Dubai Skyscraper World's Tallest

An unfinished skyscraper in the Persian Gulf state of Dubai has become the world's tallest building, its developers say.

When finished the building is expected to meet the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's four criteria - the height of the structural top, highest occupied floor, the roof's top, and the spire's highest point - to become the world's tallest structure.

".....(before the Day of Judgment) you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings...." [Muslim]