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English_Children_Stories_Poems, page : 562
RAISING THE HOUSE
Time passed, and the next time the prophet came to visit Ishmael, he
found him sitting under a large tree near the spring of Zam Zam
repairing his arrows. As soon as he saw his father he stood up and
they greeted each other affectionately. After the greetings, Prophet
Abraham told his son that Allah had given him another command --
the command to rebuild Ka'ba. Prophet Abraham asked Ishmael if he
would help him to fulfill his task and he readily accepted.
The prophet pointed to a mound of large stones and to the
surrounding area. "That is the place where Allah has commanded me
to raise the foundations," he told Ishmael, so Ishmael picked up the
large stones, handed them to his father who positioned them, placing
a Black Stone that had fallen from Paradise many centuries before as
the cornerstone. Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him,
tells us that when the Black Stone fell from Paradise it was pure
white, but the sins of mankind had turned it black.
Time passed, and the next time the prophet came to visit Ishmael, he
found him sitting under a large tree near the spring of Zam Zam
repairing his arrows. As soon as he saw his father he stood up and
they greeted each other affectionately. After the greetings, Prophet
Abraham told his son that Allah had given him another command --
the command to rebuild Ka'ba. Prophet Abraham asked Ishmael if he
would help him to fulfill his task and he readily accepted.
The prophet pointed to a mound of large stones and to the
surrounding area. "That is the place where Allah has commanded me
to raise the foundations," he told Ishmael, so Ishmael picked up the
large stones, handed them to his father who positioned them, placing
a Black Stone that had fallen from Paradise many centuries before as
the cornerstone. Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him,
tells us that when the Black Stone fell from Paradise it was pure
white, but the sins of mankind had turned it black.