Quran 2:145 — Al-Baqara, verse 145
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ مَا تَبِعُوا قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَا أَنْتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا بَعْضُهُمْ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ۙ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet if thou shouldst bring to those that have been given the Book every sign, they will not follow thy direction; thou art not a follower of their direction, neither are they followers of one another's direction. If thou followest their caprices, after the knowledge that has come to thee, then thou wilt surely be among the evildoers
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, even if thou wert to place all evidence before those who have been vouchsafed earlier revelation, they would not follow thy direction of prayer; and neither mayest thou follow their direction of prayer, nor even do they follow one another's direction. And if thou shouldst follow their errant views after all the knowledge that has come unto thee thou wouldst surely be among the evildoers.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنْwala-in | And even if | — |
| 2 | أَتَيْتَatayta | you come | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (to) those who | — |
| 4 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 6 | بِكُلِّbikulli | with all | كلل |
| 7 | ءَايَةٍۢāyatin | (the) signs | أيي |
| 8 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 9 | تَبِعُوا۟tabiʿū | they would follow | تبع |
| 10 | قِبْلَتَكَ ۚqib'lataka | your direction of prayer | قبل |
| 11 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 12 | أَنتَanta | (will) you (be) | — |
| 13 | بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿin | a follower | تبع |
| 14 | قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚqib'latahum | (of) their direction of prayer | قبل |
| 15 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 16 | بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 17 | بِتَابِعٍۢbitābiʿin | (are) followers | تبع |
| 18 | قِبْلَةَqib'lata | (of the) direction of prayer | قبل |
| 19 | بَعْضٍۢ ۚbaʿḍin | (of each) other | بعض |
| 20 | وَلَئِنِwala-ini | And if | — |
| 21 | ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿta | you followed | تبع |
| 22 | أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahum | their desires | هوي |
| 23 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 24 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 25 | مَاmā | [what] | — |
| 26 | جَآءَكَjāaka | came to you | جيأ |
| 27 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 28 | ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙl-ʿil'mi | the knowledge | علم |
| 29 | إِنَّكَinnaka | indeed, you | — |
| 30 | إِذًۭاidhan | (would) then | — |
| 31 | لَّمِنَlamina | (be) surely among | — |
| 32 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |