Bayt Allah

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Bayt Allah is an Islamic term meaning “House of God,” most commonly referring to the Kaaba in Mecca as the holiest site in Islam.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bayt Allah canonical 1
Bayt Allah (House of God) 1
Bayt Allāh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic phrase
Islamic religious term
associatedReligion Islam
countryOfPrimaryReferent Saudi Arabia
denotesOwnershipBy Allah
hasHonorificSense yes
holinessStatusInIslam holiest site
language Arabic
locationOfPrimaryReferent Mecca
meaning House of God
mentionedIn Islamic devotional speech
Islamic theology
pilgrimageObligationContext Hajj must be performed at Bayt Allah (Kaaba) for those able
primaryReferentInstanceOf Islamic sanctuary
cube-shaped building
primaryReferentName Kaaba
qiblaContext Muslims face Bayt Allah (Kaaba) during prayer
refersTo Kaaba
relatedConcept Hajj
Kaaba
Masjid al-Haram
Umrah
religiousFunctionOfReferent focus of Muslim unity in worship
scriptForm بيت الله
linked to: Bayt Allah
significanceInIslam central site of Hajj pilgrimage
direction of prayer (qibla)
transliterationVariant Bayt Allāh
linked to: Bayt Allah

Baytullah
usedAs epithet for the Kaaba
usedBy Muslims

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FrequentedHouse relatedConcept Bayt Allah
al-bayt al-ma‘mur relatedConcept Bayt Allah (House of God)
linked to: Bayt Allah
Bayt Allah scriptForm بيت الله
linked to: Bayt Allah
Bayt Allah transliterationVariant Bayt Allāh
linked to: Bayt Allah