أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ
“The first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Makkah.”
Cited as the foundational verse establishing the Ka'bah as the first House of worship.
Cited as the first House ever established for mankind, making Makkah the fitting origin of the first universal call.
This ayah is part of the Qibla-change passage of Surah al-Baqarah, revealed around the change of the direction of prayer from Jerusalem to the Ka'bah.