Makiya, The Rock (part 4)
Why is the Rock important?
How does it relate to the definition of the caliphate as empire?
Mecca and Jerusalem
speculating on the
relationship between the Rocks of the two cities, Abraham's flight
the embroidered black cloth draping the Ka`ba, a reminder of the tent of Abraham
the shape of the Holy of Holies in the temple, and
shape of the Ka`ba
Why do the accounts differ? -- "all that they remembered was what they wanted to remember"
apocalyptic speculation on the rocks
Abd al-Malik decides to build the Dome
A Moment of
Decisionthe embroidered black cloth draping the Ka`ba, a reminder of the tent of Abraham
Why do the accounts differ? -- "all that they remembered was what they wanted to remember"
apocalyptic speculation on the rocks
Abd al-Malik decides to build the Dome
comparison of Abd
al-Malik's building of the the
Dome and Helena with Calvary
The Father and the
Son Ishaq's speculation
about the true nature of the sacrifice of Abraham: death and
resurrection
The Importance of
Eightcosmic numbers and
sacred geometry
Stone into Light"the Dome is to the
Rock what the sky is to the earth, what the night stars are to the
celestial pole. It is the mirror to the Rock's opacity, the
beacon of its Truth."
"to him alone belongs [the] sublime similitude" (Qur'an 16:61), a twist on anthropomorphism?
Flooding the Dome with light (now obscured by grills); the Light Verse (Qur'an 24:35-37) on page 236
Introduction of script into architecture
Building on the
Rock"to him alone belongs [the] sublime similitude" (Qur'an 16:61), a twist on anthropomorphism?
Flooding the Dome with light (now obscured by grills); the Light Verse (Qur'an 24:35-37) on page 236
Introduction of script into architecture
- Verses from the Qur'an chosen for the surfaces of the Dome
- Christian architects and artisans
- reused columns, shims
- mosaics with the mansions and trees of Paradise
- making a statement to Christian Jerusalem
- exotic orientalist painting (1891) facing page 247 and on the cover
depiction of spoils
of war in the mosaics: page 250
a message to Jews and Christians in the text: Jesus, Messenger and servant
yet who is the audience for the inscriptions? Makiya forgets Abd al-Malik's imposition of Arabic as official language
Jewish attendants of the sanctuary
an apocalyptic attempt to destroy the Dome and bring the messiah -- which has modern equivalents
fake hadith sayings to support Abd al-Malik in the civil war
public works as propaganda
praying to both the Rock and the Black Stone
the Sanctuary as preview of Paradise
as the Shrine was opened, "Abd al-Malik's army was gathering to besiege and attack the Ka`ba"
The Rock of
Judgmenta message to Jews and Christians in the text: Jesus, Messenger and servant
yet who is the audience for the inscriptions? Makiya forgets Abd al-Malik's imposition of Arabic as official language
Jewish attendants of the sanctuary
an apocalyptic attempt to destroy the Dome and bring the messiah -- which has modern equivalents
fake hadith sayings to support Abd al-Malik in the civil war
public works as propaganda
praying to both the Rock and the Black Stone
the Sanctuary as preview of Paradise
as the Shrine was opened, "Abd al-Malik's army was gathering to besiege and attack the Ka`ba"
In the Name of God
apocalyptic visions