وَكَذٰلِكَ جَعَلْنٰكُمْ اُمَّةً وَّسَطًا لِّتَكُوْنُوْا شُهَدَاۤءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَيَكُوْنَ الرَّسُوْلُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيْدًا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الْقِبْلَةَ الَّتِيْ كُنْتَ عَلَيْهَآ اِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَنْ يَّتَّبِعُ الرَّسُوْلَ مِمَّنْ يَّنْقَلِبُ عَلٰى عَقِبَيْهِۗ وَاِنْ كَانَتْ لَكَبِيْرَةً اِلَّا عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ هَدَى اللّٰهُ ۗوَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيُضِيْعَ اِيْمَانَكُمْ ۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَءُوْفٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ( البقرة: ١٤٣ )
Wa kazaalika ja'alnaakum ummatanw wasatal litakoonoo shuhadaaa'a 'alan naasi wa yakoonar Rasoolu 'alaikum shaheedaa; wa maa ja'alnal qiblatal latee kunta 'alaihaaa illaa lina'lama mai yattabi'ur Rasoola mimmai yanqalibu 'alaa 'aqibayh; wa in kaanat lakabeeratan illaa 'alal lazeena hadal laah; wa maa kaanal laahu liyudee'a eemaanakum; innal laaha binnaasi la Ra'oofur Raheem (al-Baq̈arah 2:143)
English Sahih:
And thus We have made you a median [i.e., 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 [i.e., your previous prayers]. Indeed Allah is, to the people, Kind and Merciful. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 143)
Ma Jian (Simplified):
我这样使你们成为一个中正的民族，以便你们成为世人的作证者，而使者成为你们的作证者。我以你原来所对的方向为朝向，只为辩别谁是服从使者的，谁是背叛的。这确是一件难事，但在安拉所引导的人，却不难。安拉不致使你们的信仰徒劳无酬。安拉对于世人，确是至爱的，确是至慈的。 (黄牛 [2] : 143)
1 Mokhtasar Chinese
同样，我使你们朝向你们所愿意的方向，我使你们在信仰、功修和接人待物方面成为公正、优秀、中正的民族，以便你们在后世见证——众使者已将真主所命传达给了众民族。同样让穆罕默德（愿主福安之）见证，他已将真主的启示与他的宗教传达给你们。我使你从原来所朝向的耶路撒冷转向天房，以便我知道——这是接受报偿的知识，谁诚心信仰真主，服从真主，就会追随穆圣；谁违背真主，追随私欲，就不会服从真主。改变第一个朝向的命令是重大的，但对于信仰真主之人则不然。真主为仆人制订任何一项规定都有其哲理。真主决不枉费你们的信仰，包括你们在改变朝向之前的拜功。真主确是怜恤慈悯众人的！祂不会为难他们，不会埋没他们的善功。