Quran 2:115 — Al-Baqara, verse 115
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The East and the West belong to God: wherever you turn, there is His Face. God is all pervading and all knowing.
وَلِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
walillahi l-mashriqu wal-maghribu fa-aynamā tuwallū fathamma wajhu l-lahi inna l-laha wāsiʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- To God belong the East and the West; whithersoever you turn, there is the Face of God; God is All-embracing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And God's is the east and the west: and wherever you turn, there is God's countenance. Behold, God is infinite, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- And to Allāh belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | And for Allah | أله |
| 2 | ٱلْمَشْرِقُl-mashriqu | (is) the east | شرق |
| 3 | وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚwal-maghribu | and the west | غرب |
| 4 | فَأَيْنَمَاfa-aynamā | so wherever | — |
| 5 | تُوَلُّوا۟tuwallū | you turn | ولي |
| 6 | فَثَمَّfathamma | [so] there | — |
| 7 | وَجْهُwajhu | (is the) face | وجه |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun | (is) All-Encompassing | وسع |
| 12 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |