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* "Muslims circumambulate around the Qibla, which is the Kaaba, seven times during pilgrimage. The word ‘Qibla’ is used in the whole Quran exactly seven times" | * "Muslims circumambulate around the Qibla, which is the Kaaba, seven times during pilgrimage. The word ‘Qibla’ is used in the whole Quran exactly seven times" | ||
** No. Kaba (كعبة) and qibla (قبلة) is not the same thing. Kaba is the big black building and qibla is the direction of prayer towards it. Qibla is everywhere, it's just the direction in which Muslims should pray. | ** No. Kaba (كعبة) and qibla (قبلة) is not the same thing. Kaba is the big black building and qibla is the direction of prayer towards it. Qibla is everywhere, it's just the direction in which Muslims should pray. | ||
** There are 5 pillars of Islam. And the circumambulation around the Kaba is a part of the hajj pillar, while the qibla is a part of the prayer (salat) pillar. So these two concepts are actually very distanced. It would be more appropriate if the word qibla appeared 5 times, because Muslims have to pray 5 times a day in the qibla direction. | ** There are 5 pillars of Islam. And the circumambulation around the Kaba is a part of the hajj (pilgrimage) pillar, while the qibla is a part of the prayer (salat) pillar. So these two concepts are actually very distanced. It would be more appropriate if the word qibla appeared 5 times, because Muslims have to pray 5 times a day in the qibla direction. | ||
** The word "qibla" with various suffixes exists 7 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=qbl</ref>. But there are 294 occurences of words from this root. In many other miracles all words from the same root were counted even if they had different meanings. So why not add them here? | ** The word "qibla" with various suffixes exists 7 times <ref>http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=qbl</ref>. But there are 294 occurences of words from this root. In many other miracles all words from the same root were counted even if they had different meanings. So why not add them here? | ||
** The verse 10:87 says literally (and strangely) "make your houses a qibla" and in this case the word qibla is sometimes translated as "a place of worship" and not "a direction of prayer". | ** The verse 10:87 says literally (and strangely) "make your houses a qibla" and in this case the word qibla is sometimes translated as "a place of worship" and not "a direction of prayer". | ||