Mohammed dedicates the black stone of Mecca from a 14th century Moslem painting. The black stone, a meteor, had been worshipped before Islam as the seat of many gods. He was kept in the Kaaba and the holiest relic of the Muslims, believing he was a fallen angel in sin, whom God had turned into a stone; on the day of the Last Judgment he will regain his angelic form. A 1315 illustration from the Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the Sirah Rasul Allah story of Muhammad.

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• Dimensions: 5176 x 3064 px | 43.8 x 25.9 cm | 17.3 x 10.2 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 18 November 2019
• Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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