Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 145
وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.
Al-Baqarah · 2:145
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- وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd even if
- أَتَيْتَataytayou come
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- بِكُلِّbikulliwith all
- ءَايَةٍۢāyatin(the) signs
- مَّاmānot
- تَبِعُوا۟tabiʿūthey would follow
- قِبْلَتَكَ ۚqib'latakayour direction of prayer
- وَمَآwamāand not
- أَنتَanta(will) you (be)
- بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿina follower
- قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚqib'latahum(of) their direction of prayer
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
- بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿin(are) followers
- قِبْلَةَqib'lata(of the) direction of prayer
- بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin(of each) other
- وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd if
- ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou followed
- أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
- مِّنۢminfrom
- بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
- مَاmā[what]
- جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
- إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
- إِذًۭاidhan(would) then
- لَّمِنَlamina(be) surely among
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
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