Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)
And Allah is not oblivious of what they do.
145 Even if you bring those who were given the Book
every [kind of] sign,1
they will not follow your qiblah.
Nor shall you follow their qiblah,
nor will any of them follow the qiblah of the other.
And if you follow their desires,
after the knowledge that has come to you,
you will indeed be one of the wrongdoers.
146 Those whom We have given the Book
recognize him just as they recognize their sons,2
but a part of them indeed conceal the truth
while they know.
147 This is the truth from your Lord;
so do not be among the skeptics.
148 Everyone has a cynosure to which he turns;
so take the lead in all good works.
Wherever you may be,
Allah will bring you all together.
Indeed Allah has power over all things.
149 Whencesoever you may go out,
turn your face towards the Holy Mosque.
Indeed it is the truth from your Lord,
and Allah is not oblivious of what you do.
150 And whencesoever you may go out,
turn your face towards the Holy Mosque,
and wherever you may be,
turn your faces towards it,
1 That is, every kind of miracle.
2 Cf. 6:20.
