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They would go to Kabah [1] and walk around it while whistling and clapping. Allah -azwj Says: وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً ۚ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ {358:} And it was not their Salat by the House (Kabah) except for whistling and clapping ; therefore taste the Punishment due to what you were disbelieving [8:35] وَ سُمِّيَتْ‏ مَكَّةُ مَكَّةَ لِأَنَ‏ النَّاسَ‏ كَانُوا يَمْكُونَ فِيهَا وَ كَانَ يُقَالُ لِمَنْ قَصَدَهَا قَدْ مَكَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ ما كانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكاءً وَ تَصْدِيَةً فَالْمُكَاءُ الصَّفِيرُ وَ التَّصْدِيَةُ صَفْقُ الْيَدَيْنِ And Makkah is named as ‘Makkah’ because of the people that were dwelling therein (The Makeen), and it would be said for the one who was headed for it, ‘He has ‘Maka’’, and these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: And what was their Salat by the House except for whistling and clapping of the hands [8:35] – so Al-Maka’a is the whistling, and Al-Tasdiya is clapping of the hands .

(An extract) [2] وَ اجْتَمَعَتْ‏ قُرَيْشٌ‏ أَنْ‏ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ‏ لَيْلًا فَيَقْتُلُوهُ‏- وَ خَرَجُوا إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يُصَفِّرُونَ وَ يُصَفِّقُونَ- وَ يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبَيْتِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ ما كانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكاءً وَ تَصْدِيَةً فَالْمُكَاءُ التَّصْفِيرُ وَ التَّصْدِيَةُ صَفْقُ الْيَدَيْنِ- وَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ مَعْطُوفَةٌ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ «وَ إِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا» And the Quraysh gathered to pounce upon him saww at night and kill him saww , and they went out to the Masjid whistling, and clapping, and circling the House (Kabah).