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indeed a hard test, but not to those whomAllah guided. He was not to
make your faith fruitless. He is Compassionate andMerciful tomen.
Indeed, We see you look repeatedly towards heaven. We will make
you turn towards a
qiblah
that will please you. So turn your face
towards the SacredMosque; wherever you are, turn your faces to it.
Those to whom the Book was given know this to be the truth from
their Lord.Allah is watching over all their actions. But even if you gave
those to whom the Book had been given every proof, they would not
accept your
qiblah,
nor would you accept theirs; nor would any of them
accept the
qiblah
of the other. If after all the knowledge you have been
given you yield to their desires, then you will surely become an evil-
doer.
Those to whomWe gave the Book know him as they know their own
sons. But some of them deliberately conceal the truth. The truth is from
your Lord: therefore never doubt it.
Each one has a goal towards which he turns. So emulate one another
in good works. And wherever you be, Allah will bring you all before
Him. He has power over all things.
Whichever way you depart, face towards the Sacred Mosque. This is
surely the truth fromyour Lord.Allah is never heedless of what you do.
Whichever way you depart, face towards the Sacred Mosque: and
wherever you are, face towards it, so that men will have no plea against
you, except the evil-doers among them. Have no fear of them; fear Me,
so that I may perfect My favour to you and that you may be rightly
guided.
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