What is the Kaaba?

The faith of up to 1.8 billion people, roughly a quarter of the world's population, dictates each one of them pray five times a day in the direction of a small, cubic building in Saudi Arabia. read more

The Kaaba (Arabic: ٱلْـكَـعْـبَـة ‎ al-kaʿbah IPA: , "The Cube"), also referred as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Arabic: ٱلْـكَـعْـبَـة الْـمُـشَـرًّفَـة ‎, the Holy Ka'bah), is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (Arabic: ٱلْـمَـسْـجِـد الْـحَـرَام ‎, The Sacred Mosque), in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. read more

The Kaaba, meaning “cube” in Arabic, is considered by Muslims to be the house of God; it rests within the Grand Mosque of Mecca. Beginning Wednesday, nearly 1.5 million people will flock to the sacred city in order to pray toward and touch the structure as part of the annual Islamic pilgrimage known as Hajj. read more

Today, the Kaaba is a cubical structure, unlike almost any other religious structure. It is fifteen meters tall and ten and a half meters on each side; its corners roughly align with the cardinal directions. read more