ye do worship idols besides God, and ye invent falsehood. The
things that ye worship besides God have no power to give you
sustenance: then seek ye sustenance from God, serve Him, and be
grateful to Him: to Him will be your return. (The Noble Quran,
29:17)"
"And he said: "For you, ye have taken (for worship) idols besides God,
out of mutual love and regard between yourselves in this life; but on
the Day of Judgment ye shall disown each other and curse each other:
and your abode will be the Fire, and ye shall have none to
help." (The Noble Quran, 29:25)"
"And they set up (idols) as equal to God, to mislead (men) from the
Path! Say: "Enjoy (your brief power)! But verily ye are making
straightway for Hell!" (The Noble Quran, 14:30)"
"Remember Abraham said: "O my Lord! make this city one of peace and
security: and preserve me and my sons from worshipping idols. (The
Noble Quran, 14:35)"
The Muslims on the hand are not idol worshipers. And neither were the
Bible's Prophets (including Jesus), peace be upon them, who prostrated
to GOD Almighty.
There is a difference between worshiping GOD Almighty in the direction
of His House, and putting idols and praying to them.
Let's not forget also that the hindus' and the buddhists' idols are
statues. The same also for those who worship the fire, sun, moon,
stars, etc... Allah Almighty Said:
"Among His Sings are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon.
Adore not the sun and the moon, but adore God, Who created them, if it
is Him ye wish to serve. (The Noble Quran, 41:37)"
"They ask thee Concerning the New Moons. Say: They are but signs
To mark fixed periods of time In (the affairs of) men, And for
Pilgrimage. It is no virtue if ye enter the houses from the back: It
is virtue if ye fear Allah. Enter houses Through the proper doors:
And fear Allah: That ye may prosper. (The Noble Quran, 2:189)"
4- What about the black stone near the Kaaba? How sacred is it?
The black stone is like the bricks and cement that make up the Kaaba.
It is not holy at all and is not worshiped in any shape or form. The
black stone is nothing but a Heavenly object (an asteroid) that GOD
Almighty descended on earth to determine the exact location of where
His House was going to be built by Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace
be upon them.
NASA'S CONFIRMATION:
""Stars" falling from the skies have been known since ancient times;
rarely, stones are found that were tied to these "shooting stars". One
such rock has been venerated by Islam (in its encased shrine in Mecca)
for more than 1300 years. By the 19th Century, meteorites were
identified correctly as samples from other parts of the Solar System.
They are part of the nearly 500 tons of extraterrestrial rock material
that reaches and enters the atmosphere each day. Most of that material
is burned up by friction from the high speed of entry but meteoric
dust can remain in the air and a very few individual blocks of
material survive this passage to fall in the sea or on the ground as
meteorites." (Source)
"The second city of Saudi Arabia is Mecca which contains the holiest
shrine in Islam, a great plaza with a rectangular structure containing
a meteorite that is considered to have fallen into the Muslim world
directly from Heaven. Devout Muslims make the Hajj, a pilgrimage to
this shrine required at least once in a lifetime. Here it is as seen
in a Quickbird image:" (Source)
The shrine and part of Mecca.
The black stone was proven to be a Meteorite sent from space.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, claimed that the stone was sent
down by Allah Almighty to Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace
be upon both of them, to give the precise location of where the Kaaba
was to be built by them. We believe that Prophets Abraham and Ishmael
built the Kaaba. Western Scientists have confirmed that the black
stone, which resides near the Kaaba in the Holy City of Mecca, is an
outside METEORITE OBJECT!
While Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him kissed the stone before,
because it was chosen by Allah Almighty to descend on earth to
determine the location of the Kaaba, but that still doesn't make it
anything holy.
It certainly makes it a remarkable and noticeable object that is worth
visiting and seeing, but anyone who worships it is an idol
worshiper! And like I said above, those ignorant and illiterate from
the Muslims who go as far as rubbing themselves against the Kaaba and/
or the stone to get "blessings" are not representing Islam's True
picture at all.
5- Conclusion:
As I demonstrated and proved above, Islam and the Prophets are far
from promoting any form of idol worship. You must never confuse or
mix the Worship of GOD Almighty with the worship of man-made idols.
The hindus' and buddhists' worship of idols is far from being even
remotely compared to Islam. And as we've seen from the Saying of
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, above,
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"Demolishing the Kaaba completely is much more preferred to Allah
Almighty than shedding the blood of a Believing Muslim." (Source)
It is clear that the Muslims today are the only ones who truly Glorify
GOD Almighty in the Maximum way. Even Jesus, the polytheist
trinitarian pagans' god, Worshiped GOD Almighty and Glorified Him the
Islamic way. Even though it was done hypocritically because he only
did it once and during his most desperate times, and he has never done
it before, but he still nonetheless showed that the Islamic way is the
BEST WAY to really Glorify GOD Almighty in. Of course, the reader
needs to know that the Jesus of the Bible is not the same as the Jesus
of Islam.
Islam is truly the best Faith to Worship, Praise and Glorify GOD
Almighty in. Therefore, embrace Islam and you will be saved.