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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Baqarah 2:148

Word by word

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

For each [religious following] is a [prayer] direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allāh will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allāh is over all things competent.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولكل أمة من الأمم قبلة يتوجَّه إليها كل واحد منها في صلاته، فبادروا -أيها المؤمنون- متسابقين إلى فِعْل الأعمال الصالحة التي شرعها الله لكم في دين الإسلام. وسيجمعكم الله جميعا يوم القيامة من أي موضع كنتم فيه. إن الله على كل شيء قدير.

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