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She calmed herself and listened attentively, and called out: "I have heard
Your voice, would that my supplication might reach You." And there,
standing near the place we know today as Zamzam stood Angel Gabriel.
Gabriel struck the ground with either his heel or wings, and water gushed
forth. Hastily, she dug a hole in the ground into which the water flowed and
filled her water-skin to the top as the water gushed forth with still greater
force. Quickly, she drank a handful of water and raced back to her son to
give him some. Then, Gabriel spoke saying: "Do not be afraid of perishing
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here, because it is here that your son and his father will build a House for
Allah. Allah will not let those around it perish."
THE RUINS OF KA'BA:
In those days, the ruins of Ka'ba were elevated on a piece of land covered
by sand in the shape of a mound, and when rain eventually fell it would run
on either side.
Your voice, would that my supplication might reach You." And there,
standing near the place we know today as Zamzam stood Angel Gabriel.
Gabriel struck the ground with either his heel or wings, and water gushed
forth. Hastily, she dug a hole in the ground into which the water flowed and
filled her water-skin to the top as the water gushed forth with still greater
force. Quickly, she drank a handful of water and raced back to her son to
give him some. Then, Gabriel spoke saying: "Do not be afraid of perishing
3
here, because it is here that your son and his father will build a House for
Allah. Allah will not let those around it perish."
THE RUINS OF KA'BA:
In those days, the ruins of Ka'ba were elevated on a piece of land covered
by sand in the shape of a mound, and when rain eventually fell it would run
on either side.