From the remotest time Mecca had been a place of pagan pilgrimage. Arabs came to bow down in the temple of Kaaba (“cube”) before a certain black stone, probably a meteorite said to have been brought down from heaven. The use of meteorites was a perennial pagan favorite; Acts:19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
See All... [1] mentions “that which was sent down from Zeus,” probably a meteorite. As part of the pagan ritual, they were required to run around it seven times and to kiss it, before running a mile to the nearby dry well of Wadi Mina “to throw stones at the devil.” [These pre-Islamic pagan rituals are a major part of Islam [2] today!]
The Sword of the Prophet: Islam [2] history, theology, impact on the world. p.21
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[1] https://www.thebereancall.org/bible/1/ACT/19/35#v35
[2] https://www.thebereancall.org/taxonomy/term/50/islam