Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 143

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 143

Wakathalika jaAAalnakumommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala annasiwayakoona arrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wamajaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illalinaAAlama man yattabiAAu arrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAalaAAaqibayhi wa-in kanat lakabeeratan illa AAalaallatheena hada Allahu wama kanaAllahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allahabinnasi laraoofun raheem

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1. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
2. جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْjaʿalnākumWe made you
3. أُمَّةًۭummatana community
4. وَسَطًۭاwasaṭan(of the) middle way
5. لِّتَكُونُوا۟litakūnūso that you will be
6. شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
7. عَلَىʿalāover
8. ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe mankind
9. وَيَكُونَwayakūnaand will be
10. ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
11. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumon you
12. شَهِيدًۭا ۗshahīdana witness
13. وَمَاwamāAnd not
14. جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe made
15. ٱلْقِبْلَةَl-qib'latathe direction of prayer
16. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
17. كُنتَkuntayou were used to
18. عَلَيْهَآʿalayhā[on it]
19. إِلَّاillāexcept
20. لِنَعْلَمَlinaʿlamathat We make evident
21. مَنman(he) who
22. يَتَّبِعُyattabiʿufollows
23. ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
24. مِمَّنmimmanfrom (he) who
25. يَنقَلِبُyanqalibuturns back
26. عَلَىٰʿalāon
27. عَقِبَيْهِ ۚʿaqibayhihis heels
28. وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
29. كَانَتْkānatit was
30. لَكَبِيرَةًlakabīratancertainly a great (test)
31. إِلَّاillāexcept
32. عَلَىʿalāfor
33. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whom
34. هَدَىhadāguided
35. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu(by) Allah
36. وَمَاwamāAnd not
37. كَانَkānawill
38. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
39. لِيُضِيعَliyuḍīʿalet go waste
40. إِيمَـٰنَكُمْ ۚīmānakumyour faith
41. إِنَّinnaIndeed
42. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
43. بِٱلنَّاسِbil-nāsi(is) to [the] mankind
44. لَرَءُوفٌۭlaraūfunFull of Kindness
45. رَّحِيمٌۭraḥīmunMost Merciful