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Walk this pathway
5steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The turn
من القدس إلى الكعبة: آية التحول.
Mecca · Mecca · Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers
Qibla indicators
النجوم والشمس والظل: علم الاتجاه.
Ahl al-Qibla
المصطلح الوحدوي: كل من يصلي.
The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin · Tawhid (the oneness of God)
Mihrabs
محاريب العالم: عمارة الاتجاه.
Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers · Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan
The Ka'ba
قبلة العالم: بيت الله الحرام.
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Overview
A path through the most sacred direction: from Jerusalem to the Kaaba, the evidence of the qibla and the science of directions. The mihrabs of the whole world point south-east.
Sources
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islam.museum contributors. “The Qibla”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-qibla-direction/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.