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E-Esplanade yamaMosque aseJerusalema kukhona iDome of the Rock, ithempeli elingcwele lamaSulumane elithola igama lalo edwaleni elingcwele elingaphakathi. Umlando waleli dwala uhlukile ngokwenkolo yamaHeberu neyamaSulumane. Okulandelayo, sifunda kabanzi ngemvelaphi yeDome of the Rock nokubaluleka kwayo eZweni Elingcwele.
Ngokwesiko lamaJuda, leli dwala lasendulo yindawo u-Abrahama ayezonikela ngayo ngendodana yakhe u-Isaka, indawo lapho uJakobe abona khona izitebhisi eziya ezulwini nalapho kunenhliziyo yethempeli laseJerusalema khona. KumaSulumane yidwala uMprofethi uMuhammad akhuphukela kulo ezulwini ephelezelwa iNgelosi eyinhloko uGabriyeli. Ngakho-ke, yindawo engcwele futhi ehlonishwa amaSulumane yize abanye abantu bengenayo indlela engavunyelwe eya ngaphakathi kwayo njengoba kwenzeka edwaleni laseMecca.
Imvelaphi yedome yedwala
Kunezinguqulo ezimbili zokwakhiwa kweDome of the Rock. Kokubili kugcinwa ukuthi umuntu obhekele ukwakhiwa kwalo kwakunguCaliph Abd al-Malik nokuthi kwenziwa phakathi konyaka we-687 nowe-691 AD. Kodwa-ke, izizathu eziholele ekutheni umbusi ayalele ukwakhiwa kwazo ziyehluka kuzinguqulo ezimbili.
Uhlobo lokuqala lutshela ukuthi umbusi wayefisa ukuthi amaSulumane angathola indawo yokuhlangana azindle ngaphandle kokuya eMecca, ngaleso sikhathi eyayingaphansi komyalo ka-Ibn al-Zubair esinye sezitha zika-al-Malik.
Inguqulo yesibili ithi uCaliph Abd al-Malik wayefuna ukuqinisa ukuphakama kwamaSulumane ngaphezu kwezinye izinkolo ezimbili zeZwe Elingcwele, ngakho-ke wakha ithempeli elalizoba uphawu lomoya negugu lokwakha. Ekugcineni iDome of the Rock, eyaba ngenye yezinsika eziyisisekelo zenkolo yamaSulumane.
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IDome of the Rock njengesikhumbuzo
Ngomhlobiso wethempeli u-al Malik waqasha iqembu lamakhosi aseSyria ababengcono kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Leli thonya lingabonakala emihlobisweni ebabazekayo nasekuhlobiseni kwangaphakathi. Eqinisweni, iDome of the Rock yakuphawula kakhulu ukwakhiwa kwalesosigaba, ngoba kusukela ekwakhiweni kwaso, ezinye izikhumbuzo zazincike kwisitayela sayo.
IDome of the Rock ihlale ingashintshi isikhathi esingaphezulu kwamakhulu ayishumi nantathu eminyaka, yingakho ingenye yengcebo ebaluleke kakhulu yokwakha emhlabeni. Izakhiwo ezi-octagonal zomklamo zifanekisela ukuhlangana komhlaba nesibhakabhaka nezinsika, amakholomu nemengamo kunika ukuhleleka nokuthula. Idome, elimi ngamamitha angama-30 ngaphezu kwetshe elingcwele, lidlulisa ubukhulu obukhulu ngokubonga kupuleti legolide eliletha ngaphandle. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ihlotshiswe ngamavesi avela eKoran.
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Ukufinyelela kuDome of the Rock
Ukusuka esigcawini lapho kutholakala khona i-Wailing Wall, ungangena kwi-Esplanade of the Mosque kanye neDome of the Rock, eyakhiwe ezinsaleleni zethempeli lasendulo laseJerusalema. Ukungena ungathola imikhawulo ethile kuwo womabili amahora nokuphepha, ngakho-ke uma ufuna ukukuvakashela kubalulekile ukuthi wazise kusasele usuku ngalokhu noma ngalo lolo suku. Ngesikhathi esibonisiwe bavula iminyango futhi ukudlula kwabantu kuhamba kancane njengoba izivakashi zibhekwa ziye emininingwaneni emincane.
IJerusalem Esplanade yaziwa njenge-Al-Haram ash-Sharif emphakathini wamaSulumane. Ukufinyelela kusuka komunye umkhakha uye komunye umgwaqo oya e-esplanade wakhiwe. Ukusuka lapho unemibono eyinhlanhla ye-Wailing Wall, zombili kusukela kowesifazane nowesilisa. Le ngxenye ivikelwe kakhulu ukuvikela ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula ezinhlangothini zombili.
Eduze kweDome of the Rock ne-cupola yayo yegolide, ekugcineni kweseningizimu kweMosque Esplanade yi-Al-Aqsa Mosque ephethwe yisiliva (eyakhiwe ama-Umayyads futhi yaqedwa ngo-710 AD) futhi eceleni kweDome of the Rock kuneDome of the Chain.