Sentence examples for the direction of prayer from inspiring English sources

In my room, a sign indicating the direction of prayer was posted over the nonalcoholic minibar.

This is certainly a stretch for Islam, born in the Hejaz, even if Mohammed originally determined that Jerusalem would be the qibla, the direction of prayer — until the Jewish tribes of Medina refused to accept his prophetic authority and he switched it to Mecca.

It becomes the focal point for the direction of prayer for Muslims throughout the world.

Specific religious social teachings (for example, the direction of prayer, or dietary restrictions) may be revoked by a subsequent manifestation so that a more appropriate requirement for the time and place may be established.

The direction of prayer toward Mecca takes a line northward in the Indian Ocean and so would have been a link between maritime and Islamic identity on a daily basis while also providing a context in which such an identity was embodied through routine religious practice.

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.

It was Jerusalem that served as the first direction of prayer for Muslims, before the decision to change to Mecca.

During Muhammad's early ministry, the Kaaba was the qiblah, or direction of prayer, for the Muslim community.

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.

For Muslims, the most important part of the mosque is the mihrab, the recess in the south-eastern wall which indicates the direction of Mecca for prayer.

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.