Surah Al-Baqarah
قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ
Qad narā taqallubaka wajhika fis-samā'(i), fa lanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tarḍāhā, fawalli wajhaka syaṭral-masjidil-ḥarām(i), wa ḥaiṡumā kuntum fawallū wujūhakum syaṭrah(ū), wa innal-lażīna ūtul-kitāba laya‘lamūna annahul-ḥaqqu mir rabbihim, wa mallāhu bigāfilin ‘ammā ya‘malūn(a).
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
📝 Footnotes
41) The people who were given the Scripture refers to the Jews with their book, the Torah, and the Christians with their book, the Gospel (see surah al-Baqarah/2: 105).