Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:145

2:145

وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

wala-in atayta alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba bikulli āyatin mā tabiʿū qib'lataka wamā anta bitābiʿin qib'latahum wamā baʿḍuhum bitābiʿin qib'lata baʿḍin wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum min baʿdi mā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi innaka idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.

— Saheeh International

Yet even if you brought every proof to those who were given the Scripture, they would not follow your prayer direction, nor will you follow theirs, nor indeed will any of them follow one another’s direction. If you [Prophet] were to follow their desires, after the knowledge brought to you, you would be doing wrong.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And even if you were to bring to the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) all the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they would not follow your Qiblah (prayer direction), nor are you going to follow their Qiblah (prayer direction). And they will not follow each other’s Qiblah (prayer direction). Verily, if you follow their desires after that which you have received of knowledge (from Allâh), then indeed you will be one of the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd even if
أَتَيْتَataytayou come
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
بِكُلِّbikulliwith all
ءَايَةٍۢāyatin(the) signs
مَّاmānot
تَبِعُوا۟tabiʿūthey would follow
قِبْلَتَكَۚqib'latakayour direction of prayer
وَمَآwamāand not
أَنتَanta(will) you (be)
بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿina follower
قِبْلَتَهُمْۚqib'latahum(of) their direction of prayer
وَمَاwamāAnd not
بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿin(are) followers
قِبْلَةَqib'lata(of the) direction of prayer
بَعْضٍۢۚbaʿḍin(of each) other
وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd if
ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou followed
أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
مِّنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmā[what]
جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
مِنَminaof
ٱلْعِلْمِۙl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
إِذًۭاidhan(would) then
لَّمِنَlamina(be) surely among
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers