Qiblah

progod

Was looking in Muheetul-Muheeti today and saw a couple of definitions for Qiblah

The most important to me was Kullu maa yustaqbalu

Which means anything, place or person that one turns one's face towards, goes to to meet, steps or goes to, confronts or faces or recieves.

The other meanings were

jihatun A direction,

Al-Ka'bati The kaabah

allattee yusallaa nahwahu What one prays towards.

Godbless,
Anwar

Wakas

From PRL http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm

= Qaf-Ba-Lam = to accept/admit/receive/agree, meet anyone, to face/encounter someone/something, advance/approach, correspond, counteract/compare/requite/compensate, the front part (1226), accept with approval, show favour.
qablu - before/formerly,
qubulun - the fore-part, face to face, before, plural of qabilum,
qibalun - power, side, part,
qiblah - towards, in the direction of, facing, alongside,
qiblatun - anything before, opposite, the point in the direction of which prayer is performed, the Ka'bah at Makkah, a place of worship,
qabulun - favourable reception, gracious acceptance,
qabilun - tribe, host, plural qabilatun,
qabailun - tribe,
aqbala - to come near, draw near, approach, turn towards, rush upon,
taqabbala - to accept,
mutaqabilun - opposite to, facing one another,
mustaqbilun - proceeding towards, heading towards.

qabila vb. (1)
impf. act. 9104, 244, 4225
impf. pass. 248, 2123, 385, 390, 391, 954
n.vb. 337
pcple. act. 403

qabil n.f. (pl. qaba'il) 727, 4913

qabil n.m. 1792

qibal n.m. or preposition. 2177, 2737, 5713, 7036

qiblah n.f. 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2145, 2145, 1087

qubul n.m. 6111, 1226, 1855

aqbala vb. (4)
perf. act. 1271, 1282, 3727, 3750, 3794, 5129, 5225, 6830
impv. 2831

taqabbala vb. (5)
perf. act. 337
impf. act. 527, 4616
impv. 2127, 335, 1440
perf. pass. 527, 536
impf. pass. 527, 953

taqabala vb. (6) pcple. act. 1547, 3744, 4453, 5616

istaqbala vb. (10) pcple. act. 4624

LL, V8, p 237, 238

progod

mustaqbilun - proceeding towards, heading towards.

Kullu maa yustaqbalu is related to the above form of the word. (it is the active passive present tense verb).
That means that a qiblah is also 'that which one proceeds towards or heads towards' This is the reason why I have used a place of convening.

Godbless,
Anwar