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tawaf, n. Islam.
Brit. |təˈwɑːf|, U.S. |təˈwɑf|
Forms: 17– tawaf, 19– tawaaf; Also with capital initial.
[‹ Arabic ṭawāf to go round, circumambulate.]
The ritual of performing seven circumambulations of the Kaaba as part of the haj to Mecca. Cf. Caaba n.
The circumambulations are performed in an anticlockwise direction, the first three at a fast pace, and the final four at a slower pace.
1788tr. I. Mouradgea d'Ohsson Oriental Antiq. iii. i. 512 The Prophet saw two women taking their walks, Tawaf [Fr. leurs tournées, Tawaf], round the Keabé of Mecca..and asked them, if they had paid the tythe. 1883E. Arnold Pearls of Faith 95 Three times with hastening feet [he] Circled the Kaabah, and four times paced With slackened gait the tawâf, as is due. 1892Christian Union 12 Nov. 909/2 The ceremony of Tawaf, or circumnambulation [sic], is performed on the inner oval pavement of polished granite. 1933Columbia Law Rev. 33 199 The great Omar performed the tawaf around the Ka'ba in Mecca, and kissed the black stone there enshrined. 1987Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. To perform a satisfactory tawaaf, the Kabba must be circled seven times. 2003M. Ali Brick Lane xiv. 250 Do you know, when you do tawaf, how many circuits round the Ka'aba you're actually supposed to run? |