Search results for "Qibla" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • == The Qibla and prayer == [[Image:Supplicating Pilgrim at Masjid Al ... For any reference point on the Earth, the Qibla is the direction to ...
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  • the roof away from the walls. The prayer wall or qibla of the Great Mosque faces east towards Mecca and overlooks the city marketplace. The qibla of the ...
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  • Usually opposite the entrance to the prayer hall is the qibla wall ... Congregants pray in rows parallel to the qibla wall and thus arrange ...
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  • a crown. A mihrab indicates the direction of the qibla for prayer. Towards the right of the mihrab stands the mimbar or pulpit from where the Imam presides ...
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  • five times daily (salat) towards the direction (qibla) of the Kaaba in Mecca. The third pillar is Zakah, is a portion of one’s wealth that must ...
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  • as Prophets of Islam. Furthermore, the first qibla (direction of prayer) in Islam, even before the kabah in Mecca is Jerusalem. The "farthest ...
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  • allies or followers at this time, and thus the qibla, the Muslim direction of prayer, was changed from the site of the former Temple of Jerusalem to ...
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