The new kiswa, costing about 4. The kiswa is considered the finest piece of Islamic art in the world. Saturday, August 30, The modern kiswa is made up of 18 pieces. Hand-weaving is still used for the final touches that can only be added by human artistic touch.
The fourth phase is the actual embroidery and it is the longest and most strenuous stage. All the designs and calligraphy are embroidered by hand in silver and gold wiring. The verses and designs are filled with cotton stuffing and then covered in cotton threads of yellow and white in adjacent positions.
Then it is covered in golden silver wired embroidery which protrudes from the Kiswah up to 2 centimeters which is why this process cannot be mechanically done. The final phase is the preparation process for dressing the Kabah, which involves coordinating and locating the corners of the Kiswah so that the proper designs and verses can be displayed in their specified places.
Additional lining may be added to some areas. One is at the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, and the second one is at the end of Hajj, the pilgrimage. And each year by the 9th day of Dul Hijjah, the month of Haj, the new Kiswah is ready and prepared to dress the Kabah. These machines use 9, threads per meter to weave the Kiswa in record time. The section also prepares the manasij, two sides made of solid wood, and white raw fabric is pulled between them.
The belt department takes care of embroidering the gold, silver, and motifs. This process is carried out by placing cotton threads of different densities over the threads and the motifs printed on the black fabric. Technicians then begin making the necessary stitches of fillings and domes using silver wire coated with gold.
Short Url. Updated 23 July The Kiswa: The story behind the covering of the holy Kaaba. The Kiswa is replaced once a year on the 9th day of the month of Dul Hijjah after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat. Follow arabnews. Muslim kings and sultans then continued to undertake covering the Kaaba and caring for it.
Saudi Arabia. Kiswa of Kaaba raised in preparation for Hajj. The cloth of the Kaaba is not made black at one time. First it is dyed in red, then green and then in black.
There are black woven embossed embroideries on the covering. There are the 99 names of Allah, kalima at-tawhid and tasbihat in embroidery.
There is a band of meter long on the top one-third part of the covering. There are Quranic verses related to hajj on the band. Those verses are woven with silver threads dipped in gold water. The Kaaba has always maintained its identity of a holy shrine that arouses religious enthusiasm and tranquility in the spirits of Muslims.
Therefore, looking at the Kaaba is regarded as a kind of worshipping. The place of the Kaaba in the universe is resembled and compared to the place of the heart in the human body. In other words, the Kaaba is the heart of the universe. The Muslims that circumambulate around the Kaaba in waves express the beating of that heart.
Each Muslim that circumambulates the Kaaba feels some, whether little or much, enthusiasm and grandeur. Al-Batanuni expresses his feelings about it in his book called ar-Rihla al-Hijaziyya as follows:. If we had not seen the movements of the bodies during the prayer salah and the raising of the hands during the supplication, had not heard whispering of the words uttered and the beating of the hearts in the presence of that endless grandeur, we would have thought that we had been transferred to another realm and life.
In fact, we were in a different realm, then. We were in the house of Allah and in the presence of Allah. Our heads were bent down; our tongues were tied. Our hands were turned upwards; our eyes were full of tears; our hearts were full of awe and our inner selves were full of good and clean feelings.
The feeling of respect toward the Kaaba became manifest by putting the covering around it.
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