الآية رقم (115) - وَلِلّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّواْ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللّهِ إِنَّ اللّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

(115) - “And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.”

and it is by the choice of men, not by the choice of the Lord of man. And what is the choice of the Lord of man is the Noble Ka’bah in Makkah of which Allah U says:

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكاً وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ﴿

“Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Makkah – blessed and a guidance for the worlds.” [Surah Ali ‘Imran: 96]

 and the mosque that men had built is known to be the mosque of Allah built for worship. And one of the laws of the mosque is that, it is built facing the Sacred Mosque which is the first mosque and the Qiblah which is the Noble Ka’bah. The prayer is faced in the mosque in the direction of the noble Ka’bah. And the direction of the mihrab is also in the direction of the noble Ka’bah.