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Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 29
قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّى بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ عِندَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأَكُمْ تَعُودُونَ ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): My Lord has commanded justice and (said) that you should face Him only (i.e. worship none but Allâh and face the Qiblah, i.e. the Ka‘bah at Makkah during prayers) in every place of worship, in prayers (and not to face other false deities and idols), and invoke Him only making your religion sincere to Him (by not joining in worship any partner with Him and with the intention that you are doing your deeds for Allâh’s sake only). As He brought you (into being) in the beginning, so shall you be brought into being [on the Day of Resurrection in two groups, one as a blessed one (believers), and the other as a wretched one (disbelievers)].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قُلْ
qul
Say
أَمَرَ
amara
(Has been) ordered
رَبِّى
rabbī
(by) my Lord
بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۖ
bil-qis'ṭi
justice
وَأَقِيمُوا۟
wa-aqīmū
and set
وُجُوهَكُمْ
wujūhakum
your faces
عِندَ
ʿinda
at
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَسْجِدٍۢ
masjidin
masjid
وَٱدْعُوهُ
wa-id'ʿūhu
and invoke Him
مُخْلِصِينَ
mukh'liṣīna
(being) sincere
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
ٱلدِّينَ ۚ
l-dīna
(in) the religion
كَمَا
kamā
As
بَدَأَكُمْ
bada-akum
He originated you
تَعُودُونَ
taʿūdūna
(so) will you return
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.
29. 1 By justice here, according to some, is meant لَا اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ, that is, monotheism.
29. 2 Imam Shawkani has explained its meaning as: "Turn your faces towards the Qiblah in your prayers, no matter which mosque you are in." And Imam Ibn Kathir has taken from this steadfastness, meaning following the Messenger, and from the next phrase, sincerity to Allah, and has said that for the acceptance of every deed, it is necessary that it be according to the Shariah and secondly, purely for the pleasure of Allah. These matters have been emphasized in the verse.
29. 2 Imam Shawkani has explained its meaning as: "Turn your faces towards the Qiblah in your prayers, no matter which mosque you are in." And Imam Ibn Kathir has taken from this steadfastness, meaning following the Messenger, and from the next phrase, sincerity to Allah, and has said that for the acceptance of every deed, it is necessary that it be according to the Shariah and secondly, purely for the pleasure of Allah. These matters have been emphasized in the verse.
