وَكَذَٰلِكَ
جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ
أُمَّةًۭ
وَسَطًۭا
لِّتَكُونُوا۟
شُهَدَآءَ
عَلَى
ٱلنَّاسِ
وَيَكُونَ
ٱلرَّسُولُ
عَلَيْكُمْ
شَهِيدًۭا ۗ
وَمَا
جَعَلْنَا
ٱلْقِبْلَةَ
ٱلَّتِى
كُنتَ
عَلَيْهَآ
إِلَّا
لِنَعْلَمَ
مَن
يَتَّبِعُ
ٱلرَّسُولَ
مِمَّن
يَنقَلِبُ
عَلَىٰ
عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ
وَإِن
كَانَتْ
لَكَبِيرَةً
إِلَّا
عَلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
هَدَى
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
وَمَا
كَانَ
ٱللَّهُ
لِيُضِيعَ
إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
بِٱلنَّاسِ
لَرَءُوفٌۭ
رَّحِيمٌۭ
١٤٣
We have made you [believers] into a just community, so that you may bear witness [to the truth] before others and so that the Messenger may bear witness [to it] before you. We only made the direction the one you used to face [Prophet] in order to distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn on their heels: that test was hard, except for those God has guided. God would never let your faith go to waste [believers], for God is most compassionate and most merciful towards people.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem