Quran Chapter 2- 115
(Pt-1, Stg-1) (L-141) - درس قرآن
Unto
God belong the East and the West
Surah ‘Al-Baqarah (The Cow) – Chapter – 2)
BisMillaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In the name of Allah, 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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