and thus have we willed you to be a community of the middle way so that you might bear witness to the truth before all mankind and that the apostle might bear witness to it before you. and it is only to the end that we might make a clear distinction between those who follow the apostle and those who turn about on their heels that we have appointed the direction of prayer which thou hast formerly observed for this was indeed a hard test for all but those whom god has guided aright. but god will surely not lose sight of your faithfor behold god is most compassionate towards man a dispenser of grace.
وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطا لتكونوا شهداء على الناس ويكون الرسول عليكم شهيدا وما جعلنا القبلة التي كنت عليها إلا لنعلم من يتبع الرسول ممن ينقلب على عقبيه وإن كانت لكبيرة إلا على الذين هدى الله وما كان الله ليضيع إيمانكم إن الله بالناس لرءوف رحيم