Surah Al-Baqarah 2:143
سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ · Medinan · Verse 143 of 286
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَٰكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَسَطًۭا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًۭا ۗ 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 إِيمَٰنَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
Translation
We have made you [believers] into a just community, so that you may bear witness [to the truth] before others and so that the Messenger may bear witness [to it] before you. We only made the direction the one you used to face [Prophet] in order to distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn on their heels: that test was hard, except for those God has guided. God would never let your faith go to waste [believers], for God is most compassionate and most merciful towards people.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:143 is discussed in 25 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- Moderation (Wasatiyyah) (key verse)
- Makkah (key verse)
- Mercy (Rahmah) (key verse)
- The Ummah (key verse)
- Prophethood (Nubuwwah) (key verse)
- Martyrdom (Shahadah) (key verse)
- Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (key verse)
- Foreign Relations (Alaqat Dawliyyah)
- Steadfastness (Istiqaamah)
- Names of Allah (Asma Allah al-Husna)
- Economy (Iqtisad)
- Illiteracy (Ummiyyah)
- The Gospel (Injeel)
- Nurturing (Tarbiyah)
- Preservation (Hifz)
- Treachery (Khiyanah)
- Extremism (Ghuluww)
- Arabic Language (Al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah)
- Guidance (Hidayah)
- The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir)
- Hearing (Sam')
- The Companions (Sahabah)
- Food (Ta'am)
- Prophet Muhammad
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