Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:148

2:148

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

walikullin wij'hatun huwa muwallīhā fa-is'tabiqū l-khayrāti ayna mā takūnū yati bikumu l-lahu jamīʿan inna l-laha ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun

For each [religious following] is a [prayer] direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allāh will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

— Saheeh International

Each community has its own direction to which it turns: race to do good deeds and wherever you are, God will bring you together. God has power to do everything.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

For every nation there is a direction to which they face (in their prayers). So hasten towards all that is good. Wheresoever you may be, Allâh will bring you together (on the Day of Resurrection). Truly, Allâh is Able to do all things.

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

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Word by Word

وَلِكُلٍّۢwalikullinAnd for everyone
وِجْهَةٌwij'hatun(is) a direction
هُوَhuwahe
مُوَلِّيهَاۖmuwallīhāturns towards it
فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟fa-is'tabiqūso race
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِۚl-khayrāti(to) the good
أَيْنَaynaWherever
مَاmāthat
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou will be
يَأْتِyatiwill bring
بِكُمُbikumuyou
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
جَمِيعًاۚjamīʿantogether
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful