Listen!" He stamped three times with his foot on the spot about two feet in front of where I sat, and a faint, hollow boom answered the impact.
"You hear?
The Rock speaks! It spoke in plain words when the Prophet prayed here, and was translated instantly to heaven on his horse El-Burak.

Here, deep in the Rock, is the print of the hand of the angel, who restrained the Rock from following the Prophet on his way to Paradise.

Here, in this niche, is where Abraham used to pray; here, Elijah.

On the last day the Kaaba of Mecca must come to this place.

For it is here, in this cave, that the blast of the trumpet will sound, announcing the day of judgment.