{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/quran/00217.htm","path":"isl/quran/00217.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/quran/00217.htm","text":"The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]\n142. Sayaqoolu alssufahao mina alnnasi ma wallahum AAan qiblatihimu allatee kanoo AAalayha qul lillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu yahdee man yashao ila siratin mustaqeemin\n142. The Fools among the people\n Will say: \"What hath turned\n Them from the Qibla to which\n They were used?\" Say:\n To God belong both East and West:\n He guideth whom He will\n To a Way that is straight.\n143. Wakathalika jaAAalnakum ommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala alnnasi wayakoona alrrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wama jaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illa linaAAlama man yattabiAAu alrrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAala AAaqibayhi wa-in kanat lakabeeratan illa AAala allatheena hada Allahu wama kana Allahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allaha bialnnasi laraoofun raheemun\n143. Thus have We made of you\n An Ummat justly balanced,\n That ye might be witnesses\n Over the nations,\nAnd the Apostle a witness\n Over yourselves;\n And We appointed the Qibla\n To which thou wast used,\n Only to test those who followed\n The Apostle from those\n Who would turn on their heels\n (From the Faith). Indeed it was\n (A change) momentous, except\n To those guided by God.\n And never would God\n Make your faith of no effect.\n For God is to all people\n Most surely full of kindness,\n Most Merciful.\n144. Qad nara taqalluba wajhika fee alssama-i falanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tardaha fawalli wajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wahaythu ma kuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu wa-inna allatheena ootoo alkitaba layaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma yaAAmaloona\n144. We see the turning\n Of thy face (for guidance)\n To the heavens: now\n Shall We turn thee\n To a Qibla that shall\n Please thee. Turn then\n Thy face in the direction\n Of the sacred Mosque:\n Wherever ye are, turn\n Your faces in that direction.\nThe people of the Book\n Know well that that is\n The truth from their Lord.\n Nor is God unmindful\n Of what they do.\n145. Wala-in atayta allatheena ootoo alkitaba bikulli ayatin ma tabiAAoo qiblataka wama anta bitabiAAin qiblatahum wama baAAduhum bitabiAAin qiblata baAAdin wala-ini ittabaAAta ahwaahum min baAAdi ma jaaka mina alAAilmi innaka ithan lamina alththalimeena\n145. Even if thou wert to bring\n To the people of the Book\n All the Signs (together),\n They would not follow\n Thy Qibla; nor art thou\n Going to follow their Qibla;\n Nor indeed will they follow\n Each other's Qibla. If thou\n After the knowledge hath reached thee,\n Wert to follow their (vain)\n Desires,\u2014then wert thou\n Indeed (clearly) in the wrong.\n146. Allatheena ataynahumu alkitaba yaAArifoonahu kama yaAArifoona abnaahum wa-inna fareeqan minhum layaktumoona alhaqqa wahum yaAAlamoona\n146. The people of the Book\n Know this as they know\n Their own sons; but some\n Of them conceal the truth\n Which they themselves know.\n147. Alhaqqu min rabbika fala takoonanna mina almumtareena\n147. The Truth is from thy Lord;\n So be not at all in doubt.","title":"The Quran: S\u016bra II.: Baqara, or the Heifer.: Section 17 (142-147)","type":"page"}