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‖ kiblah|ˈkɪblə|
Also kebl, kebla, keblah, kebleh, kibla, kiblé, qibla(h.
[Arab. qiblah, that which is placed opposite, f. qabala to be opposite.]
a. The point (the temple at Mecca) to which Muslims turn at prayer. Also transf.
For a short period in the early history of Islam the kiblah was at Jerusalem.
1704J. Pitts Acc. Mahometans 40 They all stand with their Faces one way, i.e. toward the Kiblah, or the Temple at Mecha. 1740W. Stukeley Stonehenge v. 24 A kebla, or a place towards which we are to address the Deity. 1825Scott Talism. in Tales Crusaders III. iii. 91 The Moslem turned towards his kebla, the point to which the prayer of each follower of the prophet was to be addressed. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. vii. vi. (1864) IV. 172 The prophet had wavered between Mecca and Jerusalem as the Kebla of prayer for his disciples. 1876R. D. Osborn Islam under Arabs i. iii. 82 There have been few incidents more disastrous in their consequences to the human race than this decree of Muhammad changing the kibla from Jerusalem to Mekka. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 553/2 Mohammed..altered the direction of prayer (ḳibla)..towards Mecca. 1883E. O'Donovan Merv xi. 106 Other pilgrims were standing on their little carpets with their faces towards the keblah..commencing their evening devotions. 1895A. Menzies Hist. Relig. 231 This setting of a new ‘kiblah’, as it is called, declared that Islam..had an Arab not a Jewish centre. 1902M. Roberts Immortal Youth i. 1 Ah, yes, to be in London, at the centre of things,..at the kebleh of the universe. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 420/2 In prayer the worshipper faces the qibla. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Dec. 1590/1 A concatenation of aisles on one side of the building indicated the qiblah. Ibid. 1590/5 Attested early associations with ‘David's Sanctuary’ and the first Qiblah.
b. A niche in a Muslim building on the side towards Mecca.
1775R. Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 143 The inside is mean, except the kiblé, or portion towards Mecca. 1825[Sherer] Impr. Egypt & Italy 78 We alighted at a cool, clean serai..having its kiblah in the wall. |