Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 150 (2:150)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ …

Quran 2:150 is ayah 150 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 23 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:150
وَمِنْحَيْثُخَرَجْتَفَوَلِّوَجْهَكَشَطْرَٱلْمَسْجِدِٱلْحَرَامِ ۚوَحَيْثُمَاكُنتُمْفَوَلُّوا۟وُجُوهَكُمْشَطْرَهُۥلِئَلَّايَكُونَلِلنَّاسِعَلَيْكُمْحُجَّةٌإِلَّاٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مِنْهُمْفَلَاتَخْشَوْهُمْوَٱخْشَوْنِىوَلِأُتِمَّنِعْمَتِىعَلَيْكُمْوَلَعَلَّكُمْتَهْتَدُونَ١٥٠
wamin ḥaythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi waḥaythu mā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum shaṭrahu li-allā yakūna lilnnāsi ʿalaykum ḥujjatun illā alladhīna ẓalamū min'hum falā takhshawhum wa-ikh'shawnī wali-utimma niʿ'matī ʿalaykum walaʿallakum tahtadūna

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,(150)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْwaminAnd from
  2. حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
  3. خَرَجْتَkharajtayou start forth
  4. فَوَلِّfawalli[so] turn
  5. وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
  6. شَطْرَshaṭra(in the) direction
  7. ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
  8. ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
  9. وَحَيْثُwaḥaythuAnd wherever
  10. مَاmāthat
  11. كُنتُمْkuntumyou (all) are
  12. فَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn
  13. وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
  14. شَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu(in) its direction
  15. لِئَلَّاli-allāso that not
  16. يَكُونَyakūnawill be
  17. لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people
  18. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
  19. حُجَّةٌḥujjatunany argument
  20. إِلَّاillāexcept
  21. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  22. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
  23. مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  24. فَلَاfalāso (do) not
  25. تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhumfear them
  26. وَٱخْشَوْنِىwa-ikh'shawnībut fear Me
  27. وَلِأُتِمَّwali-utimmaAnd that I complete
  28. نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy favor
  29. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
  30. وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum[and] so that you may
  31. تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided

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