And thus we have made you a just community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels. And indeed, it is difficult except for those whom Allah has guided. And never would Allah have caused you to lose your faith. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.
آرى چنين است كه شما را بهترين امّتها گردانيديم تا بر مردمان گواه باشيد و پيامبر بر شما گواه باشد. و آن قبله‌اى را كه رو به روى آن مى‌ايستادى دگرگون نكرديم، جز بدان سبب كه آنان را كه از پيامبر پيروى مى‌كنند از آنان كه مخالفت مى‌ورزند بازشناسيم. هر چند كه اين امر جز بر هدايت‌يافتگان دشوار مى‌نمود. خدا ايمان شما را تباه نمى‌كند، او بر مردمان مهربان و بخشاينده است.