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Al-Baqarah 2: 144–5

And Allah will never leave your faith to waste. Allah is full of gentleness and mercy to mankind.

(144) We see you oft turning your face towards the sky; now We are turning you to the direction that will satisfy you. Turn your face towards the Holy Mosque, and wherever you are, turn your faces towards it in Prayer.46

Those who have been grant- ed the Scripture certainly know that this (injunction to change the direction of Prayer) is right and is from their Lord. Allah is not heedless of what they do. (145) And yet no matter what proofs you bring before the People of the Book they will not follow your direction of Prayer; ▶

46 This is the injunction concerning the change in the direction of Prayer which was revealed in Rajab or Sha[ban 2 A.H. According to a tradition in the Tabaqat of Ibn Sa[d, the Prophet (peace be on him) was at the house of a Companion where he had been invited to a meal. When the time of Zuhr Prayer came, the Prophet (peace be on him) rose to lead it. He had completed two rak[at and was in the third when this verse was suddenly revealed. Soon after the revelation of this verse everybody, following the Prophet’s action, turned the direction of Prayer away from Jerusalem to the Ka[bah. A public proclamation of the new injunction was then made throughout Madinah and its suburbs. The words, “We see you oft turning your face towards the sky,” and “We are turning you to the direction that will satisfy you,” clearly show that even before the revelation of this injunction the Prophet (peace be on him) was looking forward to receiving an injunction of this kind.

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