qibla

IPA: kˈɪbɫʌ

(Islam) The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca.

Examples of "qibla" in Sentences

Turrets project out of the qibla.
Often the sheikh is made the qibla.
The qibla has changed at least twice.
Qibla Compass would only refer to the Qibla.
The underlying fact is the change of the qibla.
The credulous were invited to abandon to Mecca qibla.
The body is laid such that the head is facing the Qibla.
A mihrab topped by a small dome was built on the qibla wall.
The direction of the qibla is the murshid who is the gateway to God.
On the main wall on qibla there is a mihrab and minbar in the center.
The bisector of the crescent in Murdoch's final Crescent of Embrace design points approximately 1.8 ° north of Mecca (marked "qibla").
In synagogues of this period, the corner with the receptacle for the Torah scrolls indicated the direction of prayer -- "qibla" -- toward Jerusalem.
Rawls maintains that the midpoint between the tips of the crescent points almost precisely toward "qibla," the direction to Mecca, which Muslims are supposed to face for prayer.
Place this graphic over the Crescent site-plan on your computer screen, and you will see that the Mecca-direction line (which Muslims call "qibla") almost exactly bisects the crescent: