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Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 142

Quran 2:142 · The Cow · Medinan · Juz 2

2:142

Arabic

سَيَقُوْلُ السُّفَهَاۤءُ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَا وَلّٰىهُمْ عَنْ قِبْلَتِهِمُ الَّتِيْ كَانُوْا عَلَيْهَا ۗ قُلْ لِّلّٰهِ الْمَشْرِقُ وَالْمَغْرِبُۗ يَهْدِيْ مَنْ يَّشَاۤءُ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيْمٍ ۝١٤٢

Transliteration

Sayāqūlus-sufahā-u minan-nāsi mā wallāhum ‘an qiblatihimul-latī kānū ‘alaihā, qul lillāhil-masyriqu wal-maghrib, yahdī may yasyā-u ilā ṣirōṭim mustaqīm

Meaning

The ignorant among the people will say, “What has turned them away from the direction of prayer they once followed?” Say, “To Allah belong the East and the West. He guides whom He wills to a straight path.”

Surah Al-Baqarah verse 142 (Quran 2:142) is verse 142 of the 286 verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), a Medinan surah that is number 2 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 2.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).