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Maqam Ibrahim

مقام إبراهيم

The stone bearing the footprints attributed to Abraham in the Great Mosque of Mecca; the Qur'an says 'take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer'.

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Sacred space and pilgrimage

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The stone that bears the footprints of Ibrahim in the Masjid al-Haram. It is mentioned in Surat al-Baqara, in the verse on taking the station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer. 1

People and things also explored

Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Zamzam Well· Dar al-Nadwa· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala· The Kaaba· Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery

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