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Dome of the Rock

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Dome of the Rock. The Muslim shrine in Jerusalem, built in the area of the Jewish Temple. It was completed in 691/2. The rock from which it takes its name is believed in Islam to be that from which Muhammad ascended to heaven, and by Jews to be that on which Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. The shrine is also known as the ‘Mosque of Omar’.

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Dome of the Rock

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Dome of the Rock (Arab., Qubbat al-Ṣakhra). A Muslim building in Jerusalem which covers the rock from which Muḥammad is believed to have ascended to heaven. From the Rock on which the earth is founded (eben shetiyyah), Muḥammad was taken by Jibrīl through the seven heavens to the furthest limit. The Rock split at that moment, because it longed to follow Muḥammad to heaven. His footprint can still be seen. The building is also known (piously, but unhistorically) as the Mosque of ʿUmar.

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