Longing of God’s Last Messenger (ﷺ) (L-171)
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قَد
نَرىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجهِكَ فِي السَّماءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبلَةً تَرضاها ۚ
فَوَلِّ وَجهَكَ شَطرَ المَسجِدِ الحَرامِ ۚ 144a. |
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144a. Qad naraa
taqalluba waj-hika fis-samaaa’; falaNuwalli-yannaka Qiblatan- tarzaahaa.
Fa-walli wajhaka shatral-Mas-jidil-Haraam. |
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144a. We have seen
your face turned towards the heaven. So We will turn you towards a direction
that will satisfy you. So turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque. |
‘Al-Mas-jidil-Haraam – (Inviolable Place of Worship), Respectable and Glorious Mosque, that is to say; The Greatest Mosque at Makkah in which the Square Building (Ka’-bah) is situated. First Drawing of the Present entire Building of this Mosque was prepared during the time of Caliph Mehdi Abbasi. There are large and magnificent courtyards on its four sides. This Building has forty one doors, six Minarets and one hundred fifty small and large Domes. It is called Masjidil-Haraam (Inviolable Place of Worship). Waging a war or going for hunting in its limits is forbidden (unlawful).
Actual Qiblah of the Muslims is the Inviolable Place of Worship at Makkah called Ka’-bah, which was the Qiblah of Prophet Abraham (Peace be upon him). Only for some time, Bayt ul Muqaddas (the Temple at Jerusalem) was determined as Qiblah for a trial. The Children of Israel used to reproach, “While the Divine Nature of Muslims is different from us and is conformity to the religion of Abraham (Peace be upon him) then why they fix upon our Qiblah? The Messenger of God (ﷺ) used to wish that the Square Building (Ka’-bah) must be appointed as Qiblah by the Order of God, so that they may offer prayers by turning towards Masjidil-Haraam. He (ﷺ) used to look toward the sky over and over; waiting for the revelation by means of the Angel (Peace be upon him). Such condition is being stated in this verse.
God fulfilled this desire of His Last Messenger (ﷺ) and commanded: And now verily We shall make you turn (in prayer) towards a qiblah which is dear to you. So turn your face toward Inviolable Place of Worship. When it was ordered to change the Qiblah, at that time, he (ﷺ) was offering congregational Zuhar Prayer. Two Rak-‘aat of the prayer had been completed, while their faces were toward the Temple of Jerusalem. During the prayer, he (ﷺ) and his followers were commanded and they turned their faces towards Ka’-bah (the Square Building) and completed remaining two Rak-‘aats of their prayer. That Masjid of Madinah, in which this prayer was offered, is called Masjid Qiblatayn.
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