"AND IN THE SAME WAY WE MADE YOU A MODERATE UMMAH (COMMUNITY), SO THAT YOU SHOULD BE WITNESS OVER THE PEOPLE, AND THE MESSENGER A WITNESS TO YOU..." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:143)
This verse qualifies the Islamic nation (Ummah) with the term WASAT which means "moderate, middle or central", and is applied to a thing considered to be the best of its kind. According to a Hadith reported by al-Tirmidhi from the blessed Companion Abu Sa'id al-Khudri RAA, the word WASAT is to be interpreted as "just" - in the sense of being "the best". (Qurtubi) The verse points out that just as Allah has granted to the Muslims a Qiblah which is superior to all other orientations, in the same way He has bestowed upon the Islamic Ummah the unparalleled distinction of being moderate, balanced and just - in short, the honour of occupying the central position among all the Ummahs or traditional communities.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Re
This verse qualifies the Islamic nation (Ummah) with the term WASAT which means "moderate, middle or central", and is applied to a thing considered to be the best of its kind. According to a Hadith reported by al-Tirmidhi from the blessed Companion Abu Sa'id al-Khudri RAA, the word WASAT is to be interpreted as "just" - in the sense of being "the best". (Qurtubi) The verse points out that just as Allah has granted to the Muslims a Qiblah which is superior to all other orientations, in the same way He has bestowed upon the Islamic Ummah the unparalleled distinction of being moderate, balanced and just - in short, the honour of occupying the central position among all the Ummahs or traditional communities.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Baqarah, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Re
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