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Figure VI.3: Photograph of the Kaaba, with people on the Hajj circumambulating it. The Black Stone appears in the front corner, near the door.
As shown in Figure VI.4, just the Greatest Element makes the Single Monad which scans the states of the world in seven Days, the pilgrim in Hajj has to make seven rounds around the Kaaba anti-clockwise. This circumambulation starts from the Eastern corner where the Black Stone resides and moves towards the Shami corner. This clearly supports the analogy between the Greatest Element and the mysterious Black Stone especially that we have said in the narration above that the Black Stone resembles 'Allah's right Hand on earth' [Kanz: 34729].