What is the cube-shaped shrine in Mecca called?

What is the cube-shaped shrine in Mecca called?

• A. Dome of the Rock
• B. Darb al-Islam
• C. Ka'bah
• D. Qubbat al-Sakhrah

Answer: (C)

The cube-shaped shrine in Mecca is the Ka'bah. It sits at the center of the Grand Mosque and is regarded as the holiest site in Islam. Its simple cube form, covered by the kiswah, makes it distinct from other sacred structures. Tradition holds that Abraham and his son Ishmael built it, and it is the direction Muslims face during prayer (the Qibla) and the focal point for Tawaf, the ritual circumambulation during Hajj and Umrah. By contrast, the Dome of the Rock is a different shrine located in Jerusalem, whose Arabic name Qubbat al-Sakhrah refers to that building. Darb al-Islam is not a shrine at all but a historical term for the Muslim world.