Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 144
قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
Word by word
- قَدْqadIndeed
- نَرَىٰnarāWe see
- تَقَلُّبَtaqalluba(the) turning
- وَجْهِكَwajhika(of) your face
- فِىfītowards
- ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖl-samāithe heaven
- فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَfalanuwalliyannakaSo We will surely turn you
- قِبْلَةًۭqib'latan(to the) direction of prayer
- تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚtarḍāhāyou will be pleased with
- فَوَلِّfawalliSo turn
- وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
- شَطْرَshaṭratowards the direction
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
- ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
- وَحَيْثُwaḥaythuand wherever
- مَاmāthat
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- فَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn
- وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
- شَطْرَهُۥ ۗshaṭrahu(in) its direction
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- لَيَعْلَمُونَlayaʿlamūnasurely know
- أَنَّهُannahuthat it
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِمْ ۗrabbihimtheir Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
- بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
- عَمَّاʿammāof what
- يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
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