Hello,
I am new to nginx and I am having trouble converting htaccess rewrite to nginx rewrite. Please help me convert the following mod_rewrites with a brief explanation. And should I put the nginx rewrite back into the .htaccess file or is there a designated config file to put the nginx location blocks?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
<IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On

# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>