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Definition of Keblah
1. kiblah [n -S] - See also: kiblah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keblah
Literary usage of Keblah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"KIBLAH, or keblah, the point toward which the Mohammedans turn their faces in
prayer. The term literally means "to lie opposite" and is derived from the ..."
2. On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"keblah : Arabic word, meaning opposite; point if adoration. 67, 1. Delhi ...
to Morocco : These places represent he extremes of Mahometan kingdom. ..."
3. The Antiquary (1889)
"The practice of turning to the Kaaba is called keblah, and he had ordered ...
The worship of the keblah makes the Mohammedan change his position with every ..."
4. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"We appointed the keblah towards which thou didst formerly pray, only that we
might know him who followeth the apostle, from him who turn- eth back on his ..."
5. Sacred Books of the East: Comprising the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta by Epiphanius Wilson, Aśvaghoṣa, Samuel Beal, Friedrich Max Müller, James Darmesteter, George Sale, Dharmaraksha (1900)
"We appointed the keblah towards which thou didst formerly pray, only that we
might know him who followeth the apostle, from him who turneth back on his ..."
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