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Al-Baqarah 2:144

قَدۡ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجۡهِكَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبۡلَةٗ تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚ فَوَلِّ وَجۡهَكَ شَطۡرَ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِۚ وَحَيۡثُ مَا كُنتُمۡ فَوَلُّواْ وُجُوهَكُمۡ شَطۡرَهُۥۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ لَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ

Indeed, We see you ˹O Prophet˺ turning your face towards heaven. Now We will make you turn towards a direction ˹of prayer˺ that will please you. So turn your face towards the Sacred Mosque ˹in Mecca˺—wherever you are, turn your faces towards it. Those who were given the Scripture certainly know this to be the truth from their Lord. And Allah is never unaware of what they do.

Word by word

قَدۡ
qad
Indeed
Vocabulary
نَرَىٰ
narā
We see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
تَقَلُّبَ
taqalluba
(the) turning
Vocabulary
Root: قلب
وَجۡهِكَ
wajhika
(of) your face
Vocabulary
Root: وجه
فِي
fī
towards
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ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ
l-samāi
the heaven
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ
falanuwalliyannaka
So We will surely turn you
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
قِبۡلَةٗ
qib'latan
(to the) direction of prayer
Vocabulary
Root: قبل
تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚ
tarḍāhā
you will be pleased with
Vocabulary
Root: رضو
فَوَلِّ
fawalli
So turn
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
وَجۡهَكَ
wajhaka
your face
Vocabulary
Root: وجه
شَطۡرَ
shaṭra
towards the direction
Vocabulary
Root: شطر
ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ
l-masjidi
(of) Al-Masjid
Vocabulary
Root: سجد
ٱلۡحَرَامِۚ
l-ḥarāmi
Al-Haraam
Vocabulary
Root: حرم
وَحَيۡثُ
waḥaythu
and wherever
Vocabulary
Root: حيث
مَا
mā
that
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كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you are
Vocabulary
Root: كون
فَوَلُّواْ
fawallū
[so] turn
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
وُجُوهَكُمۡ
wujūhakum
your faces
Vocabulary
Root: وجه
شَطۡرَهُۥۗ
shaṭrahu
(in) its direction
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وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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أُوتُواْ
ūtū
were given
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
لَيَعۡلَمُونَ
layaʿlamūna
surely know
Vocabulary
Root: علم
أَنَّهُ
annahu
that it
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ٱلۡحَقُّ
l-ḥaqu
(is) the truth
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
مِن
min
from
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رَّبِّهِمۡۗ
rabbihim
their Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
وَمَا
wamā
And not
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ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
بِغَٰفِلٍ
bighāfilin
unaware
Vocabulary
Root: غفل
عَمَّا
ʿammā
of what
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يَعۡمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
they do
Vocabulary
Root: عمل

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.