qibla

American  

[kib-luh] / ˈkɪb lə /

Often kibla, or qiblah

noun

Islam.

1. the point toward which Muslims turn to pray, especially the Kaʿba, or House of God, at Mecca.

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qibla British  

/ ˈkɪblə /

noun

1. a variant of kiblah

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Etymology

Origin of qibla

From the Arabic word qiblah

Example Sentences

Beyond developing devices useful for trade and travel, Islamic innovators also devised systems for using location and compass headings to calculate the qibla, the direction toward Mecca that Muslims must face while praying.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

All across Yazd, people faced the qibla to pray, a titanic multicellular entity focused on the same moment in space-time.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram