Al-Baqarah 2:142 ۞ سيقول السفهاء من الناس ما ولاهم عن قبلتهم التي كانوا عليها قل لله المشرق والمغرب يهدي من يشاء الى صراط مستقيم ١٤٢
۞ سَيَقُولُ
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ
مِنَ
ٱلنَّاسِ
مَا
وَلَّىٰهُمۡ
عَن
قِبۡلَتِهِمُ
ٱلَّتِي
كَانُواْ
عَلَيۡهَاۚ
قُل
لِّلَّهِ
ٱلۡمَشۡرِقُ
وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبُۚ
يَهۡدِي
مَن
يَشَآءُ
إِلَىٰ
صِرَٰطٖ
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
١٤٢
The foolish among the people will ask, “Why did they turn away from the direction of prayer they used to face?”1 Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “The east and west belong ˹only˺ to Allah. He guides whoever He wills to the Straight Path.”
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