The Qibla

E-snad · Sîra
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Sixteen months facing Jerusalem, one verse, and whole rows turning in the middle of their prayer.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1 · free

    Sixteen or seventeen months

    For more than a year in Medina, every prayer faced Jerusalem. And he ﷺ kept looking up at the sky. What was he waiting for? And how did the change reach the people, in the middle of a prayer?

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  2. Episode 2

    Turning while bowing

    Qubâ', at dawn. Rows of people bowing towards Jerusalem. Someone arrives at the door. What did he say, and what did they do with the bow they were in?

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  3. Episode 3

    The fools will say

    Before the change happened, the Qur'an had already written down what some would say about it. Who were the “fools”, what did they say, and what answer was given?

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