The Cow — Verse 144

2:144 · al-Baqarah

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Arabic English Morphology
قَدْ qad
Indeed Prep
نَرَىٰ narā
We see V
تَقَلُّبَ taqalluba
(the) turning Noun
وَجْهِكَ wajhika
(of) your face Noun
فِى fī
towards Prep
ٱلسَّمَآءِ l-samāi
the heaven Noun
فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ falanuwalliyannaka
So We will surely turn you V
قِبْلَةً qib'latan
(to the) direction of prayer Noun
تَرْضَىٰهَا tarḍāhā
you will be pleased with V
فَوَلِّ fawalli
So turn V
وَجْهَكَ wajhaka
your face Noun
شَطْرَ shaṭra
towards the direction Noun
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ l-masjidi
(of) Al-Masjid Noun
ٱلْحَرَامِ l-ḥarāmi
Al-Haraam Noun
وَحَيْثُ waḥaythu
and wherever Noun
مَا mā
that Prep
كُنتُمْ kuntum
you are V
فَوَلُّوا۟ fawallū
[so] turn V
وُجُوهَكُمْ wujūhakum
your faces Noun
شَطْرَهُۥ shaṭrahu
(in) its direction Noun
وَإِنَّ wa-inna
And indeed Prep
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
أُوتُوا۟ ūtū
were given V
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba
the Book Noun
لَيَعْلَمُونَ layaʿlamūna
surely know V
أَنَّهُ annahu
that it Prep
ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu
(is) the truth Noun
مِن min
from Prep
رَّبِّهِمْ rabbihim
their Lord Noun
وَمَا wamā
And not Prep
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu
(is) Allah Noun
بِغَٰفِلٍ bighāfilin
unaware Noun
عَمَّا ʿammā
of what Prep
يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna
they do V

Many a time We have seen you [Prophet] turn your face towards Heaven, so We are turning you towards a prayer direction that pleases you. Turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces to it. Those who were given the Scripture know with certainty that this is the Truth from their Lord: God is not unaware of what they do

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَدۡ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجۡهِكَ فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِۖ فَلَنُوَلِّیَنَّكَ قِبۡلَةࣰ تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚ فَوَلِّ وَجۡهَكَ شَطۡرَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِۚ وَحَیۡثُ مَا كُنتُمۡ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمۡ شَطۡرَهُۥۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِینَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبَ لَیَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا یَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٤٤

qad narā taqalluba wajhika fī l-samāi falanuwalliyannaka qib'latan tarḍāhā fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi waḥaythu mā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum shaṭrahu wa-inna alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba layaʿlamūna annahu l-ḥaqu min rabbihim wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā yaʿmalūn

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