2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 63
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وَكَذَٰلِكَ
wakadhālika
And thus
جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ
jaʿalnākum
We made you
أُمَّةًۭ
ummatan
a community
وَسَطًۭا
wasaṭan
(of the) middle way
لِّتَكُونُوا۟
litakūnū
so that you will be
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
witnesses
عَلَى
ʿalā
over
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the mankind
وَيَكُونَ
wayakūna
and will be
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
the Messenger
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
on you
شَهِيدًۭا ۗ
shahīdan
a witness
وَمَا
wamā
And not
جَعَلْنَا
jaʿalnā
We made
ٱلْقِبْلَةَ
l-qib'lata
the direction of prayer
ٱلَّتِى
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
ٱلرَّسُولَ
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
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those whom
هَدَى
hadā
guided
ٱللَّهُ ۗ
l-lahu
(by) Allah
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
will
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لِيُضِيعَ
liyuḍīʿa
let go waste
إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚ
īmānakum
your faith
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
بِٱلنَّاسِ
bil-nāsi
(is) to [the] mankind
لَرَءُوفٌۭ
laraūfun
Full of Kindness
رَّحِيمٌۭ
raḥīmun
Most Merciful
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