Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:149

2:149

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

wamin ḥaythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wa-innahu lalḥaqqu min rabbika wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muḥammad], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], wherever you may have started out, turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque- this is the truth from your Lord: He is not unaware of what you do-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And from wheresoever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid-Al-Harâm (at Makkah), that is indeed the truth from your Lord. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنْwaminAnd from
حَيْثُḥaythuwherever
خَرَجْتَkharajtayou start forth
فَوَلِّfawalli[so] turn
وَجْهَكَwajhakayour face
شَطْرَshaṭra(in the) direction
ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِۖl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuAnd indeed, it
لَلْحَقُّlalḥaqqu(is) surely the truth
مِنminfrom
رَّبِّكَۗrabbikayour Lord
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
عَمَّاʿammāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do