Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 149
وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muḥammad], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.
Al-Baqarah · 2:149
Word by word
- وَمِنْwaminAnd from
- حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
- خَرَجْتَkharajtayou start forth
- فَوَلِّfawalli[so] turn
- وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
- شَطْرَshaṭra(in the) direction
- ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
- ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
- وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
- لَلْحَقُّlalḥaqqu(is) surely the truth
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّكَ ۗrabbikayour Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
- بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
- عَمَّاʿammāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
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