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Aya 142
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۞ سَيَقولُ السُّفَهاءُ مِنَ النّاسِ ما وَلّاهُم عَن قِبلَتِهِمُ الَّتي كانوا عَلَيها ۚ قُل لِلَّهِ المَشرِقُ وَالمَغرِبُ ۚ يَهدي مَن يَشاءُ إِلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍ

N. J. Dawood

The foolish will ask: ‘What has made them turn away from their qiblah?’1 Say: ‘The East and the West are God’s. He guides whom He will to the right path.’
  • The direction which the Muslim face in prayer. At first the believers were ordered to turn towards Jerusalem, afterwards to Mecca.