Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah (novel)
Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah is the 1938 debut novel of the Indonesian author Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (1908–1981). Written while the author worked in Medan as the editor of an Islamic weekly magazine, the novel follows the doomed romance of a young Minang couple from different social backgrounds. Generally praised for its simple yet eloquent diction, the novel has been twice adapted into film, first in 1977 and then in 2011.
Cover of a late printing
Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, better known by his pen name Hamka was an Indonesian ʿālim, philosopher, writer, lecturer, politician and journalist.
Portrait of Hamka
Hamka's and his grandmother's residence during his childhood in Maninjau, it was renovated in 2001 and named the Buya Hamka Birthplace Museum.The museum now holds most of his books, publications, and related goods.
Hamka's trip to Mecca in 1927 inspired him to write Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah.
On 28 June 1926, earthquake measuring 7.6 RS destroyed most of Padang Panjang, including houses in Gatangan Hamka's father's