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The '''Qibla Verse''' (Arabic: | The '''Qibla Verse''' (Arabic: {{ia|آیَة القِبلَة}}) is the verse number 144 of [[Sura al-Baqara]] in the [[Qur'an]] which commands Muslims to [[Qibla Changing|change their Qibla]] from [[Jerusalem]] to [[Masjid al-Haram]]. After the [[Hijra|migration]] of Muslims to [[Medina]], Jewish residents of the city took the direction of Muslims towards Jerusalem to be evidence that [[Islam]] was not an authentic religion. This led the [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] to wish that the [[Ka'ba]] were the [[Qibla]] for Muslims. | ||
According to | According to [[exegete]]s of the Qur'an, this verse was revealed between 6 to 19 months after the migration. According to different historical accounts, the verse was revealed in one of the three places: [[Masjid al-Qiblatayn]], the mosque of the Banu Salim b. 'Awf tribe, and [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. | ||
Verses 142, 143, and 150 of Sura al-Baqara have also been referred to as verses of Qibla. Some exegetes of the Qur'an take verses 142 through 144 of Sura al-Baqara to be Verses of the Qibla. | Verses 142, 143, and 150 of Sura al-Baqara have also been referred to as verses of Qibla. Some exegetes of the Qur'an take verses 142 through 144 of Sura al-Baqara to be Verses of the Qibla. | ||
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The exegetes have two views concerning the reason why the Prophet (s) was looking at the sky: | The exegetes have two views concerning the reason why the Prophet (s) was looking at the sky: | ||
One is that the Prophet (s) was already promised about the change of Qibla, and thus, he was turning his face towards the sky and waiting for the descend of [[Jabra'il]] to bring the ruling of Qibla. The other is that the Prophet (s) had not expressed his wish for the change of the Qibla and was looking at the sky and waiting, because prophets are not permitted to ask anything from God without God’s permission. | * One is that the Prophet (s) was already promised about the change of Qibla, and thus, he was turning his face towards the sky and waiting for the descend of [[Jabra'il]] to bring the ruling of Qibla. | ||
* The other is that the Prophet (s) had not expressed his wish for the change of the Qibla and was looking at the sky and waiting, because prophets are not permitted to ask anything from God without God’s permission. | |||
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There are three views about the place where the Verse of Qibla was revealed: | There are three views about the place where the Verse of Qibla was revealed: | ||
* The mosque of Banu Salima in northwestern Medina which is known as Masjid al-Qiblatayn, | * The mosque of Banu Salima in northwestern [[Medina]] which is known as [[Masjid al-Qiblatayn]], | ||
* The mosque of the Banu Salim b. ' | * The mosque of the Banu Salim b. 'Awf tribe, where the Prophet (s) performed his first [[Friday Prayer]], | ||
* [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. | * [[Al-Masjid al-Nabawi]]. | ||
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* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/index.php?title=%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%87&oldid=314133 آیه قبله] in Farsi WikiShia. | |||
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