I-Kaaba yisakhiwo esimise okwekhyubhu esembozwe ngendwangu emnyama esenkabeni yeMasjid Enkulu e-Makkah, e-Saudi Arabia. AmaSilamu ayibiza nge-Bayt Allah — iNdlu kaNkulunkulu — futhi iyindawo eyodwa emhlabeni amaSilamu wonke ayibhekayo emthandazweni, izikhathi ezinhlanu ngosuku, kusukela kuzo zonke izinkomba emhlabeni. IQuran iyichaza njengendlu yokukhonza yokuqala eyake yamiselwa isintu:
"Ngempela, indlu [yokukhonza] yokuqala eyamiselwa isintu yileyo eseBakkah [Makkah] — ebusisiwe neyisiqondiso emhlabeni."
(Surah Aal 'Imran, 3:96)
Yakhiwa Ubani?
AmaSilamu akholwa ukuthi i-Kaaba yakhiwa — phezu kwezisekelo zasendulo — nguMprofethi u-Abrahama (Ibrahim) nendodana yakhe u-Ishmayeli (Isma'il), ukuthula makube kubo, njengendlu enikelwe ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu oyedwa kuphela. IQuran iqopha umthandazo wabo lapho bephakamisa izindonga zayo:
"Futhi [khumbula] lapho u-Abrahama ephakamisa izisekelo zeNdlu no-Ishmayeli, [ethi], 'Nkosi yethu, yamukela lokhu kithi. Ngempela nguWe oyiziNgqamu, oyaziyo.'"
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:127)
Emakhulwini eminyaka i-Kaaba yakhiwa kabusha yalungiswa izikhathi eziningi, futhi ngesikhathi soMprofethi uMuhammad ﷺ yayigcwaliswe amakhulu ezithombe. Lapho engena e-Makkah ngokuthula ngo-630 CE, wazikhipha wabuyisela i-Kaaba kulokho u-Abrahama ayeyakhele: indlu yokukhonza uNkulunkulu kuphela.
Kungani AmaSilamu Eyibheka Emthandazweni?
Isikhombisi somthandazo sibizwa nge-qiblah. Lapho amaSilamu kuyo yonke indawo ephendukela ku-Kaaba, wonke umphakathi — cishe izigidigidi ezimbili zabantu kuzo zonke izikhathi zomhlaba — uthandaza njengomzimba owodwa, uhlelwe ngezindingiliza ezingabonakali ezungeza inkaba eyodwa. IQuran iyala: "Ngakho phendukisela ubuso bakho ngase-Masjid al-Haram" (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:144). Ngesikhathi sohambo olungcwele (i-Hajj, insika yesihlanu ye-Islam), izihambi zizungeza i-Kaaba kasikhombisa emkhosini obizwa nge-tawaf — indlu efanayo, uNkulunkulu ofanayo, ukukhonza okufanayo no-Abrahama.
Lokho I-Kaaba Engeyikho
Yilokhu okungaqondwa kahle kakhulu: amaSilamu awayikhonzi i-Kaaba. Akusona isithombe, futhi akukho lutho ngaphakathi kwayo olukhonzwayo — igumbi elingaphakathi lilihlanzekile. I-Kaaba iyisikhombisi nesibonakaliso sobunye, akukho okunye. AmaSilamu athandaza ngokubheka kuyo, hhayi neze kuyo. Ukukhonza e-Islam kwenzelwa u-Allah kuphela — iNkosi yeNdlu, hhayi indlu ngokwayo. Njengoba iQuran isho: "Ngakho abakhonze iNkosi yaleNdlu" (Surah Quraysh, 106:3).
Ngomusho Owodwa
I-Kaaba yindlu yokukhonza eyakhiwa u-Abrahama uNkulunkulu oyedwa — ikhyubhu engenalutho esenkabeni yomhlaba wamaSilamu ehlanganisa wonke amaSilamu esikhombisini somthandazo esisodwa, ngokubheka kuyo hhayi neze kuyo.
Funda Kabanzi
- IziNsika Ezinhlanu Ze-Islam Zichaziwe — kufaka i-Hajj, uhambo olungcwele oluya e-Kaaba.
- Yini I-Islam? Isingeniso Esiphelele — inkolo engemuva kwe-qiblah.
Qhubeka Ngohambo Lwakho
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