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* '''Black Stone:''' a meteorite which is displayed at the Ka'aba ([[cubehouse]]) within the Great Mosque at Mecca; dating from pre-Islamic times as a heavenly relic, the stone is venerated and ritually kissed; according to Islamic tradition, the stone was white when it first fell from heaven, but was blackened by the sins of the world | * '''Black Stone:''' a meteorite which is displayed at the Ka'aba ([[cubehouse]]) within the Great Mosque at Mecca; dating from pre-Islamic times as a heavenly relic, the stone is venerated and ritually kissed; according to Islamic tradition, the stone was white when it first fell from heaven, but was blackened by the sins of the world | ||
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Stone Wikipedia] | ||
| + | ** [http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Hughes/h.htm Thomas Patrick Hughes, ''Dictionary of Islam''] | ||
* '''whetstone''' | * '''whetstone''' | ||
* '''whitest one''' → [[Issy]] → the White Stone and the Black Stone correspond to Issy's two divergent personalities | * '''whitest one''' → [[Issy]] → the White Stone and the Black Stone correspond to Issy's two divergent personalities | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 11 July 2007
- Black Stone: a meteorite which is displayed at the Ka'aba (cubehouse) within the Great Mosque at Mecca; dating from pre-Islamic times as a heavenly relic, the stone is venerated and ritually kissed; according to Islamic tradition, the stone was white when it first fell from heaven, but was blackened by the sins of the world
- whetstone
- whitest one → Issy → the White Stone and the Black Stone correspond to Issy's two divergent personalities
