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وَمِنْ حَيْثُ خَرَجْتَ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ۗ وَاِنَّهٗ لَلْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّكَ ۗ وَمَا اللّٰهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُوْنَ  ( البقرة: ١٤٩ )

wamin
وَمِنْ
And from
ḥaythu
حَيْثُ
wherever
kharajta
خَرَجْتَ
you start forth
fawalli
فَوَلِّ
[so] turn
wajhaka
وَجْهَكَ
your face
shaṭra
شَطْرَ
(in the) direction
l-masjidi
ٱلْمَسْجِدِ
(of) Al-Masjid
l-ḥarāmi
ٱلْحَرَامِۖ
Al-Haraam
wa-innahu
وَإِنَّهُۥ
And indeed, it
lalḥaqqu
لَلْحَقُّ
(is) surely the truth
min
مِن
from
rabbika
رَّبِّكَۗ
your Lord
wamā
وَمَا
And not
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
(is) Allah
bighāfilin
بِغَٰفِلٍ
unaware
ʿammā
عَمَّا
of what
taʿmalūna
تَعْمَلُونَ
you do

Wa min haisu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shatral Masjidil Haraami wa innahoo lalhaqqu mir Rabbik; wa mallaahu bighaafilin 'ammaa ta'maloon (al-Baq̈arah 2:149)

Sahih International:

So from wherever you go out [for prayer, O Muhammad], turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram, and indeed, it is the truth from your Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what you do. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 149)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

From wherever you set out, turn your face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque (Al-Masjid-ul-Harām). That, indeed, is the truth from your Lord, and Allah is not unaware of what you do.