Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) dispatched an expedition, and I was among them. On one occasion, in extreme darkness, we could not determine the direction of the qiblah. Some of us said: We have estimated the direction of the qiblah, it is this way. They pointed towards the north, faced that direction and performed the prayer, and marked a line as a reminder. Some said: The qiblah is in this direction. They pointed towards the south and marked a line in that direction. When morning came and the sun rose, neither of the two lines was in the direction of the qiblah. When we returned from the journey and asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this, he remained silent. Then Allah revealed this verse: "To Allah belong the East and the West; so wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah."