Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:150

2:150

وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِى وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

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,

— Saheeh International

wherever you may have started out, turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque; wherever any of you may be, turn your faces towards it, so that people may have no argument against you- except for the wrongdoers among them: do not fear them; fear Me- and so that I may perfect My favour on you and you may be guided,

— 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), and wheresoever you are, turn your faces towards it (when you pray) so that men may have no argument against you except those of them that are wrong-doers, so fear them not, but fear Me! - And so that I may complete My Blessings on you and that you may be guided.

— 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
ٱلْحَرَامِۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
وَحَيْثُwaḥaythuAnd wherever
مَاmāthat
كُنتُمْkuntumyou (all) are
فَوَلُّوا۟fawallū[so] turn
وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakumyour faces
شَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu(in) its direction
لِئَلَّاli-allāso that not
يَكُونَyakūnawill be
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the people
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumagainst you
حُجَّةٌḥujjatunany argument
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhumfear them
وَٱخْشَوْنِىwa-ikh'shawnībut fear Me
وَلِأُتِمَّwali-utimmaAnd that I complete
نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matīMy favor
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum[and] so that you may
تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna(be) guided