Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 150
وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
And from wherever you go out [for prayer], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām. And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it in order that the people will not have any argument against you, except for those of them who commit wrong; so fear them not but fear Me. And [it is] so I may complete My favor upon you and that you may be guided,
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
- وَحَيْثُwaḥaythuAnd wherever
- مَاmāthat
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou (all) are
- فَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn
- وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
- شَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu(in) its direction
- لِئَلَّاli-allāso that not
- يَكُونَyakūnawill be
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
- حُجَّةٌḥujjatunany argument
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- فَلَاfalāso (do) not
- تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhumfear them
- وَٱخْشَوْنِىwa-ikh'shawnībut fear Me
- وَلِأُتِمَّwali-utimmaAnd that I complete
- نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy favor
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
- وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum[and] so that you may
- تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided
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