Saudi Arabia Built a $16BN Clock Tower

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  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  2 місяці тому +265

    The clock is ticking. Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks 👉www.masterworks.art/theb1m

    • @Tod_oMal
      @Tod_oMal 2 місяці тому +36

      Convert to Islam just for the business project?
      Isn't that an offense in itself?

    • @s1nb4d59
      @s1nb4d59 2 місяці тому +12

      The irony because they are coping of an english clock.

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j 2 місяці тому +11

      @@Tod_oMal not really. Muslims aren't allowed to question the sincerity of any revert. That is for god to judge

    • @jluu119
      @jluu119 2 місяці тому +13

      All of this for stupid organized religion and the vanity of one family. I’m sure it’s all for the purpose of serving Allah. Right!!!

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 2 місяці тому +2

      @@jluu119 Blasphemy...

  • @aleksmoylan8251
    @aleksmoylan8251 2 місяці тому +8378

    Bold of you to assume people who watch a channel on construction haven't heard of a tall building.

    • @blazingmoose4207
      @blazingmoose4207 2 місяці тому +87

      Fr hahaha

    • @Danyerman360
      @Danyerman360 2 місяці тому +108

      😂😂😂😂 never heard of it wat a waste of money 💰

    • @danieljamesmead
      @danieljamesmead 2 місяці тому +122

      I haven't heard of it.

    • @majormayco
      @majormayco 2 місяці тому +106

      He means it doesn't feature much in skyscraper talks, which is true. There's even little info on it online.

    • @jeffreytan2948
      @jeffreytan2948 2 місяці тому +69

      Well his not lying, I'm an architecture enthusiast and know very little about it

  • @LONE_WOLF_GANG
    @LONE_WOLF_GANG 2 місяці тому +4608

    As a Muslim and an Arab, I'm against the BS conversion of those engineers to Islam...it makes us look bad, and it's not a genuine conversion.

    • @stm91
      @stm91 2 місяці тому

      Kind of fits with the site itself being turned into some perverse religious las Vegas. They tore down historic sites to build all this overcompensating garbage around it.

    • @PoppinPsinceAD33
      @PoppinPsinceAD33 2 місяці тому

      Duh, as a Christian I’m so confused, we don’t want you to convert just to see the Vatican. But I guess it’s just government laws

    • @JAYX-
      @JAYX- 2 місяці тому +204

      Journalist is a hater but people in comments actually believe it

    • @davefarmery8180
      @davefarmery8180 2 місяці тому +356

      Religion of convenience

    • @JAYX-
      @JAYX- 2 місяці тому

      @@davefarmery8180 read the quran yourself and find out

  • @JohnnyJamesGio
    @JohnnyJamesGio 2 місяці тому +8090

    Having to convert to a religion just because of work is crazy
    Edit: Okay, I never expected this many likes, thanks guys!

    • @manoz6194
      @manoz6194 2 місяці тому +278

      It's not like you get branded lol

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j 2 місяці тому +856

      @@patrickstar6758 exactly. You're not forced to join.

    • @akeel6328
      @akeel6328 2 місяці тому +497

      @@kaarisdeusette407 Yes. Alhamdulilah.

    • @Bean-c9y
      @Bean-c9y 2 місяці тому +372

      You mean ☪️ ult😂😂😂😂

    • @TarasBohdan
      @TarasBohdan 2 місяці тому

      ​@kaarisdeusette407 The islam is an totalitarian ideology. A death cult.

  • @pete6705
    @pete6705 2 місяці тому +161

    Watching those guys walk out on the rails so high up makes all the nerves in my body shiver. I do not like heights

  • @LocaMoca328
    @LocaMoca328 2 місяці тому +150

    5:15 Clarifications: No, Muslims all over the world don't need to know the precise timing of Mekkah. Every region is distinct to its local rulings, pertaining to timing of prayers and deeds.

    • @Letmedescribe
      @Letmedescribe Місяць тому +18

      Agreed, I don't know from where get the wrong information. We follow Sunset and Sunrise to adjust times not the Mecca times

    • @Hydrogen9999
      @Hydrogen9999 8 днів тому

      Islam is a practical deen for all times, through Allah's wisdom, the deen was made that anywhere on the earth is possible

  • @jamoin3829
    @jamoin3829 2 місяці тому +1514

    It's always great to have a meccanical clock.

    • @chemify
      @chemify 2 місяці тому +48

      underated comment

    • @markynio
      @markynio 2 місяці тому +27

      Please give this man a prize for the best comment

    • @GeekyMedia
      @GeekyMedia 2 місяці тому +11

      best comment lol

    • @tasee3511
      @tasee3511 2 місяці тому +3

      lol but idk how is it suppose to be a living thing

    • @williamlangeii4012
      @williamlangeii4012 2 місяці тому +6

      It's also nice to have autocorrect 😅😅

  • @aaron_k4787
    @aaron_k4787 2 місяці тому +3644

    The building looks like something you would find in Las Vegas casino resort

    • @Secretlyanothername
      @Secretlyanothername 2 місяці тому +404

      Both places are equally ridiculous

    • @patrickjeffers7864
      @patrickjeffers7864 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Secretlyanothernamedifference is Vagas is built to be ridiculous. That's it's m.o.

    • @matthewfrost3677
      @matthewfrost3677 2 місяці тому +245

      Both are a money grab.

    • @GoodBaleadaMusic
      @GoodBaleadaMusic 2 місяці тому +65

      Except for the scale. Thats what surprises people about the US. Everything is actually so small lol. Except for their asses.

    • @LeydenAigg
      @LeydenAigg 2 місяці тому +97

      Tacky, and tasteless.

  • @Muwaaaahid
    @Muwaaaahid Місяць тому +314

    When the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was asked about the signs of the Final Hour, one of the signs he mentioned was:
    "When you see the barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds competing in constructing tall buildings.”. When asked to elaborate further, the Prophet (ﷺ) said that they are from the Arabs.

    • @lilo6
      @lilo6 Місяць тому +20

      هذا اخبار عن حاله ومن معجزات الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم...وليس ذم او انتقاص ياغبي😊

    • @Kmichaelcook87
      @Kmichaelcook87 Місяць тому +9

      That is so fucking hilarious and specific; Nostradamus is famous for like 600ish ‘prognostications’ and not one is anywhere near as accurate/true or as definitive and specific 😂 what a home run, though I feel like if asked for comment, the blessed prophet would probably say, “I’m not exactly going out on a limb or anything; that’s not insight, that’s observation.” And I’d be like “yo, chill, dude, that’s racist,” etc.

    • @herticate8579
      @herticate8579 Місяць тому +1

      Would be helpful if you added from where.

    • @Rockyrock511
      @Rockyrock511 Місяць тому +16

      @@Kmichaelcook87 lol somebody isbutthurt🤣

    • @I_Offend_Snowflakes
      @I_Offend_Snowflakes Місяць тому +37

      @@Kmichaelcook87 - He (ﷺ) specified that Arabs who were not known for building tall buildings would be building the tallest.

  • @shoosteer
    @shoosteer 2 місяці тому +975

    Facts that some people do not know about this project :
    1- The project was completed in 2007
    2- It consists of 7 skyscrapers, the largest 1 its the Clock Tower
    3- The capacity of the seven towers is 65,000 guests
    4- At the bottom there is an 8-storey commercial market that includes 1,444 shops
    -----------------
    The project recovered its full cost years ago
    ----------------
    The project has fully recovered its cost because it has been operating for 17 years

    • @vsznry
      @vsznry 2 місяці тому +75

      religious nationalism is still fascism though.

    • @asfa2549
      @asfa2549 2 місяці тому +160

      ​@@vsznry rent free in your head

    • @kathir4717
      @kathir4717 2 місяці тому +23

      ​@@vsznry give respect take respect

    • @jonnies
      @jonnies 2 місяці тому +60

      Other fact: there's now 3 KFCs, 2 Burger Kings and a McDonald's all within 450 metres of the Kaaba.

    • @Heu..
      @Heu.. 2 місяці тому

      Cope more ​@@vsznry

  • @jonnygzz1631
    @jonnygzz1631 2 місяці тому +2081

    The construction workers without harnesses were making me so nervous😭😭😭

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H 2 місяці тому +210

      @@jonnygzz1631 like watching old films of builders in America who assembled the bridges and early high rise buildings.
      Walking around with a hammer in one hand and a beer bottle.

    • @jonnygzz1631
      @jonnygzz1631 2 місяці тому +2

      @@STV-H4H oh yeah

    • @liamfoxy
      @liamfoxy 2 місяці тому +46

      I imagine they would consider it an honor to die in the pursuit of creating something like this for their religion

    • @nick-leffler
      @nick-leffler 2 місяці тому

      ​@@liamfoxyvery much this. And a lot of these countries don't care if workers die. They import them from cheap countries and just let the people work to death.

    • @fartamplifer
      @fartamplifer 2 місяці тому +105

      the Saudis don't care

  • @TheRealLink
    @TheRealLink 2 місяці тому +384

    As an avid skyscraper enthusiast, I knew of this project pretty early on in construction. The fact it's something like seven towers all together with them all being very tall is just massive, not to mention the clock that dwarfs all. I thought the complex had over 7,000 hotel rooms or something equally insane but makes sense when they'll be busy for the Hajj.

    • @GilmerJohn
      @GilmerJohn 2 місяці тому +7

      Well, that works out to about $2 million$ per hotel room. But there are other revenue producing spaces. It's close to being in the "profitable" range believe it or not.

    • @muazunais2378
      @muazunais2378 2 місяці тому +38

      ​​​@@GilmerJohn I have been there the rooms are booked all round the year, during off seasons the cheapest room in the hotel cost like $300 per night but during the hajj season the same rooms go for $5000 per night.
      The hotels doesn't have ways to book onsite everything is online and it when a room gets vacated it soon gets Filled.
      It wasn't built to be profitable or money making in mind. The entire building is a donation to the mosque by the royal family.
      The mosque now owns it and the profits are used for all expenses in the mosque

    • @ikaruseijin01
      @ikaruseijin01 2 місяці тому +10

      It's hardly to absorb the general crowd for the peak season, it's for the rich so they can put down money and get an exclusive view of the Kaaba from their residence. *Finally* they don't actually have to join the poor people as if they were equals when doing the hajj, they can just stay surrounded by luxury and worship... "I can see the Kaaba, so it counts."

    • @User-4517
      @User-4517 2 місяці тому +18

      @@ikaruseijin01incorrect, the Hajj is mostly outside of the area of the Kabaah / this hotel complex

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 2 місяці тому

      True

  • @alihasanabdullah7586
    @alihasanabdullah7586 2 місяці тому +135

    Most Muslims hate the tower though. It's overly garish, and ruins the Meccan view. They sell souvenirs of the big clock alongside Kaaba models, which I found vexing. Especially more so when a single souvenir has the Kaaba and the tower (in a wildly out of scale way). You either have the tower looming over Kaaba when standing with both in a line, or have to turn your back to Kaaba to check the time when standing in between them.
    Props to the hard working engineers for making it not only an eyesore, but a MASSIVE eyesore. The only religious significance this tower has is how it's a fulfillment of the prophesy in our Hadiths about the competition between desert Bedouins on who can make the tallest structure. A portent of the end times.

    • @EtaCarinaeSC
      @EtaCarinaeSC 2 місяці тому +8

      That green clock face is terrible, it was absolutely not choosen because of the visibility but because of the flag, green and white font inside.

    • @Hunter9v
      @Hunter9v Місяць тому +13

      No you are the minority who hates KSA accomplishments and keep yapping as you are the “MOST”, keep hating until your grave that tower is a point of interest so people can become curious about it represents, so no your point is invalid and you are just hating for no reason

    • @stephen-k
      @stephen-k Місяць тому

      yet they still go to hajj and umrah in millions every year

    • @Hunter9v
      @Hunter9v Місяць тому +6

      @@stephen-k That tower is a place to stay for who want to go hajj and umrah, why not make it a wonderful place then?

    • @Stunkos
      @Stunkos Місяць тому +7

      @@Hunter9v As a Westerner, I can see why Muslims wouldn't like it. The architecture looks too modern and Western somehow. Plus it's huge and ostentatious which is odd to mix with the piety of the site.

  • @flippop101
    @flippop101 2 місяці тому +1486

    I can appreciate the technical challenges met and overcome and the brilliance of those on the project. Aesthetically though, it is just dreadful

    • @CastleBrookKrew
      @CastleBrookKrew 2 місяці тому +26

      Yea that shit is so ugly

    • @bmodoryx
      @bmodoryx 2 місяці тому +118

      Glad I'm not the only one who gets a visceral reaction from excessive buildings like this. There's something extremely inhumane about them. Las Vegas has a similar vibe.

    • @kerryroberthughes8054
      @kerryroberthughes8054 2 місяці тому +38

      Horrible building

    • @rubiconnn
      @rubiconnn 2 місяці тому +37

      @@bmodoryx People live in poverty and those with more money than they could ever use waste it on things like this.

    • @midgetwars1
      @midgetwars1 2 місяці тому +96

      Seriously? It looks like something from the ancient world. It looks amazing. It's not just another boring tall building.
      It's actually an example that I'd use that proves that humanity isn't just building the same boring looking buildings

  • @spooders8424
    @spooders8424 2 місяці тому +739

    This building evokes awe not because of how tall it is, but how BIG it is. It looks like an entire city skyline combined into one building. It’s just so dang big in every dimension
    Just so y’all know I think it’s ugly too

    • @kenoliver8913
      @kenoliver8913 2 місяці тому +1

      It evokes awe because of how UGLY it is; it is a stunning example of how money cannot buy taste. I believe most Muslims who make the haj also hate it - it is not what they think Islam is supposed to be about.

    • @cv990a4
      @cv990a4 2 місяці тому +30

      Taste is an individual matter, but man, that thing is ugly.

    • @Kringlord97
      @Kringlord97 2 місяці тому +14

      Right, like it doesn't look tall because we're so used to the Burj Khalifa's of the world that are skyscraping needles, not things like this where it looks you just scaled a normal clock tower up 20x.

    • @freddykruger1086
      @freddykruger1086 2 місяці тому +3

      And completly impractical and soon to be useless.

    • @bruhbruhhh6592
      @bruhbruhhh6592 2 місяці тому +2

      It looks like the city from final fantasy XV

  • @klumzyee
    @klumzyee 2 місяці тому +1497

    imagine having to explain why you're late for work in that city

  • @atifmalik3594
    @atifmalik3594 Місяць тому +25

    I was part of this project for lightning fixtures. It was a once-in-a-lifetime project blessed to be.

  • @YUSHEIVA
    @YUSHEIVA 2 місяці тому +183

    when my family and I go on a roadtrip we go past makkah and we see the clock it’s the first thing we see from makkah even though it’s far away

    • @JK_Clark
      @JK_Clark 2 місяці тому +4

      Is it as ugly and brutalist in real life as it is on video?

    • @UmUm-ue2bd
      @UmUm-ue2bd 2 місяці тому +9

      @@JK_Clark no its really beautiful irl

    • @MAF4228
      @MAF4228 2 місяці тому +9

      ​@@JK_Clark He isn't talking about your country bro, he talks about SA, Mecca.❤

    • @amoose3582
      @amoose3582 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@MAF4228
      No, he was talking about the Clock Tower in Suadi Arabia.

    • @MAF4228
      @MAF4228 2 місяці тому +5

      @@amoose3582 my guy, i know what i said, and you obviously didn't get it.

  • @hurryingdoor7435
    @hurryingdoor7435 2 місяці тому +139

    0:38 That shot is insane

    • @bluewolf7664
      @bluewolf7664 2 місяці тому +11

      the moment you enter the city you can see the clock, even among the mountains. it's absolutely insane!

    • @ranro7371
      @ranro7371 2 місяці тому +1

      The main criticism is they put the crescent shape on top, while the name of the creator on the sides. The name should have been at the top, not the crescent.

    • @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n
      @jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n 2 місяці тому

      yeah beautiful

    • @m8aj
      @m8aj 2 місяці тому +10

      ⁠@@ranro7371 isn’t all manarates have the crescent of top ? U r so desperate u want to criticize any thing at this point

    • @BashaerB-h2c
      @BashaerB-h2c 2 місяці тому +1

      That’s how it does look like in real life from far away. You can always know where the Kaaba is because of the clock silhouette.

  • @Cyber_Chriis
    @Cyber_Chriis 2 місяці тому +136

    I didn’t even know this existed until now

    • @BRICS313
      @BRICS313 2 місяці тому +50

      Controlled media.

    • @iNawaf20100
      @iNawaf20100 2 місяці тому +42

      Living under a rock ^

    • @muneebanjamch
      @muneebanjamch 2 місяці тому

      Media will tell you every Bullshit but not the truth

    • @Vllili
      @Vllili 2 місяці тому +16

      caveman

    • @KungFuBarbie-pc7hb
      @KungFuBarbie-pc7hb 2 місяці тому +11

      Crazy how ignorant some people can be

  • @vocalcoachadonis
    @vocalcoachadonis 2 місяці тому +39

    "Converted to Islam so they could work on the project!" What genuine expression of faith! 🤦‍♂️

    • @khairt1731
      @khairt1731 Місяць тому +1

      This is what USA 🇺🇸 supports. You guys sponsor them. Saudis are Americas best friend.
      Meanwhole in the Quran it says forced conversions are highly prohibited and illegal.

    • @abuabdullahshaon3766
      @abuabdullahshaon3766 Місяць тому

      It's just non-believers are prohibited from entering the city. like Vatican City where only Christians can enter.

    • @bittasweetsymphony726
      @bittasweetsymphony726 Місяць тому

      it fools the computer overlords

    • @Ahmednscc
      @Ahmednscc 21 день тому

      No one forced them they didn't have to come

    • @jarrrrred
      @jarrrrred 17 днів тому

      💰💰💰🤑

  • @pyrho1
    @pyrho1 2 місяці тому +1316

    The Arabs love building giant vanity projects

    • @randylahey2242
      @randylahey2242 2 місяці тому +121

      Who doesn’t? lol

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H 2 місяці тому +78

      @@pyrho1 particularly when it’s phalic symbolism

    • @fanniinnanetguy653
      @fanniinnanetguy653 2 місяці тому +123

      Look at all those giant, ornate cathedrals in Europe. These kinds of architecture lasts for hundreds of years because it is loved.

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H 2 місяці тому +51

      @@fanniinnanetguy653 they were built by men who spent their lifetime working on the project. Innate knowledge and devotion to the work of their craft was the main motivation.

    • @lawrencefrost9063
      @lawrencefrost9063 2 місяці тому

      Except that they don't design or build them. It's always a western architect company and a foreign population. These fuckers...

  • @adeelj6666
    @adeelj6666 2 місяці тому +27

    B1M is just too good to do in-depth reporting and give us information, which is beyond an imagination of ordinary people.
    Thanks Guys big respect for you.

  • @HammerOn-bu7gx
    @HammerOn-bu7gx 2 місяці тому +400

    "Construction Culture" i.e. An OSHA inspector would have a stroke.

    • @gnanasabaapatirg7376
      @gnanasabaapatirg7376 2 місяці тому

      Was it that bad?

    • @TangoVictor
      @TangoVictor 2 місяці тому +4

      I really wonder what would OSHA say about building New York, Chicago, London etc... because as we all know, in the Western world, all is made with regulations in mind, there are no migrant workers (because the term ex-pat is reserved for overprivileged white people), only Americans build American buildings etc. All I know is that it is pretty much certain is that no worker without a work visa worked on that site.

    • @kalyansahan238
      @kalyansahan238 2 місяці тому +7

      OSHA inspector here. I did have a stroke watching this especially at 04:30 mark. If this was built here (western) the project would ve been shut down until all the safety measures have been applied and complied with.

    • @AetherStreamer
      @AetherStreamer 26 днів тому

      @@kalyansahan238 You are no "OSHA inspector". Just an evious, pathological random indian liar, I got you!

  • @samerak75
    @samerak75 3 дні тому +1

    Proud to be part of the project through SL Rasch Team ❤❤❤

  • @starskyguitarman
    @starskyguitarman 2 місяці тому +716

    Somehow, i feel a resemblence between this, and the Tower of Babel.

    • @STV-H4H
      @STV-H4H 2 місяці тому

      Just as absurd as the western world who has devout followers to a golden pig who adheres by his every action to committing every one of the 7 deadly sins.
      And all of his followers think he’s their messiah.

    • @AcvaristulLenes
      @AcvaristulLenes 2 місяці тому +29

      I had the exact reaction.

    • @c.philipmckenzie
      @c.philipmckenzie 2 місяці тому +30

      Not to get too much into it, but the Tower of Babel was likely a ziggurat forming an ascension (or stairway) into heaven.

    • @trvst5938
      @trvst5938 2 місяці тому

      All these sky scrapers are dick measuring contests. They don’t improve local residents quality of life. In the US they’re usually money laundering opportunities for the oligarchs like in NYC. 💀

    • @ogkendrick6392
      @ogkendrick6392 2 місяці тому +9

      @@c.philipmckenzie this is some serious BS

  • @antun88
    @antun88 2 місяці тому +201

    "green and white was chosen because of how the human eye works", come one man, do you think we are idiots?

    • @djawidsidiqy
      @djawidsidiqy 2 місяці тому +35

      Ikr it’s cuz of the flag bruh 😭😭

    • @tdallin1750
      @tdallin1750 2 місяці тому +37

      @@djawidsidiqy to be fair, the colors of Green and White were beloved by the Prophet pbuh

    • @snowflakedsoul
      @snowflakedsoul 2 місяці тому

      ​@@tdallin1750 Your prophet married a 6 year old. Disgusting.

    • @markoosh
      @markoosh 2 місяці тому +16

      @@tdallin1750 Did he tell you that? Or did he write it down in his cute little diary?
      The cult leaders can't agree on many things he may or may not have told them that the sky daddy forbade or made "haram", but sure, someone knew his favourite colours.

    • @ambimu55hak
      @ambimu55hak 2 місяці тому

      @@markooshcrack on with your pig ignorance. Fool.

  • @DonkeyRhubarb21
    @DonkeyRhubarb21 2 місяці тому +168

    I've been wanting to learn more about this. The perfect channel for it.

  • @dildarbhai5767
    @dildarbhai5767 Місяць тому +19

    So much money was spent by the Saudis only to hurt the majesty of the Kaaba, to make the Kaaba look down.

    • @ScottSummers-m5l
      @ScottSummers-m5l 20 днів тому +2

      It was already look down

    • @rashidnassermartinez646
      @rashidnassermartinez646 4 дні тому

      Any building over 4 stories would look down on the Kaaba, should they have banned 4 story buildings too ?

  • @napolien1310
    @napolien1310 2 місяці тому +261

    People seem to forget that the clock tower is a Waqf for the two mosques, which mean any profit that come from the building it goes to Mekkah and Medinah.

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 2 місяці тому +15

      No net profit will come from a 16 billion dollar monstrosity

    • @vxsth6827
      @vxsth6827 2 місяці тому +28

      @@Makhdoom51 it is a large expensive hotel with lots of shops

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 2 місяці тому

      @@vxsth6827 There r plenty of shopping centres in the world that didn’t cost 16 billion dollars to build. Masjid al-Haram is a sacred place not a leisure destination

    • @Ryzanium
      @Ryzanium 2 місяці тому +48

      @@Makhdoom51 Theyre already gaining profit from it, its been 17 years since its been running.

    • @Makhdoom51
      @Makhdoom51 2 місяці тому

      @@Ryzanium Profit that couldn’t have been generated from much cheaper initial investment?

  • @aye3678
    @aye3678 2 місяці тому +38

    That's crazy! I did not know it was that tall! I've seen pictures of it before but did not truly understand the height of it. Wild bit of engineering for sure

    • @Sashazur
      @Sashazur 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah from the photos I saw there was no way to get any idea of its real size. Maybe it’s because there are no other large buildings near it to compare it with.

    • @ahans1792
      @ahans1792 Місяць тому

      ​@@Sashazur
      I stayed at the fairmont hotel which is located within one of the towers. Even up close you cannot grasp the true magnitude of the development. Only when your driving up to makkah and still miles away you see the towers in the distance on then do you actually get an understanding of the size of that thing.
      Truly amazing!

    • @VitorHugoOliveiraSousa
      @VitorHugoOliveiraSousa Місяць тому

      The clock messes up the scale, we aren't used to see clocks that big, the brain has no frame of reference so it scale downs the entire tower.

    • @musthaf9
      @musthaf9 21 день тому

      Yep, I saw it in person. It’s big, but didn’t feel tall at all

  • @hyderabadildarshiv174
    @hyderabadildarshiv174 2 місяці тому +11

    Thanks

    • @cwg73160
      @cwg73160 18 днів тому +6

      Thi channel has 3.4M subscribers. It makes close to, if not over, $1M per year. Just by watching this video for 10 seconds, you’re generating money for them. Why would you donate any amount of money?

    • @cwg73160
      @cwg73160 18 днів тому +5

      They never acknowledged or even thanked you for your donation. That’s how little your donation means to them.

    • @aprendoespanol6833
      @aprendoespanol6833 3 дні тому +1

      better give it to someone more in need

  • @moh7354
    @moh7354 2 місяці тому +26

    Respect to the labourers

  • @planetdisco4821
    @planetdisco4821 2 місяці тому +106

    As a tower crane rigger in Melbourne, Australia, I can completely relate to the wind issues my Arabian Brothers of the Hook encountered when topping out on this structure and frankly it could’ve been a lot worse! Been there done that many times over the last 40 years. Bravo boys, it’s not a job for the light-hearted. No disrespect intended here but a beer at the end of a day like that tastes bloody amazing, but a cigarette is a close second lol….

    • @boezow
      @boezow 2 місяці тому +1

      What is a cigarette gonna do for you? Refreshing?

    • @patster4040
      @patster4040 2 місяці тому +8

      @@boezowyou seem fun

    • @カナヲ-e8s
      @カナヲ-e8s 2 місяці тому +11

      ​@@boezowBro is lowkey that one person in class everyone secretly hates.

    • @boezow
      @boezow 2 місяці тому +1

      @@カナヲ-e8stell me why it’s so refreshing cause I’m genuinely confused?

    • @sinbads
      @sinbads 2 місяці тому +1

      @@boezow To each their own.

  • @bill9540
    @bill9540 2 місяці тому +21

    Wonderful piece of work with amazing visuals…certainly one of your very best. The B1M should be very proud of this accomplishment and the difficulties of putting it together.

  • @jackivan7632
    @jackivan7632 Місяць тому +12

    This is one of my favorite buildings in the world
    I remember the first time i heard of it, and seeing it being as wide as it is, made it hard to understand its height
    most skyscrapers tend to be slender and look alike, but this one stands out for looking like a proper building with not only height in mind the way the BK is

    • @coastaku1954
      @coastaku1954 5 днів тому

      To me it's the biggest monument to a stupid oppressive religion, actually all religions are stupid and oppressive. Any book that tells you to meet at a certain place, what you can or can't do, etc, is not fun

  • @adenelsnainy3132
    @adenelsnainy3132 2 місяці тому +705

    People talk about the building ❌
    Talk about Islam and politics ✅

    • @dandindan
      @dandindan 2 місяці тому +93

      these people are obsessed with islam LMAO

    • @muslim-proudly8079
      @muslim-proudly8079 2 місяці тому +161

      They jealous of Islam cuz they will never have something close to it : ) AlhamdeliAllah

    • @alanking2899
      @alanking2899 2 місяці тому +29

      Is your faith shaken by the construction of a mere building. Is your faith just that weak?!! ... 🤨

    • @Walker733
      @Walker733 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes.

    • @notpillow6759
      @notpillow6759 2 місяці тому +58

      ​@@alanking2899you should go out more, there is more to life than going online and hating on people who believe in something you don't believe in

  • @tem9989
    @tem9989 2 місяці тому +10

    The project is an endowment, its known as Endowment of King Abdul Aziz. The disbursements of the endowment are meant to benefit and service the Holy Mosque.

  • @soundslight7754
    @soundslight7754 2 місяці тому +239

    Tallest building in Asia = tallest building in the world (both Dubai and KSA are in the continent of Asia)

    • @stevenmacdonald9619
      @stevenmacdonald9619 2 місяці тому +13

      Yes, and that building still stands in Dubai.

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo 2 місяці тому +4

      And both are in the best poooosible taste!

    • @iLoveBoysandBerries
      @iLoveBoysandBerries 2 місяці тому +9

      Dubai is in the Asian continent. When you say Asia you refer to the Asian nations not the continentent

    • @KarenRose70
      @KarenRose70 2 місяці тому +26

      ​@iLoveBoysandBerries that makes no sense. What continent do you think the Arabian peninsula belong to.

    • @RegrinderAlert
      @RegrinderAlert 2 місяці тому +9

      @@KarenRose70 They are correct. We don’t usually call the Russians Asians in our everyday language either - for the same reason.

  • @oyssartwaltz5022
    @oyssartwaltz5022 2 місяці тому +25

    they surely need that capacity to hold the huge crowds of people going there. so it is for practical use not purely for awe.

    • @wbzsa
      @wbzsa 2 місяці тому +4

      الأموال التي تنتج عن الاستثمارات في البرج يذهب ريعها إلى أعمال توسعة الحرم المكي

    • @waifuhunter9709
      @waifuhunter9709 2 місяці тому

      I never thought i could see words of wisdom form nepgear here.
      Your avatar is beautiful btw

    • @rice4550
      @rice4550 2 місяці тому +4

      Only rich pilgrims use it I’ve seen hundreds in hajj time sleep right outside the tower on the floor in 40C heat

    • @oyssartwaltz5022
      @oyssartwaltz5022 2 місяці тому

      @@waifuhunter9709 but this is Neptune.

  • @robertkettmann4986
    @robertkettmann4986 2 місяці тому +15

    This is the best channel on UA-cam. Free high end documentaries! Thanks for all your work!

  • @LifeAsASoftwareEngineer
    @LifeAsASoftwareEngineer 2 місяці тому +40

    Thank You to all Non-Muslims who helped build Clock Tower. It's Beautiful and Amazing..❤

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 2 місяці тому +9

      Even the apostates and gay men?

    • @MOBXOJ
      @MOBXOJ 2 місяці тому +28

      @Dr.Kraig_Ren Nothing wrong with women designing it

    • @Jennyeq
      @Jennyeq 2 місяці тому +5

      @@MOBXOJ as long as they don't dare contradict what men say.

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 2 місяці тому +16

      @@Jennyeq As long as you keep your mouth shut about things you don't know

    • @MahboobIslam
      @MahboobIslam 2 місяці тому +4

      @@Jennyeq seems u havent read the bible

  • @querty292
    @querty292 2 місяці тому +113

    They say this clock is so fantastic that even when it’s broken, it’s right at least twice a day

    • @jakekelly2436
      @jakekelly2436 2 місяці тому +5

      Maximum twice, at least once.

    • @bakkejord14
      @bakkejord14 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@jakekelly2436At least twice. For any given time, there exists an AM and a PM for that time.

    • @jakekelly2436
      @jakekelly2436 Місяць тому

      AM and PM, two possibilities in any given day. So a max of twice,, or at least once.

    • @bakkejord14
      @bakkejord14 Місяць тому

      @@jakekelly2436 Still at least twice a day, and max twiche a day giving exacyly twice a day.

  • @Tman76
    @Tman76 2 місяці тому +3

    The sheer size is astounding, but I was disappointed that this video only focused on the height. It is massive in so many other ways as well.

  • @skrongo
    @skrongo 2 місяці тому +62

    Talk about design creep! A hotel but then got an an Eiffel tower added on top because the client wanted it to be built taller, and why not a clock tower, and golden tiles, and lots of LEDs, and can we have a terrace on top of the Eiffel tower, with strobe lights and stuff to make it look grand?

    • @matthodel946
      @matthodel946 2 місяці тому +5

      The power of the change order. That's why a $1B project value get upsized to $16B and everyone is cool.

  • @MayankSharma01
    @MayankSharma01 2 місяці тому +16

    1:05 When did UAE shifted from Asia ?

    • @Luliill-p5y
      @Luliill-p5y 2 місяці тому

      Yes, he is stupid, and those like him believe that Asia is only the countries of East Asia.

    • @zx77_
      @zx77_ День тому

      😂

  • @devilmay
    @devilmay 2 місяці тому +392

    "our clock is bigger than yours"..."compensating a bit much?"

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 2 місяці тому +34

      A regular sized clock wouldn't be very visible sitting on top of a 600 meters building, now would it?

    • @Doesntmatterreally
      @Doesntmatterreally 2 місяці тому +5

      Because you don't put clocks on top of skyscrapers

    • @TheAilmam
      @TheAilmam 2 місяці тому

      ? You dont need a watch if there's a clock you can see everywhere​@@Doesntmatterreally

    • @williamlangeii4012
      @williamlangeii4012 2 місяці тому

      Don't they know everyone has a perfect clock in their pocket on their phone? ​@@theviniso

    • @robertbraun7155
      @robertbraun7155 2 місяці тому +7

      ​@@thevinisowho will ever look at it for checking the time. Everyone has smart phones.
      It's all show and no go..

  • @JS-zb1vv
    @JS-zb1vv 6 днів тому +2

    Never heard of this building!! Looks cool

  • @MrRedLogan93
    @MrRedLogan93 2 місяці тому +216

    Glad I got to watch this before B1M takes it down or disables comments. lol

    • @mho...
      @mho... 2 місяці тому +4

      why would he?

    • @rafael_lana
      @rafael_lana 2 місяці тому +66

      ​@@mho...because the comments are mostly (and justifiably) very negative. And this is a video made on demand if I ever seen one.

    • @tharqal2764
      @tharqal2764 2 місяці тому +21

      @@rafael_lana And then he also shills an investment scammer in the ads

    • @usernotfound7481
      @usernotfound7481 2 місяці тому +21

      ⁠@@rafael_lanaDont just spawn the word “justifiably”. Go on, justify the comments

    • @tr_2339
      @tr_2339 2 місяці тому +23

      @@rafael_lana nah ppl are just hating cuz they're islamaphobes simple as that, the tower is amazing

  • @luli8501
    @luli8501 День тому

    I was so lucky to journey Mecca and Madinah, and see the clock tower. so beautiful & peaceful..

  • @Lut1999
    @Lut1999 2 місяці тому +25

    I was there few days ago man that thing is HUGE

  • @RichardFraser-y9t
    @RichardFraser-y9t 2 місяці тому +499

    This is what your petrol and diesel money pays for.

    • @akeel6328
      @akeel6328 2 місяці тому +25

      For petrol and diesel?

    • @RichardFraser-y9t
      @RichardFraser-y9t 2 місяці тому +25

      Here comes the bots, doby boby.

    • @spaghbol4536
      @spaghbol4536 2 місяці тому +7

      And that came back in large part because you can only buy this expensive crap in the developed industrial countries, including the engineers who had to convert to Islam for this project.

    • @froggerino895
      @froggerino895 2 місяці тому +23

      Yeah, to serve Pilgrims and make their experience the easiest and smoothest during their stay.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht 2 місяці тому

      @@FunnyClips-x7bdude so stupid he thinks the US literally gives money to NATO

  • @grigorios21
    @grigorios21 2 місяці тому +171

    One thing comes in mind when I see this building: kitsch

    • @AVV_Beats
      @AVV_Beats 2 місяці тому +28

      That's what I think when I see most construction projects in the Gulf.

    • @Ubblvx
      @Ubblvx 2 місяці тому +4

      @@AVV_Beatswhy

    • @rat2244
      @rat2244 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Ubblvx look at it and you'll see why

    • @BVonBuescher
      @BVonBuescher 2 місяці тому +10

      New money vibes for real…
      Russians have similar taste

    • @kolrhcp
      @kolrhcp 2 місяці тому

      @@Ubblvx because they're so ugly.

  • @Wafflecat09
    @Wafflecat09 2 місяці тому +2

    Woe that's pretty heckin cool! Great work you guise! Looks very nice.

  • @tonners.pettitt9938
    @tonners.pettitt9938 2 місяці тому +21

    Finally seeing this on a video is great, it's one of the most amazing new builds in years and is genuinely stunning

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 2 місяці тому

      in years.. dude... 2011 competed...

    • @tonners.pettitt9938
      @tonners.pettitt9938 2 місяці тому +3

      @@bastiaan7777777 I kind of get you but anything since doesn't come close to the beauty of this, most massive infrastructure builds are pretty tacky in my opinion
      2011 is pretty new in terms of projects like this

  • @fhujf
    @fhujf 2 місяці тому +214

    This has nothing on my Diesel watches.

  • @YTviewer118
    @YTviewer118 2 місяці тому +23

    4:31 - Brother, what the hell is that going to do if you fall? You think it's enough (open) to be secure?
    As majestic as the structure is, I'm amazed at the people working on it.

    • @Khan.WrathOf
      @Khan.WrathOf 19 днів тому +1

      Lotta deaths not on the books building that thing.

  • @muhammad_ali_f1
    @muhammad_ali_f1 8 днів тому

    Very informative good job B1M

  • @michaelheckmann3791
    @michaelheckmann3791 2 місяці тому +18

    Probably most people in the world haven't heard of it. But with your niche audience that's a bit of a stretch.

  • @LittleMissSmallPaw
    @LittleMissSmallPaw 2 місяці тому +41

    Great work as always but the whole "converted to Islam to be allowed to...." thing already crossed the threshold to not waste a thought about all this.
    If you don't want to have the West in your city, you don't get their engineering.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 2 місяці тому +6

      I wonder how many gay men worked on that thing without the baddies knowing about it.

    • @oussamaalaoui9121
      @oussamaalaoui9121 3 дні тому

      No one forced them you know ?

  • @X-GamerPro-HD
    @X-GamerPro-HD 2 місяці тому +2

    “Hey bro do you know the time?”
    “Yeah sure let me look at the clock tower with my binoculars”

  • @retrorevival1
    @retrorevival1 2 місяці тому +33

    Mecca had already been ruined by the amount of hotels, this tower is just another horrible scar ruining a significant cultural location.

    • @BOBK-jf4qx
      @BOBK-jf4qx Місяць тому

      The prophecy has to be fulfilled, Saturn - the Ruler of Time - says so!

  • @waqasahmad8015
    @waqasahmad8015 2 місяці тому +31

    I'm there right now and honestly what I can say it's a beautiful scene with clock tower being there

    • @2011arish
      @2011arish 2 місяці тому +7

      Well stay there. Keep Islam there. Don’t bring it to Uk

    • @mis7614
      @mis7614 2 місяці тому +20

      Islam is the religion of truth, the religion of reason and sound logic. It must spread and it's accepted. It is the most widespread religion in the world.​@@2011arish

    • @greatlovevenerableimmortal3333
      @greatlovevenerableimmortal3333 2 місяці тому

      @@2011arish the problem is when muslims stayed at their homes the UK did not leave them there

    • @2011arish
      @2011arish 2 місяці тому +8

      @@mis7614 sound logic? Marrying kids? Sharia? No

    • @mis7614
      @mis7614 2 місяці тому +14

      What is most astonishing is the Christians’ rejection of the marriage of the Messenger - may God bless him and grant him peace - when she was nine years old and he was over fifty, while they see no harm in the Virgin Mary being engaged to Joseph the carpenter when she was twelve years old and he was over ninety, meaning that the age difference between them was more than seventy-eight years, as mentioned by the Catholic Encyclopedia. There is not a single phrase in their “holy” book that prohibits the marriage of girls at the age of nine, or even a single sentence specifying the age of marriage. Didn’t Ahaz get married when he was ten years old and have children when he was eleven years old? It is stated in 2 Kings 2:16: “Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And it is stated in 2 Kings 2:18: “In the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.” Ahaz was 36 years old. If his son became king when he was about 25 years old, his father would have been blessed with him when he was about 11 years old. Their priest, Munis Abdul Nour, mentioned in his book Doubts about the Bible: “There is no objection to there being 11 years between him and his father,” and he began to give historical examples of that. It is well known that the age of maturity of females is less than the age of maturity of males living in the same region, so this means that his wife might have been nine or ten years old like him, and she was even fit to give birth at that age. So why do you deny marriage to Aisha at such an age, and your book does not deny it? How do they deny marriage to the beloved Mustafa at a time when they believe that the prophets committed the abominations and obscenities of incest? Such as their claim that Lot - peace be upon him - committed adultery with his two daughters, and that David committed adultery with the wife of a soldier in his army. Rather, he ordered the army commander to uncover him during war so that the enemies could kill him. They do not find it shameful to describe Solomon - peace be upon him - as an infidel and that he worshipped idols in order to please his pagan wives.@@2011arish

  • @craigstephens93
    @craigstephens93 2 місяці тому +55

    This is what you get when the Arab Kings tell the Architects what good design looks like...

    • @rxyy4ne560
      @rxyy4ne560 2 місяці тому +9

      if youre not paying, why should you have a say in how it looks?

    • @craigstephens93
      @craigstephens93 2 місяці тому +11

      @@rxyy4ne560 Then what's the point in bringing in an Architect in the first place? Surely the logic is this: "they are professionals and have far better skills and judgement than I do, therefore I will leave it to them". Any other logic is pure ignorance or pure arrogance.

    • @hadoken99
      @hadoken99 2 місяці тому +10

      It looks pretty fucking amazing to me

    • @CK-yz9zo
      @CK-yz9zo 2 місяці тому +12

      It looks like Tolkien's Big Ben developed by a 14 year old boy.

    • @TheTamerx
      @TheTamerx 2 місяці тому

      @@craigstephens93 Honestly, your logic is just a f0ck1n a$$ sh1t, forgive me, but that's the true thing about how you think the logic is! 🤣

  • @AvinashTavares
    @AvinashTavares 2 місяці тому +79

    This is not spiritual, is pure ego

    • @justinjmader222
      @justinjmader222 Місяць тому +2

      Indeed, its such bad taste.

    • @the_son_of_man
      @the_son_of_man Місяць тому +1

      Said the poeple who have the Vatican filled with stolen human history... Yaah right buddy so ego that it's fully islamic and nit just stealing others history... It can be ego but your Vatican is nothing but greed and evil and devilish... F u

    • @keviselcli4487
      @keviselcli4487 Місяць тому

      It's for their moon god😂

    • @SFAvgeek
      @SFAvgeek 13 днів тому

      It’s so ugly.

  • @crescent1122
    @crescent1122 2 місяці тому +8

    A small correction at 13:34 the Salvator Mundi painting was purchased by an Emarati prince and is currently on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum. Excellent video

  • @BrianSheppard
    @BrianSheppard 2 місяці тому +4

    I was very lucky to visit Mecca when I was young. I'm sorry I can't go back and see this.

  • @delus
    @delus 2 місяці тому +38

    In the Ottoman era, people never built higher than the Kabaa for respect reasons. Not a religious belief, merely showing more respect. But when the Saudis came, and with time this tradition wasn’t considered important anymore, obviously.

    • @kasbas5922
      @kasbas5922 2 місяці тому +15

      Nothing in the religion itself is against it, so stop with this dump views !!!

    • @delus
      @delus 2 місяці тому +8

      @@kasbas5922 ok, no problem. i can’t really destroy the whole building anyways. but as a sidenote, whole point of having a religion is showing utmost respect to The Creator and His creations.

    • @xaxs101
      @xaxs101 2 місяці тому +6

      not true at all you just made that up.

    • @delus
      @delus 2 місяці тому +3

      @@xaxs101Well, that's what I was told when I was a child. So don't take this as accurate. But history is there, and if this is the case, it just adds more to Islam, not subtracts.

    • @acex222
      @acex222 2 місяці тому +2

      The Kabaa was one of many similar structures built by Iranian pagans. Nobody respected this old rotten brick dump.

  • @ruzicaudovicic5802
    @ruzicaudovicic5802 Місяць тому +3

    The global competition "whose is bigger" has started!
    I hope that the another, more valuable one, will start soon: the one, who cares more about human life and the quality of human life.

  • @nuzayerov
    @nuzayerov 2 місяці тому +8

    I've had the luck to go to this tower and have ny hotel roon right on the main clock tower. It is undoutedly very nice.

  • @muhsinmansoor
    @muhsinmansoor 2 місяці тому +8

    Amazing Narration and Kudos B1M and KSA.

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm 2 місяці тому +63

    This video is about ten years too late.

  • @musthaf9
    @musthaf9 21 день тому +1

    I saw it in person, it was massive that it doesn’t look tall at all. Quite surprise when you show the comparison to other skyscrapers

  • @aleksmoylan8251
    @aleksmoylan8251 2 місяці тому +65

    The UAE is also in Asia

    •  2 місяці тому +4

      While I can't speak for our communist hockey loving friends to the north, i can assure you Americans call the location of the UAE the Middle East, not Asia.

    •  2 місяці тому +7

      In political terms, yes. Everyone calls that the middle east. However in geographical sense, as in Continental divide, it is Asia which the original comment was probably referring to.

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 2 місяці тому +2

      and "asia" means only east asia (chinas, koreas, japan, mongolia).

    • @reezevlog
      @reezevlog 2 місяці тому +1

      so does half of Turkey……..

    •  2 місяці тому +1

      So i could see calling it Asian Continent. I understand the geography. But if you say Asia alone in the USA, unless you are talking to a recent immigrant, will be understood as china, japan, koreas, vietnam, indonesia, taiwan, phillipines, laos, cambodia, etc. Not india, not Yemen, not azerbijan, not eastern turkey certainly.

  • @ashishpatel350
    @ashishpatel350 2 місяці тому +26

    really hope the airlines can see it. wouldnt want them flying into a tall building

    • @aida-gy
      @aida-gy 2 місяці тому +37

      the saudis dont allow any plane to fly above the kaaba

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 2 місяці тому +5

      @@ashishpatel350 Smartest indian:

  • @ahmed_99x
    @ahmed_99x 2 місяці тому +119

    0:11 I know it from 2009

    • @MiraBilal-l9o
      @MiraBilal-l9o 2 місяці тому +4

      😅

    • @Dishasareen_
      @Dishasareen_ 2 місяці тому

      Good boy A+

    • @dummy-c8k
      @dummy-c8k 2 місяці тому

      I know since my birth
      I used to visit from my birth the city of mecca

  • @dztrader
    @dztrader 2 місяці тому +16

    they demolished historic sites and pieces of Islamic history to make space for this. also many have died when the crane. collapsed which you failed to me mention in your video

  • @GitaGunanti
    @GitaGunanti 19 днів тому

    Thank you so much for Your Amazing jobs Great Engineers ❤❤❤❤🙏😊

  • @Mo_T27_SMT
    @Mo_T27_SMT 2 місяці тому +16

    The scale of this building is exceptionally crazy. I have been lucky enough to be in it

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 2 місяці тому +1

      So your parents giving you no choice in religion you consider lucky?

    • @جلادأهلالمنكر
      @جلادأهلالمنكر 2 місяці тому

      ​.
      The only true religion is Islam, rest are invalid expire literally

    • @MMT--Games
      @MMT--Games 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@PROVOCATEURSKthat is a wild guess with no information to back it up. seriously, what makes you think it is forced?

    • @alisheikh4698
      @alisheikh4698 Місяць тому

      @@PROVOCATEURSK So your parents gave you no choice in following Christianity?

  • @hamburglar83
    @hamburglar83 2 місяці тому +39

    Disgusting. Houses rich hajjis so they dont mingle with the poor. A vanity project overlooking the most holy site for Muslims.

    • @MuhammadKharismawan
      @MuhammadKharismawan 2 місяці тому +5

      its paying for the all the expenses for the mosque. the whole building is donated by the Royal Family for the mosque.

    • @bowgurdoc
      @bowgurdoc 2 місяці тому +9

      Whether the clock tower is there or not, class differences will always be a thing and there will always be fancier hotels than others.
      No need to be envious of those who have more.

    • @derdummeasi
      @derdummeasi 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@bowgurdoc it's a disgusting building in the wrong place

    • @bowgurdoc
      @bowgurdoc 15 днів тому

      @@derdummeasi Ok, you may have that opinion and that’s fine as it’s just a building and nothing more. As long as the sanctity of the holy sites isn’t compromised, then there’s no issue

    • @derdummeasi
      @derdummeasi 15 днів тому

      @@bowgurdoc it is compromised. It reminds you of time in a place where you should think about it.

  • @bearsagainstevil
    @bearsagainstevil 2 місяці тому +23

    People need to remember Mecca was a pagan site of pilgrimage PRIOR to Islam. They worshipped idols most of which were destroyed when it became a site for Islamic worship,BUT they kept one idol the black stone .

    • @boredbytrash
      @boredbytrash 2 місяці тому +5

      Which is so confusing that they still worship the black stone with the same circling ritual …

    • @crapeies123
      @crapeies123 2 місяці тому +13

      black stone is not worshipped, its a stone from paradise. and people love paradise thus they love the stone.

    • @majidtaha7268
      @majidtaha7268 2 місяці тому

      Who told you that muslims worship the blk stone ?

    • @ahmedelkhwaga2751
      @ahmedelkhwaga2751 2 місяці тому +1

      Even the idol of Jesus there was the Black Stone not an idol and the Muslims broke it several times

    • @ibrahimyilmaz4861
      @ibrahimyilmaz4861 2 місяці тому +4

      Not true. The Arabs desecrated the kaaba by putting up idols in and around it. The kaaba itself predates the idol worship. Now, the Kaaba is the direction of prayer and can be compared to the Western Wall/Wailing wall in Jerusalem for the Jews. They pray in that direction, they touch the wall, but they do not worship the wall. Somehow i see nobody accuse Jews of polytheism.

  • @NullnVoid.
    @NullnVoid. 2 місяці тому +1

    what is the black and white obelisk at 3:24 ? It looks very interesting.

    • @Solacer8
      @Solacer8 2 місяці тому

      Search up ''Pillar of Mount Arafat''.
      This is the place where Prophet Muhammed peace be upon him gave his last sermon.

    • @ayeshashafiullah6591
      @ayeshashafiullah6591 2 місяці тому +1

      Hey , hi
      This is actually an centuries old famous mountain called Arafat
      Mount Arafat is the place where Adam and Eve reunited on Earth after falling from Heaven, believing the mountain to be the place where they were forgiven.

    • @NullnVoid.
      @NullnVoid. 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ayeshashafiullah6591 that's a fun story! Thank you so much for letting me know the religious significance of this place!

  • @DevinSloan
    @DevinSloan 2 місяці тому +49

    "You've probably never heard of it." Uh, do you know the people who watch your channel?

    • @dhioadhinugramarendra8677
      @dhioadhinugramarendra8677 2 місяці тому +3

      Right lol. But apparently a lot of people are mad about this building here....😂

    • @cheslerpark7223
      @cheslerpark7223 2 місяці тому +1

      uh, maybe you don't understand how UA-cam works?

  • @moonlander03
    @moonlander03 Місяць тому +2

    $16 billion for a tower is wild.. 💪💪💪💪💪💪

  • @ooooothegreat
    @ooooothegreat Місяць тому +4

    No foreigners allowed, but needed to complete the project 😂

  • @shabbiralam2201
    @shabbiralam2201 2 місяці тому +4

    My relatives came here to makkah from india there hotel was the clock tower that 16 billon dollar it was so clean bathroom is so clean to and tv was so good the view of outside was impersove view

  • @Stew-k7k
    @Stew-k7k Місяць тому +7

    0:25 Big Ben is the bell not the clock

    • @TheHungarian-f6f
      @TheHungarian-f6f Місяць тому

      It is

    • @blazex224
      @blazex224 Місяць тому +1

      Going to take a guess that B1M knows this, it’s just easier to refer to it as Big Ben. Good info for those that don’t know though

  • @Mtnmsh
    @Mtnmsh 2 місяці тому +1

    Amazing and great work ❤

  • @qmr0n
    @qmr0n 2 місяці тому +6

    Much respect to the construction crew for their hard work

  • @toastingway
    @toastingway 2 місяці тому +6

    Converting to islam just for a huge contract is such a mood

  • @NajiaZ
    @NajiaZ Місяць тому +9

    In the heart of a vast, timeless desert, that immense clock tower stands as a striking symbol. It beautifully underscores the fleeting nature of time, a reminder that every moment is precious, slipping through our fingers like grains of sand.

  • @Atreides69-ev5nw
    @Atreides69-ev5nw 5 днів тому

    Wow that transition to the video sponsor was a master work!

  • @originaldeadfrog
    @originaldeadfrog 23 дні тому +3

    Ah yes. "Convert to Islam to work on a project we hired you to do".
    Gives me more reasons to think this is a cult instead of a religion

  • @westkoastdogg6680
    @westkoastdogg6680 2 місяці тому +11

    I think this is my favorite building ever, its just so impressive

  • @kevink3688
    @kevink3688 2 місяці тому +58

    Converting to Islam to work on a $16BN project. Makes sense to me.

    • @MaximusAugustusOrthodox
      @MaximusAugustusOrthodox 2 місяці тому +14

      Yeah well they left Islam after the project anyway

    • @roryblake3232
      @roryblake3232 2 місяці тому

      I'd convert to enthusiasm for a slice of that.

    • @fuuf7092
      @fuuf7092 2 місяці тому +4

      The Catholic Encyclopedia, II, page 263:
      “The baptismal formula was changed from the name of Jesus Christ to the words Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by the Catholic Church in the second century.”
      The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, I, 275:
      “It is often affirmed that the words in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost are not the ipsissima verba [exact words] of Jesus, but…a later liturgical addition.”

    • @fuuf7092
      @fuuf7092 2 місяці тому +5

      tthew 21:11
      And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

      Luke 7:16
      Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!”
      John 4:19
      The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.
      Matthew 21:46
      When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.
      John 6:14
      Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
      John 7:40
      Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”
      John 9:17
      So they *said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”
      Luke 24:19
      And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,
      Mark 6:15
      But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
      Mark 8:28
      They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”
      Luke 9:8
      and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen again.
      OK, so Jesus doesnt refute anybody calling him a Prophet, he reaffirms it
      Luke 13:33 . . . . I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be kwil. Led except in Jerusalem.
      Mark 6:3-4 Then they scoffed . . . . They were deeply off. nded and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family

    • @fuuf102
      @fuuf102 2 місяці тому +4

      What about “He who is without s77n, should k4st the f1r5t”?
      Looking back at John 7:53-8:11, it is clear this story was not in John’s original gospel. Your Bible likely has brackets around this story with a note that says something like “The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53-8:11.” This is because the only manuscript before the ninth century to include this story was one from the fifth century found in western Europe (further from where John wrote) and also deviates from earlier manuscripts in other key areas. Other copies from the tenth century onward that have it, often place it, or variations of it, in different places throughout the gospels. It only became more common in its current form and location in manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages.
      On the other hand, every other early manuscript omits it, notably including two of the earliest and most reliable manuscripts, called Papyrus 66 and Papyrus 75 that date from the second or early third century and were found in Egypt (closer to where John wrote). Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest complete copy of the New Testament (c. 325 CE), does not include it either. No pastor or theologian from the eastern side of the early church references it until the tenth century. In their commentaries and sermons, they go directly from John 7:52 to 8:12 (keep in mind that current chapter and verse breakdowns were added later). Finally, all the earliest translations of the Greek New Testament (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Old Latin, and Georgian) skip this story as well.

  • @raymondcurran563
    @raymondcurran563 2 місяці тому +2

    A literal clock measuring contest

  • @Yuge428
    @Yuge428 2 місяці тому +34

    Classic example of money with no brains or the urge to do good in the world. Money can’t buy class or brains

    • @BassamN711
      @BassamN711 2 місяці тому

      Such a dumb comment would only come from an American. So, I bet you are. This has been a tremendous source of income for the two holy cities, exceeding the amount it was built for.

  • @Udean1901
    @Udean1901 2 місяці тому +72

    Green is also Muhammad pbuh favorite color

    • @bartacus4872
      @bartacus4872 2 місяці тому +20

      Green is also pdf files favourite colour, funny that.

    • @Udean1901
      @Udean1901 2 місяці тому +47

      @@bartacus4872 omg you're the funniest person in the whole world 💩🙊

    • @Jayjayshanidev
      @Jayjayshanidev 2 місяці тому +11

      ​@@bartacus4872be respectful

    • @xpari0694
      @xpari0694 2 місяці тому +20

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@bartacus4872 come to think of it your right, priests wear green scarfs when they touch altar boys

    • @puntmannoor3403
      @puntmannoor3403 2 місяці тому +6

      @@bartacus4872 Projecting a lot eh? You must be the result of the misbehaviors of one of your priest.

  • @kamiochambless2590
    @kamiochambless2590 2 місяці тому +57

    Too bad that whole building complex looks like a Cheesecake factory

  • @eggnoy
    @eggnoy Місяць тому +2

    18:13 Dude admitted to commiting an unsafe act/safety violation, especially in a place where hotworks are done.