The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:143
وَكَذَلِكَ
جَعَلْنَاكُمْ
أُمَّةً
وَسَطًا
لِّتَكُونُوا
شُهَدَاءَ
عَلَى
النَّاسِ
وَيَكُونَ
الرَّسُولُ
عَلَيْكُمْ
شَهِيدًا
وَمَا
جَعَلْنَا
الْقِبْلَةَ
الَّتِي
كُنتَ
عَلَيْهَا
إِلَّا
لِنَعْلَمَ
مَن
يَتَّبِعُ
الرَّسُولَ
مِمَّن
يَنقَلِبُ
عَلَى
عَقِبَيْهِ
وَإِن
كَانَتْ
لَكَبِيرَةً
إِلَّا
عَلَى
الَّذِينَ
هَدَى
اللَّهُ
وَمَا
كَانَ
اللَّهُ
لِيُضِيعَ
إِيمَانَكُمْ
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ
بِالنَّاسِ
لَرَءُوفٌ
رَّحِيمٌ
wa-ka-dhālika jaʿalnākum ʾummatan wasaṭan li-takūnū shuhadāʾa ʿalā n-nāsi wa-yakūna r-rasūlu ʿalaykum shahīdan wa-mā jaʿalnā l-qiblata llatī kunta ʿalayhā ʾillā li-naʿlama man yattabiʿu r-rasūla mimman yanqalibu ʿalā ʿaqibayhi wa-ʾin kānat la-kabīratan ʾillā ʿalā lladhīna hadā llāhu wa-mā kāna llāhu li-yuḍīʿa ʾīmānakum ʾinna llāha bi-n-nāsi la-raʾūfun raḥīmun
We have made you (true Muslims) a moderate nation so that you could be an example for all people and the Prophet an example for you. The direction which you had been facing during your prayers (the qibla) was only made in order that We would know who would follow the Messenger and who would turn away. It was a hard test but not for those to whom God has given guidance. God did not want to make your previous prayers worthless; God is Compassionate and All-merciful.
