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Al-Baitul Mamur

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AL-BAITU ‘L-MA’MUR بيت البيت

Lit. “The Inhabited House.” A house in the seventh heaven; visited by Muhammad during the Mi’raj or night-journey. It is said to be immediately over the sacred temple at Makkah. [MI’RAJ.]

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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