Motif
ritual direction and purification before prayer
ritual_direction_and_purification_before_prayer
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Purification and Pollution. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15580-15683 confidence: medium
The Mihrab is the spot in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca toward which Muhammadans turn in prayer.
The passage defines the Mihrab as indicating Mecca for prayer and Wuzu as ceremonial ablution before prayer.
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