Eight freestanding archways called al-Mawazin (see names below) are located at the top of the staircases leading to the platform (maṣṭaba) of the Dome...

platform on which it sits, are eight freestanding sets of archways called "Al-Mawazin", each supported by 2 to 4 columns, set between two pilasters. It is likely...

romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, lit. 'congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa'), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (المصلى القبلي, al-muṣallā al-qiblī, lit...

"yellow". In addition, the Quran shows Moses being told about a yellow heifer (Al-Baqara 2:69). To explain this discrepancy, Yosef Qafih in his Hebrew translation...

The Well of Souls (Arabic: بئر الأرواح, romanized: Biʾr al-Arwaḥ; sometimes translated Pit of Souls, Cave of Spirits, or Well of Spirits), is a partly...

embroidery that is added to the finished cloth. Midrash Rabba, Midrash HaGadol, et al.; Hebrews 9:4 in the New Testament Midrash HaGadol on Exodus 26:31; Babylonian...

Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq ['ħaːʔɪtˤ albʊ'raːq]). In a Jewish religious context, the term Western...

 'Foundation Stone'), or the Noble Rock (Arabic: الصخرة المشرفة, romanized: al-Saḵrah al-Mušarrafah, lit. 'The Noble Stone') is the rock at the center of the...

The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Jerusalem Waqf, the Jordanian Waqf or simply the Waqf, is the Jordanian-appointed...

الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It...

the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount, also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in East Jerusalem's Old City, which is a holy place...

Mount, a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, also known as the al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf or Al-Aqsa, contains twelve gates. One of the gates, Bab as-Sarai, is...

The Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the Al-Aqsa compound, on 21 August 1969. The...

is topped by a free-standing arcade known in Arabic as the qanatir or mawazin. The arcades were erected in different periods from the 10th to 15th centuries...

(Homily of the Papyrus of Turin). The Ark is referred to in the Quran (Surah Al-Baqara: 248): Their prophet further told them, “The sign of Saul’s kingship...

Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس, Bayt al-Maqdis), refers to the two religious structures that served as the central...

Harahamim, lit. 'Gate of Mercy'; Arabic: باب الذهبي, romanized: Bab al-Dhahabi or al-Zahabi, lit. 'Golden Gate') is the only eastern gate of the Temple...

domain: Hirsch, Emil G. (1901–1906). "High Priest". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Schulz, Sarah...

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the floor of a large Mamluk-Ottoman water reservoir, called by Warren 'Pool Al Burak'. The presence of the synagogue restricted further excavation under...

JewishEncyclopedia,com website Retrieved 18 November 2019.  Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Tabernacle". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 19 (2nd ed...

violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan...

אורוות שלמה, Arabic: المصلى المرواني), or Al-Marwani Mosque, is an underground vaulted prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. It is 600...

Mount killings, or Al-Aqsa Massacre, and most recently culminating in the 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes. The 1990 Temple Mount killings, or Al Aqsa Massacre, took...

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October 2007. "Surah Al-Isra – 7". Quran.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023. Ibn Ashur, Muhammad al-Tahir. "al-Tahrir wa'l-tanwir". Al-Dar Al-Tunasia Publication...

Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...

"Al-Aqsa is in danger" (Arabic: الأقصى في خطر, romanized: al-Aqṣá fī khaṭar) is an Islamic political slogan that has been used in the context of the Arab–Israeli...

of what today is the Dome of the Rock. The gates led close to what is now al-Aqsa Mosque, built much later. Although Jews continued to inhabit the destroyed...

Minarets Al-Mawazin Gates Inspector's Cotton Merchants' Chain See also Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Al-Aqsa is in danger Murabitat Al-Aqsa massacre Al-Aqsa Flood...