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“…Abraham, or Ibrahim, came to Mecca with his Egyptian wife Hagar and their child Ishmael. Here Hagar lived with her son in a small house, at the site of the earlier shrine, and Abraham came to visit her on occasion…”
“…After the departure and return of Abraham to Mecca, and his discovery that Hagar had died, Abraham was then ordered by God to make Hagar’s house into a temple where people could pray. Therefore, he demolished the house and began construction of the Ka’ba. God gave Abraham precise instructions concerning how to rebuild the shrine and Gabriel showed him the location. It is said that by the grace of God the Divine Peace (al-sakinah) descended in the form of a wind which brought a cloud in the shape of a dragon that revealed to Abraham and Ishmael the site of the old temple…”
http://www.sacredsites.com/middle_ea...bia/mecca.html
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Claiming Mecca’s existence since the time of Abraham without support of the historical record is not logical, even more so considering Mecca was 1200 kilometers from where Abraham actually lived - he must have had one of those Zoroastrian winged camels :D |
