Quran 2:150 — Al-Baqara, verse 150
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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,
وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَيْكُمْ حُجَّةٌ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِي وَلِأُتِمَّ نِعْمَتِي 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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- From whatsoever place thou issuest, turn thy face towards the Holy Mosque; and wherever you may be, turn your faces towards it, that the people may not have any argument against you, excepting the evildoers of them; and fear you them not, but fear you Me; and that I may perfect My blessing upon you, and that haply so you may be guided;
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, from wherever thou mayest come forth, turn thy face [in prayer] towards the Inviolable House of Worship; and wherever you all may be, turn your faces towards it, so that people should have no argument against you unless they are bent upon wrongdoing. And hold not them in awe, but stand in awe of Me, and [obey Me,] so that I might bestow upon you the full measure of My blessings., and that you might follow the right path.
- Sahih International
- 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,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنْwamin | And from | — |
| 2 | حَيْثُḥaythu | wherever | حيث |
| 3 | خَرَجْتَkharajta | you start forth | خرج |
| 4 | فَوَلِّfawalli | [so] turn | ولي |
| 5 | وَجْهَكَwajhaka | your face | وجه |
| 6 | شَطْرَshaṭra | (in the) direction | شطر |
| 7 | ٱلْمَسْجِدِl-masjidi | (of) Al-Masjid | سجد |
| 8 | ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚl-ḥarāmi | Al-Haraam | حرم |
| 9 | وَحَيْثُwaḥaythu | And wherever | حيث |
| 10 | مَاmā | that | — |
| 11 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you (all) are | كون |
| 12 | فَوَلُّوا۟fawallū | [so] turn | ولي |
| 13 | وُجُوهَكُمْwujūhakum | your faces | وجه |
| 14 | شَطْرَهُۥshaṭrahu | (in) its direction | شطر |
| 15 | لِئَلَّاli-allā | so that not | — |
| 16 | يَكُونَyakūna | will be | كون |
| 17 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for the people | نوس |
| 18 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | against you | — |
| 19 | حُجَّةٌḥujjatun | any argument | حجج |
| 20 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 21 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 22 | ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū | wronged | ظلم |
| 23 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 24 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 25 | تَخْشَوْهُمْtakhshawhum | fear them | خشي |
| 26 | وَٱخْشَوْنِىwa-ikh'shawnī | but fear Me | خشي |
| 27 | وَلِأُتِمَّwali-utimma | And that I complete | تمم |
| 28 | نِعْمَتِىniʿ'matī | My favor | نعم |
| 29 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 30 | وَلَعَلَّكُمْwalaʿallakum | [and] so that you may | — |
| 31 | تَهْتَدُونَtahtadūna | (be) guided | هدي |