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"KAABA"

The House of ALLAH In Makkah.The Kaa'ba is covered by a black cloth known as 'kiswa',which is produced & changed every year.Special factory designed for the making of kiswa in Makkah.It costs approx. SR 17million.The cloth is made of 670 kgs of silver dyed black,about 120kgs of pure gold & 50kgs of silver used in writing the Qur'anic verses over the cloth.The total area of the cloth is 658sqr meter.