Masjid al-Qiblatayn

This guide to Masjid al-Qiblatayn in Medina asks you to notice which way you are facing right now, then takes you back to the second year after the Hijrah, when this ordinary neighborhood mosque on Bani Salamah tribal land held midday prayer like any other day. Muhammad had led two units of prayer, facing Jerusalem as the community always had, when a revelation arrived mid-motion. You'll hear how the rows of worshippers behind him reacted in that instant, with no pause and no announcement. Listen for how the building has kept that moment in stone ever since.