وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِّتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِي كُنتَ عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ وَإِن كَانَتْ لَكَبِيرَةً إِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِينَ هَدَى اللَّهُ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُضِيعَ إِيمَانَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Wa kazaalika ja'alnaakum ummatanw wasatal litakoonoo shuhadaaa'a 'alan naasi wa yakoonar Rasoolu 'alaikum shaheedaa; wa maa ja'alnal qiblatal latee kunta 'alaihaaa illaa lina'lama mai yattabi'ur Rasoola mimmai yanqalibu 'alaa 'aqibayh; wa in kaanat lakabeeratan illaa 'alal lazeena hadal laah; wa maa kaanal laahu liyudee'a eemaanakum; innal laaha binnaasi la Ra'oofur Raheem
Word by word وَكَذَٰلِكَ wakadhālika And thus جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ jaʿalnākum We made you أُمَّةًۭ ummatan a community وَسَطًۭا wasaṭan (of the) middle way لِّتَكُونُوا litakūnū so that you will be شُهَدَآءَ shuhadāa witnesses عَلَى ʿalā over النَّاسِ l-nāsi the mankind وَيَكُونَ wayakūna and will be الرَّسُولُ l-rasūlu the Messenger عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum on you شَهِيدًۭا ۗ shahīdan a witness وَمَا wamā And not جَعَلْنَا jaʿalnā We made الْقِبْلَةَ l-qib'lata the direction of prayer الَّتِى allatī which كُنتَ kunta you were used to عَلَيْهَآ ʿalayhā [on it] إِلَّا illā except لِنَعْلَمَ linaʿlama that We make evident مَن man (he) who يَتَّبِعُ yattabiʿu follows الرَّسُولَ l-rasūla the Messenger مِمَّن mimman from (he) who يَنقَلِبُ yanqalibu turns back عَلَىٰ ʿalā on عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ ʿaqibayhi his heels وَإِن wa-in And indeed كَانَتْ kānat it was لَكَبِيرَةً lakabīratan certainly a great (test) إِلَّا illā except عَلَى ʿalā for الَّذِينَ alladhīna those whom هَدَى hadā guided اللَّهُ ۗ l-lahu (by) Allah وَمَا wamā And not كَانَ kāna will اللَّهُ l-lahu Allah لِيُضِيعَ liyuḍīʿa let go waste إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ īmānakum your faith إِنَّ inna Indeed اللَّهَ l-laha Allah بِالنَّاسِ bil-nāsi (is) to [the] mankind لَرَءُوفٌۭ laraūfun Full of Kindness رَّحِيمٌۭ raḥīmun Most Merciful ١٤٣
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