142۞ سَيَقولُ السُّفَهاءُ مِنَ النّاسِ ما وَلّاهُم عَن قِبلَتِهِمُ الَّتي كانوا عَلَيها ۚ قُل لِلَّهِ المَشرِقُ وَالمَغرِبُ ۚ يَهدي مَن يَشاءُ إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍMir AneesuddinThe foolish among the people will say, “What has turned them from their Qiblah12 towards which they used to (face)? “say “The east and the west are Allah’s, He guides whom He wills, towards the straight path.”Direction in which Muslims are required to face during Worship (salat).Qibla: A glance at the world map shows that Kaaba is centrally located with respect to all the continents of the world. Muslims all over the world are required to face the Kaaba while offering salat, so that with Kaaba as the canter, parallel circles of praying muslims are formed all over the earth. It may be noted that we do not worship the Kaaba, we worship only Allah. We only face towards the Kaaba probably for uniformity, because in the absence of a common direction during salat, muslims from different parts of the world would have turned in different directions causing confusion especially at occasions like Hajj.