The Cow — Verse 142

2:142 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
سَيَقُولُ sayaqūlu
Will say V
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ l-sufahāu
the foolish ones Noun
مِنَ mina
from Prep
ٱلنَّاسِ l-nāsi
the people Noun
مَا mā
What Noun
وَلَّىٰهُمْ wallāhum
(has) turned them V
عَن ʿan
from Prep
قِبْلَتِهِمُ qib'latihimu
their direction of prayer Noun
ٱلَّتِى allatī
which Noun
كَانُوا۟ kānū
they were used to V
عَلَيْهَا ʿalayhā
[on it] Prep
قُل qul
Say V
لِّلَّهِ lillahi
For Allah Noun
ٱلْمَشْرِقُ l-mashriqu
(is) the east Noun
وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ wal-maghribu
and the west Noun
يَهْدِى yahdī
He guides V
مَن man
whom Noun
يَشَآءُ yashāu
He wills V
إِلَىٰ ilā
to Prep
صِرَٰطٍ ṣirāṭin
a path Noun
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ mus'taqīmin
straight Noun

The foolish people will say, ‘What has turned them away from the prayer direction they used to face?’ Say, ‘East and West belong to God. He guides whoever He will to the right way.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

۞ سَیَقُولُ ٱلسُّفَهَاۤءُ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَا وَلَّىٰهُمۡ عَن قِبۡلَتِهِمُ ٱلَّتِی كَانُوا۟ عَلَیۡهَاۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقُ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبُۚ یَهۡدِی مَن یَشَاۤءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَ ٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِیمࣲ ۝١٤٢

sayaqūlu l-sufahāu mina l-nāsi mā wallāhum ʿan qib'latihimu allatī kānū ʿalayhā qul lillahi l-mashriqu wal-maghribu yahdī man yashāu ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmi

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