سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 115
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ ﴿115﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And to Allâh belong the east and the west, so wherever you turn (yourselves or your faces) there is the Face of Allâh (and He is High above, over His Throne). Surely! Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knowing.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَلِلَّهِ
walillahi
And for Allah
ٱلْمَشْرِقُ
l-mashriqu
(is) the east
وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ
wal-maghribu
and the west
فَأَيْنَمَا
fa-aynamā
so wherever
تُوَلُّوا۟
tuwallū
you turn
فَثَمَّ
fathamma
[so] there
وَجْهُ
wajhu
(is the) face
ٱللَّهِ ۚ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
وَٰسِعٌ
wāsiʿun
(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
All-Knowing
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
115. After the migration, when Muslims used to face Bayt al-Maqdis while praying, the Muslims were grieved by this. At that time, this verse was revealed. When the command was given to turn from Bayt al-Maqdis back towards the Ka'bah, the Jews began to make various remarks. According to some, the reason for its revelation is the permission to perform voluntary prayers while traveling on a mount, that you may pray in whichever direction the mount faces. Sometimes, several reasons come together, and a single verse is revealed to address all of them. In the context of such verses, multiple narrations regarding the circumstances of revelation are reported; in some narrations, one reason for revelation is mentioned, and in others, another. This verse is also of this kind.
