Qibla (English spelling)

Japanese: キブラ(英語表記)qibla
Qibla (English spelling)
The direction Muslims face when praying. Initially, Muhammad decided to pray facing the direction of Jerusalem, but in 624, when he became hostile to the Jews, a divine revelation suggested that they pray facing the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. Since then, the Kaaba has been the center of faith in Islam, and mosques around the world, without exception, are built so that their central axis coincides with the direction of Mecca, or the qibla. In addition, a mihrab is installed on the innermost wall of the prayer room as a marker for this qibla.

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Japanese:
イスラム教徒が礼拝の際に向う方角。当初ムハンマドはエルサレムの方角に向って礼拝することを決めたが,ユダヤ教徒と敵対するにいたった 624年,神の啓示によってメッカのカーバ神殿の方角に向って礼拝することを示唆されたという。以後,イスラム教ではカーバ神殿を信仰の中心とし,全世界のモスクは例外なくその中軸線がメッカの方角,すなわちキブラと一致するように建てられている。また,このキブラの目印として,礼拝室の最奥の壁にはミフラーブが設けられる。

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