Sens
What is the referent of "it was indeed great" (kabīrah) in the āyah?
Réponse
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- Turning towards the Kaʿbah. [Ibn ʿAbbās, Mujāhid, Qatādah, Muqātil]
- The qiblah being Jerusalem before it was changed. [Abū al-ʿĀliyah, al-Zajjāj]