سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ

Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 149

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وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿149﴾
And from wheresoever you start forth (for prayers), turn your face in the direction of Al-Masjid-Al-Harâm (at Makkah), that is indeed the truth from your Lord. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do.
وَمِنْ wamin And from
حَيْثُ ḥaythu wherever
خَرَجْتَ kharajta you start forth
فَوَلِّ fawalli [so] turn
وَجْهَكَ wajhaka your face
شَطْرَ shaṭra (in the) direction
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ l-masjidi (of) Al-Masjid
ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ l-ḥarāmi Al-Haraam
وَإِنَّهُۥ wa-innahu And indeed, it
لَلْحَقُّ lalḥaqqu (is) surely the truth
مِن min from
رَّبِّكَ ۗ rabbika your Lord
وَمَا wamā And not
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu (is) Allah
بِغَـٰفِلٍ bighāfilin unaware
عَمَّا ʿammā of what
تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna you do

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.