Sentence examples for direction of prayer from inspiring English sources
For it was the Muslims first Qibla (direction of prayer) during the early years of Islam until the Prophet was directed to face Mecca during prayers.
In my room, a sign indicating the direction of prayer was posted over the nonalcoholic minibar.
The rock was also, curiously, the first qibla, or direction of prayer for Muslims.
Increasingly estranged from nonresponsive Jews and Christians, he reoriented his followers' direction of prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca.
First of all, Jerusalem was Islam's first direction of prayer (qibla), before this was changed to Mecca.
Following the Muslims' emigration to Medina in 622 ce (the Hijrah), Muslims briefly prayed toward Jerusalem until a Qurʾānic revelation designated the Kaʿbah as the qiblah, or direction of prayer.
My friends are afraid of getting beat up, abused or killed because of the color of their skin, the gender of the hand they're holding, the direction of their prayer, the story of their heritage.
Some religions believe in facing a certain direction during the act of prayer (toward Mecca, for example).
Working with SSRC as both a recipient of a New Directions in the Study of Prayer grant through Columbia University's Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life (full disclosure) and as a professor and creator of both academic content and mass-market religious and secular media, I have an inside opportunity to speak to some SSRC "early adopters".
So, in response to the implication that females complain too much: First, illegal behavior (voyeurism in this case, which is against the law) must be reported to authorities, and second, I am going to point you in the direction of the Artscroll daily prayer book, pages 389-91, thEishetet Chayil (translated as "Woman of Valor") prayer.
(Allan Kozinn) Bach at One (Monday) One of the treats of 2011 has been the creation of a weekly program featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas — performed by the extraordinary Trinity Choir under the direction of Julian Wachner — accompanied by prayers, poetry and readings.
