The Kaaba, Mecca Saudi Arabia. - 4K stock video

Muslims around the world face the direction of the Kaaba when they pray, but they don’t worship the Kaaba. Rather, it is a place of worship of the one God. It is also a focusing mechanism, a central point on the globe toward which all Muslims, in a symbol of unity, direct their thoughts and prayers to God. The Kaaba structure consists of four walls and a roof, all made from stone from the hills surrounding Mecca. The four corners roughly face the four points of the compass. The Kaaba’s described as a cuboid, It is covered by a black silk cloth decorated with verses of the Quran in gold-embroidered Arabic calligraphy. This cloth is known as the kiswah, and it is replaced yearly, on the second day of the hajj.