Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Zamzam Well (Arabic: بئر زمزم, romanized: Biʾru Zamzam Arabic pronunciation: [biʔru zam.zam]) is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is located 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba , [ 2 ] the holiest place in Islam .
The Zamzam Well is the water source which, according to tradition, sprang miraculously after Haajar was unable to find water between Safa and Marwah. [ citation needed ] Nearby is Makkah Al Mukarramah Library ( 21°25′30″N 39°49′48″E / 21.42500°N 39.83000°E / 21.42500; 39.83000 ( Bayt al-Mawlid / Makkah Al Mukarramah ...
Safa is a small mountain located at the bottom of the Abu Qubais Mountain, about 130 m (430 ft) southeast of the Ka'bah, which is the beginning of the Sa'ee.As for Marwa, it is also a small mountain of white stone, located 300 m (980 ft) to the northeast of the Ka'bah and it is connected to Qaiqan Mountain, marking the end of the Sa'ee.
The first part of That Which That Orphan Saw starts with a dream of Abdul-Muttalib in which he is ordered to dig the Zamzam Well. He finds the place to dig near Mecca. The Quraysh are against digging the well and ask Abdul-Muttalib not to do this. Finally, they agree to visit a priest and accept his judgement.
Zamzam (The Holy Well from which the Blessed Water sprang out) 279 m (915 ft) 58 2012 Pullman ZamZam Makkah Hotel Maqam Ibrahim (An enshrined rock that is said to contain the footprints of the Prophet Abraham) 232 m (761 ft) 61 [15] 2012 Swissôtel al Maqam Makkah Qibla (The direction of prayer pointing towards the Kaaba in Mecca) 232 m (761 ft)
The Zamzam Well is a well in the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Zamzam or Zam Zam may also refer to: Zamzam (given name) Zamzam (soft drink), a soft drink produced in Iran; Zamzam (party), a Jordanian political party; SS Zamzam, an Egyptian ship sunk by a German auxiliary cruiser in April 1941; Zam Zam, a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language ...
There he would find the Zamzam Well, which the Jurhum tribe had filled in when they left Mecca. The Quraysh tried to stop him digging in that spot, but his son Al-Ḥārith stood guard until they gave up their protests. After three days of digging, 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib found traces of an ancient religious well and exclaimed, "Allahuakbar!" Some ...
In their attack on Islam's holiest sites, the Qarmatians desecrated the Zamzam Well with corpses of Hajj pilgrims and took the Black Stone from Mecca to Ain Al Kuayba [28] in Qatif. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Holding the Black Stone to ransom, they forced the Abbasids to pay a huge sum for its return in 952, They also besieged Damascus and devastated many ...