Bayt Allah

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Bayt Allah is an Islamic term meaning “House of God,” most commonly referring to the Kaaba in Mecca as the holiest site in Islam.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bayt Allah canonical 1
Bayt Allah (House of God) 1
Bayt Allāh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic phrase ⓘ
Islamic religious term ⓘ
associatedReligion Islam ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryReferent Saudi Arabia ⓘ
denotesOwnershipBy Allah ⓘ
hasHonorificSense yes ⓘ
holinessStatusInIslam holiest site ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
locationOfPrimaryReferent Mecca ⓘ
meaning House of God ⓘ
mentionedIn Islamic devotional speech ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
pilgrimageObligationContext Hajj must be performed at Bayt Allah (Kaaba) for those able ⓘ
primaryReferentInstanceOf Islamic sanctuary ⓘ
cube-shaped building ⓘ
primaryReferentName Kaaba ⓘ
qiblaContext Muslims face Bayt Allah (Kaaba) during prayer ⓘ
refersTo Kaaba ⓘ
relatedConcept Hajj ⓘ
Kaaba ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
religiousFunctionOfReferent focus of Muslim unity in worship ⓘ
scriptForm بيت الله ⓘ
linked to: Bayt Allah
significanceInIslam central site of Hajj pilgrimage ⓘ
direction of prayer (qibla) ⓘ
transliterationVariant Bayt Allāh ⓘ
linked to: Bayt Allah

Baytullah ⓘ
usedAs epithet for the Kaaba ⓘ
usedBy Muslims ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FrequentedHouse → relatedConcept → Bayt Allah ⓘ
al-bayt al-ma‘mur → relatedConcept → Bayt Allah (House of God) ⓘ
linked to: Bayt Allah
Bayt Allah → scriptForm → بيت الله ⓘ
linked to: Bayt Allah
Bayt Allah → transliterationVariant → Bayt Allāh ⓘ
linked to: Bayt Allah