Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 142
۞ سَيَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِى كَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away from their qiblah, which they used to face?" Say, "To Allāh belongs the east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a straight path."
Al-Baqarah · 2:142
Word by word
- ۞ سَيَقُولُsayaqūluWill say
- ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāuthe foolish ones
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
- مَاmāWhat
- وَلَّىٰهُمْwallāhum(has) turned them
- عَنʿanfrom
- قِبْلَتِهِمُqib'latihimutheir direction of prayer
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey were used to
- عَلَيْهَا ۚʿalayhā[on it]
- قُلqulSay
- لِّلَّهِlillahiFor Allah
- ٱلْمَشْرِقُl-mashriqu(is) the east
- وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚwal-maghribuand the west
- يَهْدِىyahdīHe guides
- مَنmanwhom
- يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
- إِلَىٰilāto
- صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭina path
- مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīminstraight
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