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Mecca, Saudi Arabia --- Laylat al-Qadr, on the 27th of Ramadan (the month of fasting), is one of the holiest nights of the Islamic calendar. It is the night when the Quran began to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Almost one million pilgrims visit Mecca from all over the world and pray throughout the night. ---

25 Feb 1995, Mecca, Saudi Arabia --- Laylat al-Qadr, on the 27th of Ramadan (the month of fasting), is one of the holiest nights of the Islamic calendar. It is the night when the Quran began to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. Almost one million pilgrims visit Mecca from all over the world and pray throughout the night. ---

1996, Mecca, Saudi Arabia --- Tawaf or circumambulation around the Kaaba during the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Those who can not enter the holy precinct perform the tawaf on the roof. ---

1996, Mecca, Saudi Arabia --- Pilgrims circle the Kaaba in Mecca, the focus of Muslim prayer. The circumambulation is called tawaf. The black cloth covering the Kaaba is called a kiswah, and is embroidered with Quranic verses.. ---

1995, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia --- Pilgrims on the Mount of Mercy at Arafat on the ninth day and climax of the month of the Hajj or Pilgrimage. ---