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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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The Dome of the Rock

I don't see whether "Rock" in The Dome of the Rock functions as an uncount noun or not.

  

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It is a single specific rock: The site's great significance for Muslims derives from traditions connecting it to the creation of the world and to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure. In Jewish tradition the rock bears great significance as the Foundation Stone , the place from which the world expanded into its present form The Foundation Stone is the name of the rock at the centre of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Pierced Stone because it has a small hole on the southeastern corner that enters a cavern beneath the rock, known as the Well of Souls .

  • It is a single specific rock: The site's great significance for Muslims derives from traditions connecting it to the creation of the world and to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure.
  • In Jewish tradition the rock bears great significance as the Foundation Stone , the place from which the world expanded into its present form The Foundation Stone is the name of the rock at the centre of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
  • It is also known as the Pierced Stone because it has a small hole on the southeastern corner that enters a cavern beneath the rock, known as the Well of Souls .
  • (Wikipedia)
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It is a single specific rock:

The site's great significance for Muslims derives from traditions connecting it to the creation of the world and to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey to heaven started from the rock at the center of the structure.

In Jewish tradition the rock bears great significance as

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