Turbah

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A turbah (Arabic: تربة, lit. 'soil'), or mohr (Persian: مهر, lit. 'seal'), also known as khāk-e shefā (Persian: خاکِ شِفا, lit. 'medicinal soil', also used in Urdu), sejde gāh (Persian: سجدہ گاہ, lit. 'place of prostration', also used in Urdu) or prayer stone, is a small piece of soil or clay, often a clay tablet, used during salah to symbolize Earth.

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