Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun qibla

2 senses of qibla

Sense 1
qibla -- (the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers)
       => direction, way -- (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home")

Sense 2
Qibla -- (a small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa)
       INSTANCE OF=> terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO -- (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)