The Kiswah is the famous black cloth that covers the Kaaba. The holy Kaaba is covered with new Kiswah every year on the 10th Dhul Hijjah, which coincides with Hajj.

The Kiswah is woven from black silk, with various verses of the Quran embroidered into it in gold and silver thread. Today, it costs approximately 17 million Saudi Riyals to make. The cover is 658 square meters long and is made of 670 kilograms of pure silk. For embroidery, 15 kilos of gold thread are used. It consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14 meters long and 101 centimeters wide. The Kiswah is wrapped around the Kaaba and fixed to the ground with copper rings.

SubhanAllah.. How truly beautiful and cooling to the eye.