News of a changed direction
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The source reading
Quran 2:144 ↗قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
Marmaduke Pickthall · Uthmani Hafs Arabic · complete selected ayahs
A named account
Narrator attribution: Al-Bara ibn Azib
Al-Bara describes prayer toward Jerusalem for sixteen or seventeen months, then a change toward the Kaaba and news reaching another congregation.
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What this establishes
The report gives the practical setting and reception of the changed direction.
What it does not settle
Keep the narrated sixteen-or-seventeen-month uncertainty. This short report is not an exhaustive catalogue of all reports about 2:144.
Follow the evidence
- Sahih al-Bukhari 399 ↗Report attributed to Al-Bara ibn Azib; original concise paraphrase, not a quotation of the modern English translation.
- Al-Tafsir al-Muyassar ↗Fetched Arabic commentary. English notes here are original concise paraphrases.
- Ibn Kathir · full Arabic, report-oriented commentary ↗Read the full discussion. A source link does not make every activity prompt a scholarly statement.
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