RIYADH: Saudi Arabia Wednesday released never-before-seen high definition pictures of the Maqam-e-Ibrahim, the Place of Ibrahim AS, and Hajr-e-Aswad, the Black Stone, of Grand Mosque.
According to the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Masjid e Nabwi SAW, the never seen pictures were taken using modern-day technology.
#رئاسة_شؤون_الحرمين توثق مقام سيدنا إبراهيم -عليه السلام- بصور نادرة وحديثة بأحدث تقنيات التصوير.
* وهو ياقوتة من ياقوت الجنة كما قال نبينا محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم-: (الركن والمقام ياقوتتان من ياقوت الجنة، طمس الله نورهما، ولولا أن الله طمس نورهما لأضاءتا ما بين المشرق والمغرب) pic.twitter.com/sTzz3MgEI5
— رئاسة شؤون الحرمين (@ReasahAlharmain) May 5, 2021
Maqam-e-Ibrahim, the stone is a notable mark of those times when Ka’aba was being constructed. Ibrahim AS was standing on a rock and was placing the stones which are of hefty masses; this is the stone that bears the imprint of his feet.
The site of this significant stone is 11 meters east of the Ka’aba. The footprints of Ibrahim AS are two oval pits – which are around 50cm in size.
Earlier, Haramain authorities released similar high-definition pictures of the Hajar e Aswad, the black stone of Ka’aba.
#GPH documenting the Black Stone by Focus Stack Panorama Technology
About the Technology
A focus stack is a photograph made up of a combination of images that were focused at different points and then the final image has a much greater depth of field. pic.twitter.com/uTlX6oReXt— رئاسة شؤون الحرمين (@ReasahAlharmain) May 4, 2021
The Black Stone pictures are nearly 49,000 megapixels in size which took more than 50 hours to capture the close-up details.
The Kingdom officials used focus stacking, a technique to combines multiple photos with different focus points, to get never seen before results of the sacred points for Muslims.
Pilgrimage during Hajj and Umrah touched, waved, and kissed the sacred sites as part of the tawaf ritual in Ka’aba.
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