Quran Chapter 2-
115 (Pt-1, Stg-1) (L-141) - درس قرآن
Whither-soever ye turn, there is God’s Countenance
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of God, the Beneficent,
the Merciful
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ (115
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115. Unto Allah belong the East and the West,
and whither-soever ye turn, there is Allah’s Countenance. Lo!
Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.
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115. Wa Lillaahil-Mashriqu wal-Magrib;
Fa-‘aynamaa tu-walluu fa-samma
waj-hUllaah. ‘InnAllaaha Waasi-‘un ‘Aliim.
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Commentary
Waj-hu – literally
it means “Face”. Its other meanings are body, person, kind, nature. So it aims
that “to which side you will turn; God Almighty exists there”. Wherever you
will go you will find Allah there. The East and the West, the North and the
South, all belong to Allah Almighty.
During the times of Ignorance, the people
had faith, “Allah Almighty is also under the bondage of Time and space, so we
should turn our bodies towards that particular side”. They used to suppose such
direction at their own, and after turning their faces to that side, they used
to worship. In this matter, there was a dispute also among the Children
of Israel and the Christians themselves. Each religious group had
fixed a direction and they considered that such direction was better.
The Holy Qur’an refuted this
false belief of theirs and commanded that Allah Almighty is neither limited in
any enclosure of particular space of worship, nor He is imprisoned in any place
or direction, but wherever He will be called with purity and sincerity He will
be attentive. He does not belong particularly to any particular place, city or
direction.
God Almighty likes neither only the East,
and nor only the West but all the directions are of Him. He has already
surrounded the entire Universe. He is unlimited. He exists everywhere. So by
turning unto any place or side, He will be called with sincerity, He shall be
attentive. He knows very well that who calls Him with the true heart and who
calls Him only to show others.
One reason of the Revelation regarding
this verse is narrated as it that; because it is difficult for the traveler and
the rider to know the direction of the Temple of Makkah, so for that time, it
has been commanded that turning on which direction you will worship, that will
be accepted because God Almighty masterly exists in every direction and every
place. Accordingly, this is the matter that; if you do not know the correct
direction of the Temple of Makkah
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