Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 143
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ 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 لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allāh has guided. And never would Allāh have caused you to lose your faith [i.e., your previous prayers]. Indeed Allāh is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
Word by word
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْjaʿalnākumWe made you
- أُمَّةًۭummatana community
- وَسَطًۭاwasaṭan(of the) middle way
- لِّتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūso that you will be
- شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
- عَلَىʿalāover
- ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
- وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand will be
- ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
- عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
- شَهِيدًۭا ۗshahīdana witness
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
- ٱلْقِبْلَةَl-qib'latathe direction of prayer
- ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
- كُنتَkuntayou were used to
- عَلَيْهَآʿalayhā[on it]
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evident
- مَنman(he) who
- يَتَّبِعُyattabiʿufollows
- ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
- مِمَّنmimmanfrom (he) who
- يَنقَلِبُyanqalibuturns back
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- عَقِبَيْهِ ۚʿaqibayhihis heels
- وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
- كَانَتْkānatit was
- لَكَبِيرَةًlakabīratancertainly a great (test)
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- عَلَىʿalāfor
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
- هَدَىhadāguided
- ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu(by) Allah
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- كَانَkānawill
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لِيُضِيعَliyuḍīʿalet go waste
- إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚīmānakumyour faith
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- بِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsi(is) to [the] mankind
- لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfunFull of Kindness
- رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful
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