ONE AYAT A DAY
قَدْ نَرٰى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى السَّمَاۤءِۚ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضٰىهَا ۖ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۗ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوْا وُجُوْهَكُمْ شَطْرَهٗ ۗ وَاِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ اُوْتُوا الْكِتٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُوْنَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُوْنَ
Qad narā taqallubaka wajhika fis-samā'(i), fa lanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tarḍāhā, fawalli wajhaka syaṭral-masjidil-ḥarām(i), wa ḥaiṡumā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum syaṭrah(ū), wa innal-lażīna ūtul-kitāba laya‘lamūna annahul-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim, wa mallāhu bigāfilin ‘ammā ya‘malūn(a).
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
The First Abrogation in the Qur'an was about the Qiblah`Ali bin Abu Talhah related that Ibn `Abbas narrated: The first abrogated part in the Qur'an was about the Qiblah. When Allah's Messenger ﷺ migrated to Al-Madinah, the majority of its people were Jews, and Allah commanded him to face Bayt Al-Maqdis. The Jews were delighted then. Allah's Messenger ﷺ faced it for ten and some months, but he liked to face the Qiblah of Ibrahim (Ka`bah in Makkah). He used to supplicate to Allah and look up to the sky (awaiting Allah's command). Allah then revealed:قَدْ نَرَى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّمَآءِ(Verily, We have seen the turning of your (Muhammad's) face towards the heaven), until,فَوَلُّواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ(turn your faces (in prayer) in that direction.)The Jews did not like this ruling and said:مَا وَلَّـهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِى كَانُواْ عَلَيْهَا قُل لّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ("What has turned them (Muslims) from their Qiblah (prayer direction) to which they used to face in prayer." Say (O Muhammad), "To Allah belong both, east and the west.") (2:142)Allah said:فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّواْ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ(. ..so wherever you turn (yourselves or your faces) there is the Face of Allah) (2:115),and:وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِى كُنتَ عَلَيْهَآ إِلاَّ لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ(And We made the Qiblah (prayer direction…