وَکَذَلِکَ جَعَلْنَـکُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَکُونُوا شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَیَکُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَیْکُمْ شَهِیداً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِى کُنتَ عَلَیْهَآ إِلاَّ لِنَعْلَمَ مَن یَتَّبِعُ الرَّسُولَ مِمَّن یَنقَلِبُ عَلَى عَقِبَیْه وَإِن کَانَتْ لَکَبِیرَةً إِلاَّ عَلَى الَّذِینَ هَدَى اللهُ وَمَا کَانَ اللهُ لِیُضِیعَ إیمَـنَکُمْ إِنَّ اللهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرءُوفٌ رَّحِیمٌ(( 143 )) 143- AND THUS WE HAVE MADE YOU A MIDMOST NATION, THAT YOU MIGHT BE WITNESSES TO THE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE MESSENGER MIGHT BE A WITNESS TO YOU. AND WE APPOINTED NOT THE QIBLA TO WHICH YOU WERE USED, EXCEPT, THAT WE MIGHT KNOW WHO WOULD FOLLOW THE MESSENGER FROM HIM WHO TURN ON HIS HEELS. IT WAS INDEED A HARD TEST, SAVE FOR THOSE WHOM ALLAH HAS GUIDED. AND ALLAH WAS NOT GOING TO RENDER YOUR FAITH (WHICH WAS MANIFESTED THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS TOWARD JERUSALEM) FRUITLESS, BECAUSE ALLAH IS COMPASSIONATE AND MERCIFUL TO ALL PEOPLE.