LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

摘要

The need for Islam to keep pace with time, as ordained in the Holy Quran was never felt more than in the 21st century when immense conceptual changes have taken place in the realm of geo-spatial metaphor and technology. One such small ritual needing our attention is the need for correct Qiyam during sallat. While it is essential to know the 'general' direction of Qibla to pray, yet it is not always possible for one to keep one's direction towards it EXACTLY and CORRECTLY from any place on the globe beyond six miles from it.