Meaning

noun the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers

noun a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

originEtymology tree Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla)bor. English qibla Borrowed from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla, “which is opposite”).

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