Why is the Kaaba circled 7 times?

Answer 1

Turning around the Kaaba is a kind of ritual prayer. So, like any other ritual worship, it is done according to God's commands and prophet Muhammad's teachings. There is no room for discussion or debate. Otherwise, one may ask why 5 prayers a day and not one or four or ten and why we fast all the month of Ramadan... Showing obedience and full surrender to God (Allah) is the logic of all ritual worship. The Quran says (Meaning English translation):

" ... and whoever honors the sacred things of Allah, then that is better for him/her with his Lord..."

[Quran, chapter 22, verse 32]

Answer 2

Circumbulation of The Kaaba

'Tawaf' or cicumbulation (the ritual encircling of the Kaaba) starts from the Hajar Aswad - the Black Stone. The circumambulator, if possible, may kiss the stone or may direct his hand towards it saying, "In the name of Allah, Allah is great." He must circle the Kaaba seven times with the Kaaba to his left (in anti-clockwise direction).

On examination, it will be found that the entire universe which is in constant circular or elliptical rotation, is in actual fact moving in the pattern as the Tawaf.

The electrons of an atom revolve around its nucleus in the same manner as making Tawaf, in an anti-clockwise direction.

The ovum, prior to fertilisation actually taking place, surrounded by sperms, turns remarkably in anti-clockwise direction, thereby resembling the Tawaf. Considering the globe as a whole, it could be found that the earth has two movements. It rotates on its own axis in 24 hours causing day and night.

The various seasons of the year are due to the earth's simultaneous revolution around the sun in 365 days. It is really astonishing to note that the earth, in both these movements, rotates anti-clockwise.

The entire universe from the atom to the galaxies is in constant circular rotation like a circumambulator who encircles the Kaaba in the anti-clockwise direction. All objects in the universe, atoms, moon, stars, electrical current, galaxies, etc. are rotating in the same way. Moreover, the angles encircle the heavenly Baitul Ma'mur in an ever-lasting Tawaf. In the same way, the Kaaba in Makkah is never free from circumbulators. "Know that the world has come to an end when no soul will circlembulate the holy Kaaba."

I strongly recommend to you that you read the Quran.

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