2:143
وَكَذَٰلِكَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْأُمَّةًوَسَطًالِّتَكُونُوا۟شُهَدَآءَعَلَىٱلنَّاسِوَيَكُونَٱلرَّسُولُعَلَيْكُمْشَهِيدًا ۗوَمَاجَعَلْنَاٱلْقِبْلَةَٱلَّتِىكُنتَعَلَيْهَآإِلَّالِنَعْلَمَمَنيَتَّبِعُٱلرَّسُولَمِمَّنيَنقَلِبُعَلَىٰعَقِبَيْهِ ۚوَإِنكَانَتْلَكَبِيرَةًإِلَّاعَلَىٱلَّذِينَهَدَىٱللَّهُ ۗوَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيُضِيعَإِيمَٰنَكُمْ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَبِٱلنَّاسِلَرَءُوفٌرَّحِيمٌ١٤٣
wakadhālika jaʿalnākum ummatan wasaṭan litakūnū shuhadāa ʿalā l-nāsi wayakūna l-rasūlu ʿalaykum shahīdan wamā jaʿalnā l-qib'lata allatī kunta ʿalayhā illā linaʿlama man yattabiʿu l-rasūla mimman yanqalibu ʿalā ʿaqibayhi wa-in kānat lakabīratan illā ʿalā alladhīna hadā l-lahu wamā kāna l-lahu liyuḍīʿa īmānakum inna l-laha bil-nāsi laraūfun raḥīmun
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 Allāh has guided. And never would Allāh have caused you to lose your faith [i.e., your previous prayers]. Indeed Allāh is, to the people, Kind and Merciful.(143)