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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 144

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قد نرى تقلب وجهك في السماء فلنولينك قبلة ترضاها فول وجهك شطر المسجد الحرام وحيث ما كنتم فولوا وجوهكم شطره وان الذين اوتوا الكتاب ليعلمون انه الحق من ربهم وما الله بغافل عما يعملون

We see the turning Of thy face (for guidance) To the heavens: now Shall We turn thee To a Qibla that shall Please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction Of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn Your faces in that direction. The people of the Book Know well that that is The truth from their Lord. Nor is God unmindful Of what they do.

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  • Verse 144 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 22

Word by word

  1. قَدْIndeedqad
  2. نَرَىٰWe seenarā
  3. تَقَلُّبَ(the) turningtaqalluba
  4. وَجْهِكَ(of) your facewajhika
  5. فِىtowardsfī
  6. ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖthe heavenl-samāi
  7. فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَSo We will surely turn youfalanuwalliyannaka
  8. قِبْلَةًۭ(to the) direction of prayerqib'latan
  9. تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚyou will be pleased withtarḍāhā
  10. فَوَلِّSo turnfawalli
  11. وَجْهَكَyour facewajhaka
  12. شَطْرَtowards the directionshaṭra
  13. ٱلْمَسْجِدِ(of) Al-Masjidl-masjidi
  14. ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚAl-Haraaml-ḥarāmi
  15. وَحَيْثُand whereverwaḥaythu
  16. مَاthatmā
  17. كُنتُمْyou arekuntum
  18. فَوَلُّوا۟[so] turnfawallū
  19. وُجُوهَكُمْyour faceswujūhakum
  20. شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ(in) its directionshaṭrahu
  21. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  22. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  23. أُوتُوا۟were givenūtū
  24. ٱلْكِتَـٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  25. لَيَعْلَمُونَsurely knowlayaʿlamūna
  26. أَنَّهُthat itannahu
  27. ٱلْحَقُّ(is) the truthl-ḥaqu
  28. مِنfrommin
  29. رَّبِّهِمْ ۗtheir Lordrabbihim
  30. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  31. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  32. بِغَـٰفِلٍunawarebighāfilin
  33. عَمَّاof whatʿammā
  34. يَعْمَلُونَthey doyaʿmalūna

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