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Hajr-e-Aswad

हजर-ए-असवद

said ha-jar-e-as-wad

also written: Hajar al-Aswad

Meaning

The Black Stone set in the corner of the Kaaba, kissed or touched by pilgrims.

Literally: the black stone

Related words

The cube-shaped House of God at Mecca, the holiest site of Islam and focus of the pilgrimage.

The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, obligatory once for every able Muslim.

The circumambulation of the Kaaba seven times performed during Hajj and Umrah.