mihrab
/ˈmiːrɑːb
/noun
A niche in the wall of a mosque, at the point nearest to Mecca, towards which the congregation faces to pray.The mosque contains, in its eastern wall, the mihrab, an ornamented niche that points toward Mecca and toward Allah (spiritually)....
- In 1549, Jafar founded Kudus Mosque and fastened the rock in its mihrab, a niche in the mosque wall facing Mecca.
- A niche in one of the walls, called a mihrab, shows the direction that the worshippers should face in order to face Mecca.
Origin
From Arabic miḥrāb 'place for prayer'.
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