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One final eye that I have to mention we finished at verse number of course 286

Which is the ending of Surah Al-Bakara now?

Let's go and have the Surah and then let's finish over there

What is the half of 286?

143 let's go to 143 and let us see what Allah says

smack dab in the middle of Surah Al-Bakara and how beautiful is the middle that Allah says

wakadadi ka jaannakum ummatan wasata

In the middle the wasata of Surah Al-Bakara the literal verse that is in the middle literally 286 divided by 243

143 verse literally Allah says and this is how we have made you a wasata a middle nation a moderate nation

We said yesterday and today Surah Al-Bakara is about building the civilization of Islam

It's about telling the umma what it is in its own and how it is vis-sevi other civilizations

So it's not a surprise that the very middle of Surah Al-Bakara Allah is saying you are the moderate the best the

Excellent nation we have made you the ummatan wasata in the wasat of bakara Allah says you are the umma that is wasat

Why they takunu shuhadaa ad-nas so that you may be witnesses to all of mankind and so that the messenger may be a witness

So we conclude by reminding ourselves to your Muslims

Allah has made us an ummatan wasata and what that means a lot can be said we are a balanced nation

We are in between the two extremes whatever the two extremes are we are in between the two extremes of

literalism versus spirituality the two extremes of being too engrossed in the law versus too engrossed in the spirit of the law

The two extremes between emphasizing only theology versus emphasizing only law the two extremes between any of their civilizations you find

We always find the muslim umma is between the two we want this world and we want the next world as well

We are the ummatan wasata we are also an exemplary nation another meaning of wasat the most excellent nation

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