The Holy Ka'aba: The House of Humanity
My House, the Holy
House, the Sacred Mosque, the House, the Ancient House, the First House, etc., there
are so many descriptions used by the Holy Quran to name the cultural structure
at Mecca – the Holy Ka’aba. Allah wanted to describe how priceless that
monument was, and He did do through the verses of the Holy Quran whereby He
gave enough indications and descriptions to show people how it’s value is very
high and it has a very lofty distinction in the eyes of Allah because it is the
place for the worship of the Unique God (for whole mankind).
Allah has already
indicated that the location of that House is an honourable place as these words
indicate: “We pointed out for Ibrahim the place of the House (Haram Shariff)”
(Al-Hajj 22: 27).
So through these words, we come to know that this House existed well before the time of Hazrat Ibrahim (as). As I told you in my Eid Sermon, it was built by the prophet Adam (as), and then it became the first centre of the divine religion that has graced this earth, the first place of worship – for the worship of Allah, because it is much later on, after its first erection that many other Temples or Masjids for the glorification of Allah were built.