Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 118
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa. Facing the Ka'bah in Prayer sa sa. In Mecca, the Holy Prophet used to pray towards Jerusalem, with the Ka'bah in front of him. When the Holy Prophet" migrated to Medina he continued praying towards Jerusalem. Sixteen months after emigration of the Holy Prophet" from Mecca to Medina, God Almighty commanded him to change the direction while he was in Prayer towards the Ka'bah, the. House built by Hadrat Ibrāhīm and Hadrat Isma'il". It was revealed to the. Holy Prophet: за as as قَدْ نَرَى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَهَا فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ، وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوْا وُجُوْهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ وَانَّ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتُبَ لَيَعْلَمُوْنَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّهِمْ qad nara taqalluba wajhika fissama'i fala nuwalliyannaka qiblatan tarḍaha fawalli wajhaka shatral masjidil harami wa ḥaithu mā kuntum fawallu wujuhakum shatrah wa innalladhīna ūtul kifaba laya‘lamūna annahul haqqu mirrabbihim. Verily, We see you turning your face often to heaven; surely, then, will We make you turn to the Qiblah which you like. So, turn your faces towards the Sacred. Mosque; and anywhere you be, turn your face towards it. And they to whom the. Book has been given know that this is the truth from their Lord. (2:145) га sa. Either during Zuhr or ‘Așr Prayer, the Holy Prophet" had led his. Companions in Praying two Rakat, then he was commanded by Allāh to face towards the Ka'bah, so he turned around towards the Ka'bah. The mosque where he offered this Prayer became known as, 'Masjid. Al-Qiblatain' (the mosque of the two Qiblahs). (Ibn Sa'd's Al-Ṭabaqat Al-Kabir, Vol. 1, p. 242) 118