Sakhrah

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Sakhrah is the Arabic name for the Foundation Stone, the sacred rock at the heart of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock.

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Sakhrah canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf holy object ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
sacred rock ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Foundation Stone ⓘ
the Rock ⓘ
associatedStructure First Temple of Jerusalem ⓘ
Second Temple of Jerusalem ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Jewish Temple worship in antiquity ⓘ
Muslim Umayyad construction of the Dome of the Rock ⓘ
construction of Solomon’s Temple (traditional) ⓘ
associatedWithText Hebrew Bible Temple narratives ⓘ
Islamic hadith literature about Isra and Mi'raj ⓘ
later Jewish rabbinic traditions ⓘ
centralTo religious symbolism of the Temple Mount ⓘ
coveredBy Dome of the Rock shrine ⓘ
linked to: Dome of the Rock
coveredSince late 7th century CE ⓘ
elevationFeature protrudes above surrounding floor level ⓘ
etymology derived from Arabic word for rock or boulder (صخرة) ⓘ
geologicalType limestone outcrop ⓘ
hasArabicDefiniteForm الصخرة المشرفة ⓘ
hasFeature irregular surface with depressions and cavities ⓘ
hasNameInArabic الصخرة ⓘ
heritageContext part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls) ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Dome of the Rock ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
Temple Mount ⓘ
locatedOnHill Mount Moriah (traditional identification) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Moriah
material natural rock outcrop ⓘ
partOf Dome of the Rock sanctuary ⓘ
linked to: Dome of the Rock

Temple Mount platform ⓘ
linked to: Temple Mount
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
significanceInChristianity connected to biblical Temple narratives ⓘ
significanceInIslam associated with the Prophet Muhammad’s Night Journey (Isra and Mi'raj) ⓘ
believed to be the point of ascension to heaven in Islamic tradition ⓘ
significanceInJudaism associated with the binding of Isaac (Akedah) in some Jewish traditions ⓘ
considered the spiritual center of the world in some Jewish sources ⓘ
traditional location of the Holy of Holies of the First Temple ⓘ
symbolOf connection between heaven and earth in Islamic tradition ⓘ
divine presence in some Jewish traditions ⓘ
veneratedBy Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
some Christians ⓘ

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