"And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Mes- senger 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 God has guided. And never would God have caused you to lose your faith [i.e., your"— Sahih Intl