Surah Baqarah Ayat 142 Hindi translation

Surah Baqarah Ayat 142 meaning in Hindi

मूर्ख लोग अब कहेंगे, "उन्हें उनके उस क़िबले (उपासना-दिशा) से, जिस पर वे थे किस ची़ज़ ने फेर दिया?" कहो, "पूरब और पश्चिम अल्लाह ही के है, वह जिसे चाहता है सीधा मार्ग दिखाता है।"

Quran Urdu translation

احمق لوگ کہیں گے کہ مسلمان جس قبلے پر (پہلے سے چلے آتے) تھے (اب) اس سے کیوں منہ پھیر بیٹھے۔ تم کہہ دو کہ مشرق اور مغرب سب خدا ہی کا ہے۔ وہ جس کو چاہتا ہے، سیدھے رستے پر چلاتا ہے

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(2:142) Of course, the foolish people will say, "What has turned them abruptly away from the giblah towards which they formerly used to turn their faces in prayer?" *142 Tell them, O Messenger, `'East and West all belong to Allah; He shows the Right Way to anyone He wills." *143 Thus have We made you a Community of the "Golden Mean" so that you may be witnesses in regard to mankind and the Messenger may be a witness in regard to you. *144

The foolish among the people will say, "What has turned them away meaning

*142). After his migration to Madina the Prophet continued to pray in the direction of Jerusalem for between sixteen and seventeen months. Subsequently, he received the order to pray in the direction of the Ka'bah. (See verse 144 below)
*143). This is the first answer to the objections of these ignorant people. Their narrow minds and limited vision led them to undue attachment to such formalities as the direction and locale of Prayer. They presumably conceived God to be confined to a particular direction. In reply to their absurd objection the first thing which was explained was that all directions belong to God. Fixing any particular direction for Prayer does not mean that God is confined to that direction. All those who have been favoured with God's true guidance rise above such limitations of outlook so that it is easy for them to grasp the universal verities of religion. (See also nn. 115 and 116 above.)