Eight freestanding archways called al-Mawazin (see names below) are located at the top of the staircases leading to the platform (maṣṭaba) of the Dome...
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platform on which it sits, are eight freestanding sets of archways called "Al-Mawazin", each supported by 2 to 4 columns, set between two pilasters. It is likely...
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romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, lit. 'congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa'), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (المصلى القبلي, al-muṣallā al-qiblī, lit...
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"yellow". In addition, the Quran shows Moses being told about a yellow heifer (Al-Baqara 2:69). To explain this discrepancy, Yosef Qafih in his Hebrew translation...
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The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Jerusalem Waqf, the Jordanian Waqf or simply the Waqf, is the Jordanian-appointed...
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Gates of the Temple Mount (redirect from Bāb al-Silsilah)
Mount, a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, also known as the al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf or Al-Aqsa, contains twelve gates. One of the gates, Bab as-Sarai, is...
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The Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the Al-Aqsa compound, on 21 August 1969. The...
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The Well of Souls (Arabic: بئر الأرواح, romanized: Biʾr al-Arwaḥ; sometimes translated Pit of Souls, Cave of Spirits, or Well of Spirits), is a partly...
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the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount, also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in East Jerusalem's Old City, which is a holy place...
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embroidery that is added to the finished cloth. Midrash Rabba, Midrash HaGadol, et al.; Hebrews 9:4 in the New Testament Midrash HaGadol on Exodus 26:31; Babylonian...
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'Foundation Stone'), or the Noble Rock (Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة, romanized: al-Saḵrah al-Mušarrafah, lit. 'The Noble Stone') is the rock at the center of the...
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Western Wall (redirect from Al-Buraq Wall)
Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq ['ħaːʔɪtˤ albʊ'raːq]), is a portion of ancient limestone wall in the...
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Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس, Bayt al-Maqdis), refers to the two religious structures that served as the central...
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Temple Mount (section Al-Aqsa Mosque)
is topped by a free-standing arcade known in Arabic as the qanatir or mawazin. The arcades were erected in different periods from the 10th to 15th centuries...
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Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem) (redirect from Qanṭarat Umam al-Banāt)
the floor of a large Mamluk-Ottoman water reservoir, called by Warren 'Pool Al Burak'. The presence of the synagogue restricted further excavation under...
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(Homily of the Papyrus of Turin). The Ark is referred to in the Quran (Surah Al-Baqara: 248): Their prophet further told them, “The sign of Saul’s kingship...
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Dome of the Rock (redirect from Masjid Al Sakhrah)
الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It...
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Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...
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Harahamim, lit. 'Gate of Mercy'; Arabic: باب الذهبي, romanized: Bab al-Dhahabi or al-Zahabi, lit. 'Golden Gate') is the only eastern gate of the Temple...
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Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...
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Jabir ibn Hayyan (redirect from Jabir Ibn Hayyan Al-Azdi)
Kitāb al-Mawāzīn (Kr. no. 242), the Kitāb al-Istiqṣāʾ (Kr. no. 248), and the Kitāb al-Kāmil (Kr. no. 291). The Books of the Balances (Kutub al-Mawāzīn, Kr...
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אורוות שלמה, Arabic: المصلى المرواني), or Al-Marwani Mosque, is an underground vaulted prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. It is 600...
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Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...
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JewishEncyclopedia,com website Retrieved 18 November 2019. Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Tabernacle". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 19 (2nd ed...
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violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan...
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October 2007. "Surah Al-Isra – 7". Quran.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023. Ibn Ashur, Muhammad al-Tahir. "al-Tahrir wa'l-tanwir". Al-Dar Al-Tunasia Publication...
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domain: Hirsch, Emil G. (1901–1906). "High Priest". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Schulz, Sarah...
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of what today is the Dome of the Rock. The gates led close to what is now al-Aqsa Mosque, built much later. Although Jews continued to inhabit the destroyed...
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Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...
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Epigraphik. 109: 195–226. Andrea Moresino-Zipper (2009). Gerd Theissen; et al. (eds.). Die Judaea-Capta-Münze und das Motiv der Palme. Römisches Siegessymbol...
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