سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:142
The Cow · Verse 142 of 286
سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُلْ لِلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
Abdul Mannan Omar
The weak-minded among the people will say, `What has made these (Muslims) turn from their (first) Qiblah (- the direction they were facing in their Prayer, the holy place of worship at Jerusalem) to which they conformed (so far)?´ Say, `To Allâh belongs the east and the west, He guides him who wishes (to be guided) to the right path.´
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The fools among the people will say: "What hath turned them from the Qibla to which they were used?" Say: To Allah belong both east and West: He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight.
Ali Unal
The (hypocritical) fools among the people will say, "What has turned them from the direction they were facing in the Prayer?" Say (O Messenger): "To God belong the east and the west (and therefore the whole earth with its easts and wests; in whatever direction He wants us to turn, we turn). He guides whomever He wills to a straight path."
11 more translations
Daryabadi
Anon will the foolish among mankind say: what hath turned them away from their Qiblah whereon they had been? Say thou: unto Allah belongeth the east and the west he guideth whomsoever He listeth unto a straight path.
Faridul Haque
So now the foolish people will say, "What has turned the Muslims away from the qiblah (prayer direction) which they formerly observed?"; proclaim, "To Allah only belong the East and the West; He guides whomever He wills upon the Straight Path."
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The fools among the people will say: "What has turned them from their qiblah which they had?" Say: The East and the West belong only to Allah; He guides whom He pleases to the right path.
Maulvi Sher Ali
The fools among the people will say `What has turned them away from their Qiblah which they followed?' Say, `To ALLAH belong the East and the West. HE guides whom HE pleases to the right path.'
Muhammad Asad
THE WEAK-MINDED among people will say, "What has turned them away from the direction of prayer which they have hitherto observed?" Say: "God's is the east and the west; He guides whom He wills onto a straight way."
Muhammad Musin Khan
The fools (pagans, hypocrites, and Jews) among the people will say, "What has turned them (Muslims) from their Qiblah [prayer direction (towards Jerusalem)] to which they were used to face in prayer." Say, (O Muhammad SAW) "To Allah belong both, east and the west. He guides whom He wills to a Straight Way."
Muhammad Pickthall
The foolish of the people will say: What hath turned them from the qiblah which they formerly observed? Say: Unto Allah belong the East and the West. He guideth whom He will unto a straight path.
Muhammad Sarwar
Fools will soon say, "What has made them (Muslims) change the direction to which they had been facing during their prayers (the qibla)?" (Muhammad), tell them, "Both the East and West belong to God and He guides (whomever He wants), to the right direction."
Muhammed ali Shakir
The fools among the people will say: What has turned them from their qiblah which they had? Say: The East and the West belong only to Allah; He guides whom He likes to the right path.
Rashad Khalifa
The fools among the people would say, "Why did they change the direction of their Qiblah?" Say, "To GOD belongs the east and the west; He guides whoever wills in a straight path."
Shabbir Ahmed
Those of little understanding among people say, “What has turned them from the Qiblah they (the Jews) used to follow? Say, “To God belongs East and West. He guides to the straight path whoever wills (to be guided).”
Commentary 2:142 The weak-minded among the people السُّفَهَاءُ objected to the change in direction of the Prayer. Here two arguments are given for the change of…
سَيَقُولُ السُّفَهَاءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلَّاهُمْ عَن قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِي كَانُوا عَلَيْهَا ۚ قُل لِّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ ۚ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
2:142 The weak-minded among the people السُّفَهَاءُ objected to the change in direction of the Prayer. Here two arguments are given for the change of direction. Allâh says, even though to Him belongs the east and the westلِّلَّهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُ (cf. 2:115), no other place can equal the power this place exerts in the heart of worshippers and believers, and no other place can diminish its Power, and by making His own House the direction of Prayers, Allâh desired to guide humankind to the right path leading to Him. Although great honour is given to the Ka‘bah , no worshipper worships the Ka‘bah with its pile of stones by facing it. Instead, they worship the Lord of the Ka‘bah .