Qur'an 2:115 Al-Baqarah
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَشْرِقُ وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ ۚ فَأَيْنَمَا تُوَلُّوا۟ فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
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What it says
East and west both belong to Allah, so wherever a person turns, Allah's face is met there. The verse states a scope, not a rule for the direction of prayer; the surah later fixes the qibla for the standing prayer, while this verse addresses something wider than any one direction.
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وَلِلَّهِ wa-lillahi and to Allah belongs · ٱلْمَشْرِقُ al-mashriqu the east · وَٱلْمَغْرِبُ wal-maghribu and the west · فَأَيْنَمَا fa-aynamā so wherever · تُوَلُّوا۟ tuwallū you turn · فَثَمَّ fa-thamma there is · وَجْهُ wajhu the face of · ٱللَّهِ llāhi Allah · إِنَّ inna indeed · ٱللَّهَ allāha Allah · وَٰسِعٌ wa-siʿun is all-encompassing · عَلِيمٌ ʿalīm all-knowing
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