143 And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation that you may be the bearers of witness to the people and (that) the Apostle may be a bearer of witness to you; and We did not make that which you would have to be the qiblah but that We might distinguish him who follows the Apostle from him who turns back upon his heels, and this was surely hard except for those whom Allah has guided aright; and Allah was not going to make your faith to be fruitless; most surely Allah is Affectionate, Merciful to the people.
143 Na vivyo hivyo tumekufanyeni muwe Umma wa wasitani, ili muwe mashahidi juu ya watu, na Mtume awe ni shahidi juu yenu. Na hatukukifanya kibla ulicho kuwa nacho ila tupate kumjua yule anaye mfuata Mtume na yule anaye geuka akarejea nyuma. Na kwa yakini hilo lilikuwa jambo gumu isipo kuwa kwa wale alio waongoa Mwenyezi Mungu. Na Mwenyezi Mungu hakuwa mwenye kuipoteza Imani yenu.