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Deep study · دِرَاسَة
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Verse · Āyah
2:148
وَلِكُلٍّۢ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا۟ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ ١٤٨
And each one hath a goal toward which he turneth; so vie with one another in good works. Wheresoever ye may be, Allah will bring you all together. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things.
For each [religious following] is a direction toward which it faces. So race to [all that is] good. Wherever you may be, Allah will bring you forth [for judgement] all together. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.
Everyone has a direction towards which he turns in Prayer: so try to excel one another in good works. Allah will find you wheresoever you be, for nothing is out of Allah's reach.
قَالَ الْعَوْفِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: ﴿وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا﴾ يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ: أَهْلَ الْأَدْيَانِ، يَقُولُ: لِكُلٍّ قِبْلَةٌ يَرْضَوْنَهَا، وَوِجْهَةُ اللَّهِ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ.
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ: لِلْيَهُودِيِّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا، وَلِلنَّصْرَانِيِّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا، وهَداكم أَنْتُمْ أَيَّتُهَا الْأُمَّةُ [الْمُوقِنُونَ] [[زيادة من جـ.]] لِلْقِبْلَةِ التِي هِيَ الْقِبْلَةُ. وَرُوِيَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، وَعَطَاءٍ، وَالضَّحَّاكِ، وَالرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ نَحْوَ هَذَا.
وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ الْأُخْرَى: وَلَكِنْ أمَرَ كلَّ قَوْمٍ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ.
وَقَرَأَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرُ، وَابْنُ عَامِرٍ: "ولكلٍ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلاها".
وَهَذِهِ الْآيَةُ شَبِيهَةٌ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ﴿لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَكِنْ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا﴾ [الْمَائِدَةِ: ٤٨] .
وَقَالَ هَاهُنَا: ﴿أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴾ أَيْ: هُوَ قَادِرٌ عَلَى جَمْعِكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، وَإِنْ تَفَرَّقَتْ أَجْسَادُكُمْ وَأَبْدَانُكُمْ.
About this surah
Madani · order 87
Summary
Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah into "The Cow" or "The Heifer" as to translate any English name, say Mr. Baker, Mr. Rice, Mr. Wolf etc., into their equivalents in other languages or vice versa, because this would imply that the Surah dealt with the subject of "The Cow". Many more Surahs of the Quran have been named in the same way because no comprehensive words exist in Arabic (in spite of its richness) to denote the wide scope of the subject discussed in them. As a matter of fact all human languages suffer from the same limitation.
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