Dome of the Rock


noun Islam.

a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple.
Compare Israʾ, Miʿraj.

British Dictionary definitions for dome of the rock

Dome of the Rock

noun

the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph `Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque Also called (not in Muslim usage): Mosque of Omar