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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 145 (2:145)

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وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ ۚ وَمَآ أَنتَ …

Quran 2:145 is ayah 145 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 22 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:145
وَلَئِنْأَتَيْتَٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْكِتَٰبَبِكُلِّءَايَةٍمَّاتَبِعُوا۟قِبْلَتَكَ ۚوَمَآأَنتَبِتَابِعٍقِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚوَمَابَعْضُهُمبِتَابِعٍقِبْلَةَبَعْضٍ ۚوَلَئِنِٱتَّبَعْتَأَهْوَآءَهُممِّنۢبَعْدِمَاجَآءَكَمِنَٱلْعِلْمِ ۙإِنَّكَإِذًالَّمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ١٤٥
wala-in atayta alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba bikulli āyatin mā tabiʿū qib'lataka wamā anta bitābiʿin qib'latahum wamā baʿḍuhum bitābiʿin qib'lata baʿḍin wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum min baʿdi mā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi innaka idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna

And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.(145)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd even if
  2. أَتَيْتَataytayou come
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(to) those who
  4. أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
  5. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  6. بِكُلِّbikulliwith all
  7. ءَايَةٍāyatin(the) signs
  8. مَّاmānot
  9. تَبِعُوا۟tabiʿūthey would follow
  10. قِبْلَتَكَ ۚqib'latakayour direction of prayer
  11. وَمَآwamāand not
  12. أَنتَanta(will) you (be)
  13. بِتَابِعٍbitābiʿina follower
  14. قِبْلَتَهُمْ ۚqib'latahum(of) their direction of prayer
  15. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  16. بَعْضُهُمbaʿḍuhumsome of them
  17. بِتَابِعٍbitābiʿin(are) followers
  18. قِبْلَةَqib'lata(of the) direction of prayer
  19. بَعْضٍ ۚbaʿḍin(of each) other
  20. وَلَئِنِwala-iniAnd if
  21. ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿtayou followed
  22. أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahumtheir desires
  23. مِّنۢminfrom
  24. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  25. مَاmā[what]
  26. جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
  27. مِنَminaof
  28. ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
  29. إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
  30. إِذًاidhan(would) then
  31. لَّمِنَlamina(be) surely among
  32. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Tafsir (commentary) of 2:145

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The Stubbornness and Disbelief of the Jews

Allah describes the Jews' disbelief, stubbornness and defiance of what they know of the truth of Allah's Messenger ﷺ , that if the Prophet brought forward every proof to the truth of what he was sent with, they will never obey him or abandon following their desires. In another instance, Allah said:

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَةُ رَبِّكَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءايَةٍ حَتَّى يَرَوُاْ الْعَذَابَ الاٌّلِيمَ

(Truly, those, against whom the Word (wrath) of your Lord has been justified, will not believe. Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful torment.) (10:96, 97)

This is why Allah said here:

وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ الْكِتَـبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُواْ قِبْلَتَكَ

(And even if you were to bring to the People of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) all the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they would not follow your Qiblah (prayer direction)).

Allah's statement:

وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ

(...nor are you going to follow their Qiblah ), indicates the vigor with which Allah's Messenger ﷺ implements what Allah commanded him. Allah's statement also indicates that as much as the Jews adhere to their opinions and desires, the Prophet adheres by Allah's commands, obeying Him and following what pleases Him, and that he would never adhere to their desires in any case. Hence, praying towards Bayt Al-Maqdis was not because it was the Qiblah of the Jews, but because Allah had commanded it. Allah then warns those who knowingly defy the truth, because the proof against those who know is stronger than against other people. This is why Allah said to His Messenger and his Ummah:

وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذَا لَّمِنَ الظَّـلِمِينَ

(Verily, if you follow their desires after that which you have received of knowledge (from Allah), then indeed you will be one of the wrongdoers.)

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